The oceans deep

What is it about the ocean
That never ceases to amaze me

Is it the tirelessness of the tides
Or the timelessness of the waters
Or is it just my envy
Of the myriad creatures it rides

Is it the energy of the waves
As they call from its dark depths
Reaching out to the pristine beach
or come crashing below jagged cliffs

Giving each time to the land
a little of themselves
Leaving a little of the ocean
As memories on the sand

Taking each time with the waves
Into their innermost depths
All that the shores are ready to let go
Or are these what the ocean craves?

Absorbing their newness
Befriending some, rejecting some
Mulling over those
it is not quite sure of

Maybe it's about all of these after all
The energy and the tirelessness
The sharing and the timelessness

Visible through the flurry of activity on the shores
Invisible in the deepest secrets held for centuries
Visible in the life it has sprung forth
And in the lives it has swallowed

What is it about the ocean
That never ceases to amaze me
That always beckons
Yet can chillingly threaten


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