Wonders of a Coral Reef

a massive coral reef just off the shore of a tiny island in the South Pacific a tropical reef filled with sea life galore breathtaking and stunningly majestic like an enormous rainforest on the sea floor rare kaleidoscope of colorful sea creatures a fishdom of seldom seen underwater life even a crevice hiding a notorious moray eel a reef so magnificent, an oceanic cathedral a community of sea life in a grand display exotic swimmers in an oceanic aquarium gracing the reef with healthy marine life offering much for visitors to that domain begs it be respected and kept pristine this grandiose basilica of the blue sea surface floaters unable to dive appear like bobbing corks on a fishing pole line static observers, yet witnesses to divine creation while skilled divers invade the watery nation the abode of sea inhabitants extraordinaire a face goggle view has its rewards though surface viewers covet those of the divers who can fathom the deep viewing the ocean floor’s beauty mark a kingdom of oceanic life of divine art surface views are provided with small portions of the reef freshly harvested but a rare experience is squandered because of the inability to dive deep a lack borne with shame and regret those who dive deep gain profoundly by interacting with the life of that watery den while those fear of depths are deprived as others dive and find rich treasures that the surface viewer never discovers being a surface viewer can be humiliating causing awareness of one’s shortcomings taking what others gained at great effort with risks that only success could unfold gracing the lesser with hard-earned gold