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still

silent

ocean

dawn

40 minutes 

paddle

leave the bay

enter open ocean

a turtle

comes to greet

all innocent

and then seems 

to remember something

midway through

and dives deep and away

Was glad to see it's smile though

In the distance

whales dance

with peaceful grace

the ocean surface too

the ripples

a spellbinding blue

of a million hues

how long later?

engines

of peopled fleets 

spew petroleum fumes

on the morning air

and a noise

which drowns

so many moments 

fleeting in the 

grand scheme of things

but was it not

that some tribes of old

paid attention

with every breath

and footstep trodden

for as sometimes we're reminded

and will be reminded again

Nature is not matter only,

she is also 


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