Their songs turn into weeping <br />as harpoons pierce through their lungs. <br />Their songs of trust and friendship <br />with mankind is silenced <br />by cruel hands. <br /> <br />Blood flows and fills <br />the blue lagoon now made <br />-the stage of the great slaughter- <br />of one of the greatest friends to man- <br />the dolphins. <br /> <br />And let their songs now <br />which turn into weeping <br />and silent tones <br />torture our conscience.<br /><br />Elizabeth Padillo Olesen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-singing-dolphins-in-taiji/
