2. By the Ocean-Side

To the Ocean deep and blue

Come many a thirsting soul,

They come with diverse motives

But none are turned aside !

Some gather salt from the waters,

Some scour its bosom for pearls,

Some go in for deep-sea fishing,

Some stick safely to the shore.

There are poets to eulogise

Intellectuals to theorise

Philosophers with assumptions and

Scientists who analyse.

But the Ocean remains unruffled 

In a magnanimous giving

For, everyone has the right

To visit the Ocean-side !!!

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"When  you dive into the sea at one place, you are diving into the full, never a fraction. For the ocean is the same everywhere. If your thirst remains unquenched, it is because you did not dive deep enough." 

                                                                   Sri Sathya Sai

Everything comes, flows from Thee,
And yet we claim it is ours.
A million miracles lie about us
Anonymous, unclaimed, unheeded.
We pick up pebbles
And claim sea-weed as our own
While the Ocean watches and smiles, 

Her treasures hidden in her depths

In playful, foam-filled tenderness

She sighs at these games we play ! 

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