Short Story

Lonely Whale

I swim towards my future

In the clear sea

I believe in

My mother told me the sea was clear and blue

Told me to be loud so that others can hear it

But what do I do?

It’s so dark here

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      Recently, I am interested about something. It is a song. A Korean song. I do not know why it can be like this. That song makes me have a lot of questions. I am very curious about the meaning of this song and my curiosity took me to "The Most Lonely Creature in the World" story. Seriously. I cried when I read the story about it for the first time. The meaning is very deep and very touching ! I was very impressed to the songwriter. The title of this song is  Whalien 52. It is very unique, right ? It is very unique, even just by reading the title of the song can make us curious. The singer is Bangtan Boys from South Korea. Because this is a Korean song, I have to find the translation to understand it.

“Lonely lonely lonely whale~”

It is one of the lyric that I know because it is in English. From it, I know that it tells about whale. After I searching the whole lyrics, I can understand the meaning of this song. Whalien 52 is abbreviation of  whale + alien and 52 is a frequency of 52 hertz. Amazing.

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One day, My friends and I go to the library. We want to find more  information about the whalien. We are very interested in the story that inspired the songwriter in writing this song. How they could have thought to pick up the story of whalien as their song?  What they want to say to us? These are a few questions that popped up in my mind.

“Whalien 52 is unlike the other whales. It is a kind of whale that sings at a very high frequency (52 Hertz), so nobody can hear it! ” My friend, Roy, looked very surprised after he reads the article about whalien 52.

“Do you know? Normally, the whales are unable to hear the frequency more than 12-25 hertz. For humans, it is special. But for the group of whales, it is regarded as an alien. Whalien does not have friend or couple because it can not communicate with other whales. Due to this, it is a very lonely creature that always travels by itself.” Berlyn said. Her face looked sad. “ It is very touching.”

“I know I know I know ! I think the singers of whalien 52 tried to tell us that the lonely whale in this is song is theirselves. Sometimes they feel that they are alone, everybody says different things from them, nobody would not listen to them. But they can shine brightly, they can emerge from the deep and dark ocean, and they want to fight this loneliness. As the whale has to continue believing in its hertz, they have to believe in their voices and songs, the things they want to share through them. By doing this, one day the whale will be heard by other whales even from the other side of the earth and they will be heard by other people in the world. Nobody will be lonely again.” Chacha  said. We all agree with her opinion.

 “Wow! Bangtan Boys, You guys are amazing !” I give my two thumbs up for them. “I am very impressed to the songwriter. They are very genius people I think. Many people like to complain, whine, grumble, and many more. But, we have better luck compared with the whalien. At least, you are not alone in this world and there are people who can hear your crying and your screaming. So we have to be grateful for what is already given by God.”. I close the whalien 52 story book. We all are smiling.

“Yes… we are not a whalien~~”

^^ The End ^^

Whalien 52

The most lonely creature in the world

You wanna know my story

I never told this to anybody

In the middle of this ocean,

One lonely whale cries

No matter how much it shouts, no one can hear it

So lonely it just stays quiet

No matter who I was back then, it’s whatever now I don’t care

When loneliness is by my side

I become completely alone, sadness filling the lock

Whatever now, I became a start

yeah whatever, you can’t

stay by anyone’s side

the way you easily speak to me becomes a wall

Even loneliness becomes an act in your eyes

I’m trapped in this wall

I can’t breathe properly

Towards to surface

Lonely lonely lonely whale

I sing to myself

A lonely island like me

Will it shine bright?

Lonely lonely lonely whale

I sing again

This song that receives no reply

I sing till it reaches someone tomorrow

One endless sea

I’ll once reach

All the way across the world

Even the far sighted whales

Will be able to see me

I’ll sing today, too

The world doesn’t know

How sad I am

My pain that can’t be mixed

Water and oil

Only above the surface

I can’t stop caring when I breathe

A lonely water child

I wanna let them know

What I’m worth Everyday

I become seasick from worrying

A sticker beneath my ear

Never end,

There’s no end and only hell

Even if time flows

a cold heart is Neverland

But I keep thinking

Even if you’re small, dream big

The approaching praise

Will make you dance everyday

Be like me, Ye i’m swimmin’

I swim towards my future

In the clear sea

I believe in

My mother told me the sea was clear and blue

Told me to be loud so that others can hear it

But what do I do?

It’s so dark here

The other whales

Speak so differently

I juss can’t hold it ma

I wanna say I love you

I sing this song alone

I flip the same music sheet

This ocean is too deep

But I’m grateful

(No one will see my tears)

I’m a whalien

Even the far sighted whales

Will be able to see me

I’ll sing today, too