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Beneath the Surface
Have you swam the forests under the seas
glided it's waters wandered it's keys
watched the gray giants and albino squid
attached to kelp leaves sharks eggs were hid
Clouded by algae just being born
followed the whales rounding Cape Horn
watching up rivers salmon schools run
fur seals cartwheeling under the sun
soft twinning corals swaying like trees
waving their branches as if in breeze
Fingers of hydra grasping their meals
under sea ferns unrolling their reels
the cuddlefish hug the limbs of it's mate
a new generation they're about to create
wondering wherever your wonder has gone
wondering how species can gender our song
a manatee grazes upon the sea grass
beneath the boats ocean swarms underpass
in every color every rainbow and hue
daily inquiry into what do they do
so graceful like ballerinas they play
wandering it's reaches by night and day
the nudibranches scaling their hills
Lobsters saluting and razorfish drills
swimming the whirlpools with shapely tails
jackass penguins and jellies with sails
predict the movements of the Blue whales
picture the angels sacheting their trails
shimmering glitters sparkling the sands
finwalkers walking as if they had hands
leatherback babies skimming the tides
upon water fountains the sea urchin's slides
a red emperor ruling the the strays
roving the shoals edging the bays
basket stars wrapping themselves in embrace
the straights and fjords where sea otters race
pipefishes drifting the eels in their caves
upon the reef floors fish dancing their raves
shoveling and building with undersea tools
the Jacks and Jills swimming to schools
tubeworms array upon hot water vents
where clownfish play anemone tents
surfing the currents and ocean spray
moving so swiftly they're off and away
composed of armies marching the streams
sea mountain passages and sub...marine dreams
within the reef beds creches do sleep
in seaweed meadows lives in the deep
Marlins found herding sardines and smelt
it's all the playground sea lives have been dealt
life's exhibition an endless parade
so many wonders radiantly displayed
PoetryofProvidence
C Michael Miller
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