Call of the Sea

There he is, my excellent, old friend
By a sandy beach – the Arabian Sea!

My stories of joy & romance he penned
On the crest of a wave he set me.

And always his ear he freely did lend
Whenever the tide was ‘gainst me.

But for your presence my heavenly send
What would I have turned out to be?

Someone with a body that’s really vast
That’s the image of you they keep.

Until, when they realize at last,
That your soul, in fact, is so deep.

So vast, you are that in that majesty
No one can stop to feel how deep.

So strong in body, yet deeper in mind
That’s how I too would like to be!

But for your majesty my heavenly send
What would I have turned out to be?

To me, your surface of vastness and calm
Cannot hide the life, the vitality.

To meditate, to levitate, they say: think of you,
So, in the mind, you are all they see.

In those moments, when they are able to be
Even in mortal existence, closest to Thee!

Just like you to become I intend
Still as a statue, abuzz as a bee.

But for your peace my heavenly send
What would I have turned out to be?

The richness of life in you is so striking
Whence cometh such color and beauty?

The largest, the smallest, the most venomous
Most colorful, most weird – goodness me!

The corals, the pearls, the cucumbers, the plankton
The turtles, the whales – everyone’s from the sea!


Yet, when thy water breaks onto the rocks,
Now and ever, your wrath do we see.

“Rape of the rock” it may justly be called
Did He who made the calm sea make thee?

But for your enigma my heavenly send
What would I have turned out to be?

Often thoughtful, contemplative, troubled, joyless
What a pain to you we must be!

Cribbing and crying, pouring tales of woe,
Are humans like an oil slick to thee?

Or maybe, on my cheek, like does meet like
Salt from the eyes meets salt from the sea.

Happiness or sorrow, if you hadn’t been close,
I would have been completely at sea.

But for your presence, my heavenly send
What would I have turned out to be?

Other than your shores, my unfailing friend
Where would I ever desire to be?