little shrimpy

into the depth of the sea
the little shrimp did dive
his plan devised to test
the limits of being alive

he kept on going deeper
it was getting dark
kept his shrimp eyes open
alert for any sharks

deeper down he went
ahead it was pitch black
water now much colder
he thought of going back

suddenly out of shadow
appeared a glowing orb
a fish with giant teeth
more than our shrimp could absorb

then he saw a menace
that he had seen before
a giant great white shark
a guest never ever asked for

the shark was clearly hunting
scanning with wicked black eyes
our shrimp hid among some coral
happy for his small size

the shark passed out of sight
then shrimpy did decide
time to head back home
so up and up he began to ride

fun to have adventures
to see what you haven’t seen
but keep your wits about you
in the world does live some mean

when our shrimp got home
he told his friends the tale
as they were chitter chattering
up came a big blue whale

that whale swallowed them up
in one gigantic wave
as our shrimpy was going down
he was glad he had been brave

he had seen something different
he had tested himself for real
he felt proud of his adventure
and that is quite something to feel