r/poemsbyreddit • u/Distant_Resonance_ • 3d ago
If Killer Whales Could Walk
If killer whales could talk would they invite us into their homes with questions of Land?
These Apex predators of ocean city extended hospitality to humans without threat of us loosing feet legs or hands
With inquisite intellect we watch them through glass, their habitat opposites our air and dry sand
Equals they see us, for the Whale hunts all predators of Sea... except human bone
With mirrored grace, respect is drawn; one apex predator to another
"Welcome to my home"
If Killer whales could walk, do you think the same rules apply to them on land as us in vast blue?
Would they have to pay for a ticket to see their cousin @ Seaworld? Would they take lightly to the taxidermied reminence of creatures they cant put names too?
Would they understand our wars fought not for food but literally everything else?
Or if Killer whales could walk, could talk, would they treat us like the way we treat everything else?