The Shark and the Snail

It's a peculiar thing
that I bring to the table
a most trying dilemma
most epic a fable.

Please sit a while
and hear of my tale
of this noble a duo
the shark and the snail.

Two creatures on earth
did ne'er exist
with on, such a bond,
and friends such as this.

But what could they do,
oh what could they be
for worlds they describe
but never could see.

So time went on
and wonders they told
of what lay beneath,
above and below.

They told what could be
and thought even more
of what it was like
on the other one's shore.

So desperate they were
for the other one's home
they forgot who they were
and did aimlessly roam.

It didn't take long
for the snail to devise
a method to visit
this land most aprized.

With a run and a jump
with all of his might
he leapt from the ledge
and barely took flight.

With a most silent plop
he was under the brine
'mong Flotsam and Jetsom
no peace did he find.

He sank to the depths
of the ocean's dark floor
and the shark and the snail
could be friends never more.

So the story must be,
and remember this friends,
to life's discontent
you ne'er may tend.

Poem #2