52 Blue

 52 Blue 

There is a whale in the northern Pacific Ocean named 52 Blue.

Scientists named him this because he sings at a frequency 52 MHz. 

Other whales like him sing at frequencies between 15 and 25 MHz. 

They cannot hear his song. 

He has been called the loneliest whale in the world. 

Normally, whales are not lonely. They are communal creatures. They live in family groups. 

They migrate from warm waters to cool waters to give birth and find food. 

They follow the same migratory route year after year. 

52 Blue is different.

He lives alone. 

He doesn’t follow a migratory route. 

He wanders the ocean.

“Not all who wander are lost,” says the old saying.

Neither are those who wonder.

The wonderers usually find.

52 Blue is a wandering, wondering whale. 

whale

song

lonely

where are you?

wandering, singing

singing unheard wandering songs

can you hear me? are you there? are you? i am alone

listening, longing for songs gently sung, i hear you song on water, i’m here, i’m here

we sing at diff’rent frequencies, migrate along diff’rent routes, wandering, wondering

unheard, unknown, wandering the sea, song on water

singing unheard wondering songs

wondering, singing

who are you?

gentle

song

whale