The Bittersweet Ocean

   The Bittersweet Ocean

The vile waves

and despairing storms;

The roars of thunder,

Crash through her saline arms.

Fishermen to drown,

and yachts to sink

The ocean is a soothsayer

your life is at her eye's blink.

The ocean is a warrior,

with her bores and cyclones.

Her platinum currents are her rapiers,

Her silver waves are her hornstones.

Her waves drift ashore,

and her salt provides itself to you.

As this happens-- rest assured,

The ocean will not lunge on cue.

She holds the most powerful

Of all marine creatures,

From the most bizarre whales,

To the most unexceptional critters.

From the greatest of predators,

And the most docile of fish,

To the most copious supplies of coral,

Which she deliberates to be her greatest wish.

The ocean is a healer,

With the mutinous water which she hurled-

It is the very water that holds

The life of all the world!

- Sahana Raghuraman