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Inspirational Poetry
A Whale Came Swimming up the Thames
Bottle nosed whale came swimming up the Thames
Sick and disorientated
What will be the outcome?
Nobody knows
The whale floats by the Houses of Parliament
The crowds gather on Westminster Bridge
The traffic all around comes to a halt
Such a fascinating site
A whale swimming up the Thames
Such a magnificent creature lost and confused
So used to the massive expanse of the North Atlantic
Trying to find its way home
Helicopters overhead monitor the progress
Under Battersea Bridge and the crowds are bigger and bigger
Children take the day off school to see such an astonishing site
One of God's most glorious creatures paying a visit to our town
Many years from now these children will tell the grandchildren
Of the day they saw a whale swimming up the Thames
The experts tell us that the whale is distressed
The whale needs our help
The experts do what they can to return him to the ocean
They lift her with a crane and place his on a barge
They try to return him to the ocean
But time runs out
And the world mourns
A million starving children in Africa face death
But this event touches our hearts
A needless tragic death perhaps
Or a simple act of nature
But surely not a pointless death
A future marine biologist watches on
Only eleven years old
He is inspired by this site
And dedicates his life to protecting and understanding the creatures of the sea
A thousand people ring Friends of the Earth and sign up
Their donations will help in the campaign to stop the killing of Whales
One death may help to save thousands of others
Your struggle for life has touched all our hearts
This ordeal will be remembered for many years
The day a whale came swimming up the Thames
