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I am the Ocean


Can a limit be put on the ocean and all it is?

Can you justify that the ocean is solely water,

But what of all of all it contains

There is more to it than the waves that

Crash upon the beach

Below the perfect surface of clear blue water

There is beauty

Darkness

 

Sunlight breaks the thin glass surface

Of the sparkling water

It bursts into a million pieces

Creating the beauty many see

Not needing to be submerged

To see its magnificence

 

Only few take the time to

Penetrate the surface long enough

To see the true beauty of the ocean

Laying on the smooth sand at the

Bottom of the shallow water

Looking up, watching

The lights and colors dance

Exploring the blue and pinks

Of the coral reefs

Feeling the warmth of the volcanoes

Than the cold from the current

 

None dare enter the great abyss

That lies on the ocean floor

Hidden in the depths where no one else may go

The secrets of a broken heart

Pain

Loss

All alone

The farther into the depths you go

The darker it becomes

The more secrets become uncovered

Even in the darkness everything becomes clear

There is no light to see the beauty

All the light of the sun wouldn’t help

There is no beauty

I am the ocean

 
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