The Mighty Sea and Its Secret

The Mighty Sea and Its Secret

The mighty sea

Its tides rise and ebb

Flowing all around me as I glide through its core

Its mighty heart pounds a thunderous song

Its inhabitants greet me as one of their own

In water they observe I move quietly and smoothly

My strokes not upsetting the water’s rhythm

On land they have watched trying not laugh at my ungainly stride

Now they lead me in a merry chase for what seems miles

And along the way they stop showing me treasures their King Neptune has shared

Also though along circuit countless wrecks shrouded in barnacles appear

These foreigners tried to make the sea their domain

And were not welcomed by the King and his subjects as I was

For their air was one of boisterous conquering loud and unruly full of disdain

Upsetting the rhythms of the water and its creatures

But I have let them guide me and not tried to remold them to my beckon.  

And that is the secret of why I can move with them now as one of their own!

Milancie Hill Adams, Hammock Corridors, 22 May 2012