October 20th
180/365
If the Ocean Could Speak
If the ocean could speak, what would it say?
Would it sing of the battle of sun and rain?
Or would it whisper of all that it has seen,
Flowing deep throughout all of our history—
Water birthing the life we know,
Perhaps our ocean’s voice is home.
If the Ocean Could Speak
If the ocean could speak, what would it say?
Would it sing of the battle of sun and rain?
Or would it whisper of all that it has seen,
Flowing deep throughout all of our history—
Water birthing the life we know,
Perhaps our ocean’s voice is home.
Leela Berman 15, Seattle
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