The Bittersweet Ocean

   The Bittersweet Ocean

The evil 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 tsunamis and hurricanes,

Her platinum currents are her rapiers,

Her silver waves are her shurikens.

When her waves drift ashore,

and her salt provides itself to you,

When this happens-- rest assured,

The ocean will not lunge on cue.

She holds the most powerful

Of all marine creatures,

From the most bizarre of whales,

To the most common critters.

From the greatest of apex predators,

And the most passive of fish,

To the most abundant supplies of coral,

Which she thinks to be her greatest wish.

The ocean is a healer,

With the weapon-like water which she hurled-

It is the very water that holds,

The life of all the world!

- Sahana Raghuraman