The Sea In Motion

Turbulent moves the water mass Thumping and roaring as it rolls, Sheltering in her, myriad queer forms From tiny planktons to giant killer whales. Constant remains she, yet changing ever The puzzling paradox beyond the land She had cradled the first mote of life Earliest link in the incessant chain of life. Whipped by the wind, smashed by the storm She lashes on the rock in angry venom In tumult she pounds the strand As though her fury is never assuaged At times seen sedate in shades of blue So compliant - without stir, without din Tranquil she lies - an appeased child With a calm, unmatched in her prior demeanour Beneath the lull and hum of waves Brews an eternal clash that never dies The ceaseless fracas oft swelling out Into a bedlam of commotion, clatter and din Curious shapes with needles, spikes and spines Sticking out in clusters beneath the blue The fantasy world of coral reefs Chiselled and shaped - Nature's unique masonry Marvel of marvels, this mystic mass With tiny droplets grown into scores Billions multiplied into trillion fold This infinite expanse that wobbles and churns. What ingenious brain did frame Such a wonder as this mighty sea? What furtive hands did hide Such baffling mysteries in this briny deep?