Into the water

All the sages teach: Answers are in reach
So I went out to repent for ten days at the beach
Standing at the edge, I made a solemn pledge
Swim and pray every day and let the ocean dredge me

Here we go out into the water now
Down in the deep see what we will see
Here we go out into the water now
Down in the dark with the shells and the starfish
Ready to dive in, I saw a dorsal fin
Wallow through the shallows where I was about to swim
It’s hard to tell apart a dolphin and a shark
From a distance, so I went in for a little heart to heart

With the water to my shins I received an answer
Slate metal skin head shaped like a hammer
Let us raise a toast seven feet away
To what we fear the most gently come to pray, pray
Moving side by side, with a cautious stride
We endured until he turned and went out with the tide
I came back again, every day in ten
Scanned the coast, raised a toast
And dove in