What lies beneath,
In the salty mist of the Gulf Of Mexico,
there is a beautiful beach.
Off the beach there is a beautiful gift of God.
70 paces from
the white sandy shore.
Vibrant orange stalks branch out
with  vacancy signs
to attract schools of yellow fins that swim by.
teeming with life
the whole reef feeds from the sunlight as on oxygen tank.
They welcome stunned divers
that want to take a piece of this beautiful coral,
but they know that it must be left in peace.
The ecosystem seems big to humans,
but to the average clownfish this is a whole state.
Quiet, silence, the reef goes black,
the hungry swordfish hovers above, starving for blood.
He makes his move and demolishes a whole city on the reef.
There rooms will be vacant again tomorrow.