I Sea It Your Way

Dear Ocean, 

You are vast and unending

Your color reflects the sky

The life you hold is dependent 

On the mercy above the tide.

The power you posses

And the heights your waves reach

Make the best of us cower

When our levees are breached.

Because of our fears

We fight back with destruction

We kill off your reefs 

For our own mass production.

We over-harvest your fish

And pollute your waters.

What kind of world are we leaving 

For our sons and daughters?

We, humans, must see

The error of our ways

To make up for our actions

And start protecting your bays.

The reduction of fishing

With the promotion of biodiversity

It is my goal as a student 

At my university.

Let me apologize

On behalf of my kind

I will not stand by 

And pretend to be blind.

Yours truly, 

Annalise Stohr