Ocean

There the ocean's icy cold

Here it's warm as sun-baked gold

There the water's

unknowably deep

Here as shallow as

a flying fish leap

There Neptune's desert,

empty of life

Here fish are legion,

coral flowers rife

There the sea's sullen,

as dark as the night

Here the blues and greens tango,

and shimmer with light

There the brine's filthy,

you swim in fear

Here it sparkles, diamond-clear

There the waves are

a dangerous foe

Here they're your friends -

and they're with you,

wherever you go