OUR OCEANS A TREASURE

As I walk along the shore
I wonder to myself
What’s out there to explore?
Just off the continental shelf.

The ocean is full of treasure
Creatures both great and small
To admire them gives us pleasure
Lets start with a coral atoll.

Hundreds of species of fish
With colours ever so bright
As beautiful as you could wish
Never fail to delight.

The corals, the starfish and shells
Of the reef’s beauty tells
The seahorse, the crab and the shark
Complete the under water park.

A reef is forever changing
It’s creatures always exchanging
Yes here is a great spot to dive
To witness the oceans’ beauty alive.

Another majestic sea creature
A wonderful rather large feature
Is the endangered Blue Whale
Who doesn’t fit on the scale.
He measures in meters thirty,
Each flipper about three or four.
His kindly nature leaves us -
Wishing that there were more.

While all of these things bring us joy
Mankind can tend to destroy.
So now is the time to act.
To educate man with fact.
Our oceans to protect.
To show them the proper respect.
For if this we neglect
We will suffer the dire effect.

Poem by Sourcherry
Photographs from Pixabay