Sea is benevolent, sea is serene
Sea when destroys, creates havoc unseen...
The Serene and the Angry Sea
The sea when calm
is vast and endless
Beautiful in the joy of creation
of numerous lives held in its depth
Pregnant with mysteries of the deep:
Red of corals
Blue of sharks
Scent of stingray
Glow of pearls
Multiple arms of octopi
Schools of tiny colourful fish
Weeds of endless varieties to feed
Treasures of numerous drowned ships
Fossils of human and animal remains
devoured by the sea over centuries of gales
Home to endless turbulent rains
Joy of flying whooping cranes
Cries of seagulls' so pristine
Croaks of frogs brown and green
Fruits of the coconut palms
Ecstasy of lovers on the beach
Through the sifting sands of Time
Glow of shimmering moonbeams
Shine of golden sunrays
Blue of the azure sky
Dew of the mornings serene
Tears of the nimbus clouds
Shouts of thunders,
Glow of lightening
Swish of waves,
kissing and caressing the shores so calm
Whispers of the passing wind
rustling through the palms...
And when the sea stirs up a storm:
Rages wild and unbridled,
Thunders black and blue
High waves rise and touch the sky
Drowning beaches and islands
and the dwellers of the shores,
seekers of sea's bounty,
in one big sweep of fury,
Uprooting the lives of millions
within and right next to it
Engulfing every thing in its wake.
Birds fly, frightened, away to far off lands
People run for their lives
Home, dwelling, crops are swallowed
Till it has vented its rage...
Next morning in the wreckage
Pearls and hidden treasures
are swept up the devastated shores-
But, there is no one to pick them up
strewn among the bloated, rotting carcasses
of human and animal life.
A sacrifice too dear
At the altar of the furious
restless, fuming sea...
It takes ages before
the damage can be restored...
Sea is benevolent, sea is serene
Sea when destroys, creates havoc unseen...
Author: Zoya Zaidi
Aligarh (UP), India
Copyright©: Zoya Zaidi
07.08.07 1.30 pm
Inspired by Tagore's 'Stray Birds'
Image: Dead Sea drying at an alarming rate
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Poetry by Zoya Zaidi
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Written on 2009-12-03 at 19:28
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