Timmy the Seal was a friend of mine

I’m sorry for I heard He died, 

Up in Alaska He was clubbed to death, 

So I think, I will sit and cry.

For I remember still when He was a Cub

And the way He use to talk

And the way He smiled through His saddened eyes, 

And; His funny walk.

I remember His Mother a good old Girl

And how much She loved Her son

And how She protected Timmy when the Hunters came, 

So they killed Her; and Timmy cried so loud.

So into the ocean Timmy ran and jumped, 

And swam as fast as He could swim

Though He escaped from the screams and the cries, 

But He couldn’t escape from where He had been.

For He remembered the cries and the bloody sight

And His friends who were clubbed to death, 

And the Hunters who crept through the night, 

While carrying those clubs of red.

Timmy the Seal swam back to His home

Just to see if anyone was left, 

But all He could find was blood on the snow, 

And a Walrus, whose name was Fred; 

The Walrus was an ancient one

Whom lived through many of deaths, 

And He told Timmy how His family had died, 

In one of those bloody nights.

The Hunters all arrived with their clubs

And killed everything that moved

And so went my family, in just one night, 

And I knew not what to do.

The Walrus cried and Timmy sighed

Finally knowing how to stop these killings, 

Timmy looked at Fred and said unafraid, 

I’ll show the Hunters we too have feelings, .

So in toward the ocean Timmy jumped and swam, 

Leaving the Walrus all alone, 

Vowing He’d find the Hunters and stop these killings, 

And when He did, He would come back home.

But Timmy never came back home again

I heard this from some friends, 

They said Timmy showed the Hunters His sad brown eyes, 

So they laughed, and they killed Timmy for His hide.

Timmy the Seal was a Friend of mine

So another tear for me to cry, 

For I remember the day Timmy swam away, 

For the Walrus, was I. 

Randy L. McClave