The Gulf Between US

The Gulf Between US

The Gulf between us ever widens

Never left tranquil defying 

  It’s  natural guise 

With  our misuse and misguidance 

We never see or recognize 

One might as well claim the sky’s

Light day into night as rename the sea

The sea in any season 

numbers not nor names it’s ecology 

The Gulf of Mexico appropriated

by human fame

Truly  cannot be renamed

 human greed in dominion claimed 

Is fraudulent ownership shamed 

 Where Cuba Mexico and America meet 

The North American Sea

Borderless,it’s true name is unity 

unspoken in its diverse community 

“Anahuac”.  the land between the waters”

Mayans called it Nahá, Great Water

Is the mutual gift we greet 

New names given and explained 

Through Invasions like flags planted 

marking territory gained 

For a time was the Gulf of New Spain 

Columbus called it the Chinese sea

But in reality it is Natures sea

In all of its vast and beautiful bio-diversity 

Where the vastness of ocean greets the land  

Cannot be owned or ceded from human hand 

All that is prepared in Nature's care 

is offered and shared there 

Harmony within the bounty 

And flourishing life within her sea 

Must mean more to her in trust 

then a name game 

 For what human gain has defamed 

Every microscopic bit of oceanic life 

From the gulls that swim cry and fly 

And manatee whale and turtle above 

  surfacing too in joy seeking 

 Warmer waters and the air of blue sky 

Sharks and all fish that feed below

 in self sacrificial love 

Neither shipping lanes nor fishing lines-

ships with oil spills seeping 

into feathers,  ocean bed and krill

Or opportunistic vessels wakes 

That plough though fins and gills 

Can overtake or define nature’s  plan 

no matter where we stand 

by label, title, or brand 

The only language needed 

is the one of sea, sky  and sand