Watershed

Beneath waves that concede a change of life shapes of shifting forms hidden in ocean depths murky coloration of perpetual flux as fish without eyes cruise crustacean cousins in a midnight zone of black midst trouble changing sea acidity flowing currents once flush with species It's peaceful at the bottom in what can't be measured for the deeper one goes the familiar disappears like seaweed that displaces coral turbulent reef on the cusp of scant recovery Underwater paradise, surface waves of imposing rhythm forms that wash to shore life in the voracious jaws of damage what sustains a teardrop when anchored eyes open Poem composed; June 17, 2021