From the distance

     in our corners

Though the captain

     took our side

We followed all indifferance

     even though we held to hide

Our answers came from no one's word

     we paced ourselves to fill

Come life or death we brace ourselves

     against his every will

We shake ourselves from diving in

     and find ourselves with slime

To carry on with no regret

     to fill his final line.

And as he carried us along the only words from him to put us at ease were a constant mantra from our nightmares before we woke. "There is nothing more impacting than a body of water, so if I become a freak beyond my control so be it, which always becomes more powerful and terrifying than a fish could ever be."