Alabaster used for statues and vases
Brass and beryl
Calcite, relative of limestone and marble
Diamond, pure carbon
Erbium used for fiber optics
Fluorite boosts mental clarity
Gypsum and graphite
Hematite polished into beads
Iron used to make steel
Jadeite graded A B or C
Kunzite soft pink, lilac or violet
Limestone formed from shells and corals
Moonstone heightens psychic sensitivity
Nacre also mother-of-pearl
Opal plays with rainbow colors
Peridot August’s birthstone
Quartz used in electronics
Ruby red
Sapphire a deep Kashmir blue
Topaz November’s birthstone
Unakite green and pink granite
Vesuvianite discovered in Italy
Wavelite a rare aluminum mineral
Xanthite named by ancient Greeks
Yowah nut from Australia
Zircon of many colors
Sea Shell, Sea Shell,
Sing me a song, ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦
A song of ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ tropical trees,
Of islands ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Of fishes and corals ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
And seahorses ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Sea Shell, Sea Shell,
Sing of the things you know so well.
(Blackout of Sea Shell by Amy Lowell)
Where ¦¦¦¦ the waters ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
Spun ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ your dry ghost ¦¦¦¦¦¦
The dead turns ¦¦¦ its eye;
¦¦¦¦¦ once ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ your ice
Pushed ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ the dry wind ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Through ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ root and roe.
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ your ¦¦¦¦¦ knots sank ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
Into ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ cord, ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ unraveller,
His ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ knife hung ¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ the channels ¦¦¦ their source
And lay ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ low.
Invisible, ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ tides
Break ¦¦¦ the lovebeds ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ love's left dry;
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ your stones ¦¦¦ shades
Of children ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ voids,
Cry ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ tomb, your ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ lids
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ latched ¦¦¦¦¦ magic ¦¦¦¦¦¦
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ earth and sky;
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ corals ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ beds
¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ serpents in your tides,
¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦
Sky seem to touch the distant ocean
Vastness surpassed my limited vision.
Sky and Sea were with me in unison,
as I walked on sandy- rocky beach.
Waves, rolling, roaring, rising high
amusing silent witness azure sky.
Sky-blue? Ocean-green? Which thread to apply,
for veil of Mother Nature to stitch?
Petrichor of wet sand particles I smelt
crawling crabs, corals and clams I met,
moistened windy breeze over sea I felt,
pleasant pretty charms to make me rich.
Overwhelming beauty of sea, I visualized,
on depth of emotion I was mesmerized,
too small was my existence, I just realized,
appealing to any one or each.
Where the sky drifts into the sea
Vastness, wideness, enchanted me,
so ridiculous my quark-type identity,
Eternal Divinity to reach?
You lucky, lucky thing, you got away this time,
said the fish to the anglers hook and bait,
as it jumped and missed, once, twice and thrice.
the day passed in watery waves,
amongst fronds and roots,
planktons and corals, swirling currents
that brought other food in plenty,
but the loss of that piece of worm,
left it in remorse.
It swore it would get it next time,
and planned how it would lie in wait
the next day, and jump with all its might,
to grab it tight, and make a meal of it for
once and all!
Next day, the bait came down
but just as it prepared to fly towards it
it was grabbed by another!
and another and another!
So it was, the fish lived its life,
in the depth of the lake, grabbing
food the waves brought,
never succeeding to grab
that damned bait!
“How awful!” it would often recall!
“ A failure, I have to live with, shall
never ever, try again!”
Are you human or you're life
Life expectancy
How the far you in your life
And what is your dependency
Is this system SATAN really
To abolish soul
What is your behavior
Is your game kinda foul
Will we all kinda same
In the system this
Sure we're tired of the war
All of us want peace
But with peace you reproduce
Many many children
Ocean corals life reduced
Due your interference
Soles of you shoes produce
Microparticles
They the threat to ocean induce
Many LAW the articles
So you shall be walking less
AI will do all jobs for you
Yes Economy recess
Valuable are few
Ocean suffers from hypoxy
So that many humans eat
What for system this
True judgement
You're HYPOCRITE
I was studying QURAN but I am not a traditional muslim and I also study TORAH but not christian
I am not a religious person and am a mathematician
and ALLAH and I we love this song
10+Years/Feeding+The+Wolves/Fade+Into+(The+Ocean)
and if CYBE ids correct we want HELP
Flourishing despite adversity
The edge of night. Flourish anew,
With its ambient lotus flower imagery.
A light, unveiling its gentle pinks
And corals, so serene and calming
With its embrace. Inspiring and
Embracing a seed within my mind.
Thriving in beauty for hope and peace
Among a garden of awakening dandelions
Evoking the warmth of the sun.
Embracing the inner transformation
As the pages are turned to a new
Chapter through life growth.
1442 Contest 2-1-26 Aubergine is a deep purple color.
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1442
In a midnight jubilee of snows
When Aurora's magic flows
In her empty realm of white
Her colors leap in ebbs and flows.
Her magic splashes through the nights
She decorates with neon delights
A chartreuse rush - a ruby storm
Gossamer flashes soar the heights.
Electric flares born from solar storms
Gather in her slender forms
With corals, reds and shapes of greens
Her artic light show, new art forms.
Through this portal - dark astral scenes -
Her kaleidoscope flies and then careens
In waves of handsprings through glacial skies
And love notes written in aubergines.
Dazzling across the sunlit ocean floor,
On my way to my alma mater’s shore.
Lavender and rust corals light my way,
Puffers and mantas in graceful display.
Harmonious with neighbours, I stay,
Intuition whispers where currents sway.
Navigating waters both night and day,
I dive into the depths of mother sea
she nurtures me, conceals me, delights me
two dolphins swim up and surround me
keeping me out of the great white’s sight
I am careful to not dangle my appendages near mother’s corals
they are deadly sharp, and blood would bring other sharks
I do a few loops and whorls, feeling at home, feeling mermaid-like
Never do I feel more alive than when I am the depths of an ocean
a school of fish swim past, they are too big to be krill
I think one winks at me; understanding my oneness with them
Returning to the surface for a breath is annoying to me
I never did that in my other life when I was an electric eel
but who lives there I wondered
an artist perhaps
or a unicorn
it was a gorgeous castle
in pastel hues of pinks, greens and corals
is it a trick? does evil lurk behind those walls?
Is this castle a wolf in bunny rabbit’s clothing?
I suddenly had a horrifying picture of what this could be.
The interconnectedness
of our two lives is astounding.
We are both high and low tide,
and as meant to be
as wings on a sea gull.
Our need for one another
is as great as an oyster-gray sea
being absorbed by a thirsty shore.
As the pearl requires the shell to protect its luster,
our essences live inside each other.
Within us there lives a coastal garden
where respect and trust
nourish and let flowers
blossom in adoration,
passion, and fulfillment.
More than lovers, husband or wife,
we are conjoined hearts,
twin souls who are destined to share
heartbeat with heartbeat while we walk
the sands of time as one spirit.
Together we are moonlight on silver water,
ecru tidal pools warmed by a mid-day sun,
the ambers and corals of a sunrise,
and warm winds moving pink clouds
across pale azure skies at sunset.
As we live our forever lives together,
breathing in what the other exhales,
may we hold fast to the awareness
of these grand universal pairings;
not the least of which is our love.
If you get too far down in the sea you will miss
the beautiful colors that swim by like this.
There is a school of flame angel fish, orange and bright.
If you get too far down, you will not see them or any light.
The mandarin fish are coming by to say hello now.
Some are fluorescent red and green, a real wow.
oh, my oh my It is a group of purple fin fish I think.
Their posh purple fuchsia color borders on dark pink.
Watch out for the corals, they are devastatingly dangerous you know.
With a gorgeous orange, yellow and peachy like look, glistening so.
The ocean has a delightful combination of blues and greens today.
Unsure if it is pacific teal or aquamarine, but it is joyful and gay.
Butterfly princess landed in the garden on a warm May day
She isn’t local, must be from an ever land far far away
Her gown was refined, with corals, lavenders and sky blue
She had dainty features, and wore a silver bell on each shoe.
Tinkling while she walked, she approached the lilies first.
They needed a drink, so she stopped and quenched their thirst.
The tomatoes needed weeding, so butterfly princess did that too
She impressed the radishes and carrots. How about you?
The sky looked so high,
How did cloud reach it?
The sea is too deep,
How come corals go there?
Does birds sleep on clouds?
They always go near them.
Does fishes plays between corals?
They always swim near them.
Why can’t I jump so high?
Just wanna feel the clouds.
Why can’t i swim too deep?
Just wanna play between the corals.
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