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Poetry,
By Nila

Table Of Con tense:
1. Introduction
2-4. 13 Ways of Looking at the Sea
5-6. I believe
7. Conclusion

13 Ways Of Looking at the Sea

I
Lying on a beach,
Looking at the waves,
and the Sea reflects the water

II
On a swing in a banyan tree,
Watching the soft pink light,
Dances as it sees the Sea

III
On an iceberg,
In the coast of the Arctic Ocean,
Glancing solemnly at the frozen Sea

IV
Rocked by a boat,
In the heart of the Caribbean,
All alone with the salty waves

VI
On an observatory,
Through a telescope,
Watching the white meet the blue

VII
Eating hash browns patties,
Then dawn cracks,
As the Mediterranean plays with sunlight

VIII
Through a stained glass window,
At a museum in China,
The Sea strangely tinted grape

IX
Watching TV,
As a tidal wave crashes 
The Sea attempts to perish land

X
In the form of a river,
A melting of a glacier,
Coming down from the call of the mountains

XI
In a faraway dessert,
No water for miles,
But the sand dollar you clutch in your hand

I believe in stars, the way the twinkle in the sky
I believe in friendship, powerful bonds that last forever
I believe in failure, yet almost I give up,
Every time a tree sheds its leaves, 
It grows new ones, green, stronger, with a new heart.

XII
Come to the Amazon Rain forest,
In the heat of Brazil,
Where a salt-fish is being cooked from the shallows

I believe in strength, mastering yourself,
I believe hope, for it is there in the darkest hour,
I believe in trying, again and again till the bone,
I believe in light, use that to face your dark,
Listening to the song of the birds,
Underneath the morning sky, it brings us close.

XIII
And last but not least,
Looking down from the moon,
To the green and blue on the Terra

The point of life is to live,
Listen, learn, grow, repeat,
I believe in warmth, that keeps you in not out,
I believe in carrying a shield, that protects others first,
Be fearless, and conquer your fears.

So, How many ways do you see the Sea?

I believe in imagination, fly away with it,
I believe in knowledge, with which you must know,
I believe in literature, for you can always write,
I believe in the night, the world is silent then,
If you put all these together,
You can reach for the stars,
Be the first, forever.