Mystical Voyager

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Strange beastie,

mystical voyager,

part myth, part corporeal,

creature-between-two-worlds,

both wonderful and strange

you ply the icy perilous waters,

which are about to change

because of human folly,

avaricious and deranged.

Interconnected with your human neighbors,

you swim in total trust.

It is the only home you know,

so swim you must.

The silent watery reaches of your habitat

will soon reverberate

with deafening blasts.

I can envision your terror,

before the first bomb is cast,

can see your pain,

bewilderment, your agonizing death.

No corner of this earth is safe.

Greed stalks our every breath.

I woke this morning

striving for wonder,

and encountered woe.

Beloved species,

I hesitate to say the words,

and yet I feel I am already

watching you go.

A report from SumOfUs.org states: A tiny Arctic community is fighting Big Oil.

Off the coast of Clyde River, Nunavut, unspoiled Arctic waters are home to 90% of the world's narwhals. These unique tusked whales play a crucial role in the aquatic ecosystem, and for thousands of years have been a staple of the local Inuit community. But now their very survival is in danger. 

The Canadian government just granted oil corporations the right to search for drilling sites in the ocean near Clyde River. Offshore drilling is bad enough, but the search is worse – these oil companies will use "seismic testing," setting off huge explosions underwater to try and find oil. 

Like all whales, narwhals use their hearing to communicate and to find their way safely beneath the Arctic ice. The search for oil will deafen, disorient, and kill any narwhals caught in its path. It's up to us to speak up now, and stop this while we still can.

Save the narwhals! Sign the petition to stop Big Oil from destroying Arctic habitats.

Source: SumOfUs.org