Inanimate Monsters of the Sea

I feel sad, and it feels so helpless to me                                                                                                                       So little to do about the monsters of the sea

They go north, then south; east, then west                                                                                                                       No one can steer them or bring them to rest

So they go on to wreck and ruin, pour and blow,                                                                                                                        
until the water ways are filled from their flow

They have eyes but see not, but they sense their source of energy                                                                             Their source is diminished at landfall; so they start to cease activity 

Their fuel is supplied by the warm waters of the sea                                                                                             Perhaps they themselves long for the day to be set free*

They stretch us to the max, thereby making us better                                                                                               They batter and bruise us, but their storms we manage to weather

They must be respected, but we need never to be terrified by them                                                                             We are not alone in this world; we are cared for and protected by HIM

I suppose for survival, the fish of the sea finds pathways to go deeper                                                                                                      I pray that our love for God and for each other will also grow deeper
09092017 PS Contest, September Standard, Brain Strand
*Romans 8:21,22
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 9/10/2017 6:49:00 AM
Lovely lines so beautifully penned--well done curtis!
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