This Is the Sea-Daunting and Promising

Shimmering sea, glimmering waves Glistening waters, mirroring moon-glow Beyond the beaches, coral lagoons Mellow boroughs, dotting the shore Rising sun, peaking through the sky Day has arrived, ousting dark night Merchant adventurers, sail forth to venture The deep blue hue, revealed to the crew Vast is its reach, and cool the salty breeze Violent are its storms, and mighty its depths Haunted by sirens, whose tunes take wing Amid broken dreams, and forlorn hope Morbid castaways, adrift or ashore Gaze upon the horizon, dazed and confused Perhaps they seek, an island of nymphs, Just like Odysseus, or so they think This is the sea, daunting and promising Poseidon’s wonders, for all to see! All rights released into Public Domain