space whale

floating through the endless void 
watching burning stars 
and dead planets
revolve around each other
dodging asteroids
and avoiding blackhole squids
I propel myself gently along with my tail 
swimming through clouds of cosmic gas
and always making it back to my mother 
when she calls for me
she tells me stories
of when our kind
used to live on a planet
earth 
I think 
and how the other inhabitants 
slowly killed our beautiful oceans 
choking our families 
with plastic 
and killing our food supply 
with their toxins 
leaving us no option 
but to grow wings
and fly 
fly away
from the terrible mess they made
and learn 
to live 
in the great big 
beautiful void
of space.