Portents
The bodies washed up from the sea
Everyone watched them come
Wondering what manner they be
Of species long since done
Who could believe their numbers vast
Dripping and sleek, but not surpassed
Who could believe
Who could believe
Such creatures bold, that didn't last
The bodies washed up from the sea
No one could tell from where
The vastness beyond might not be
The place that they called their lair
How had they died so far from home
Away from where they used to roam
How had they died
How had they died
Yet left their imprint in the foam
The bodies washed up from the sea
Creatures majestic all
No longer were they swimming free
They'd left with nature's fall
Why had it come, this tragic end
What had it served or did portend
Why had it come
Why had it come
This event that we could not mend