Spirit of the Sea

Spirit alive and free

Spirit of the sea

Alive and free

We beseech thee

Spirit alive and free

Spirit of the sea

Churn the waters clear

We hold so dear

Spirit alive and free

Spirit of the sea

We call to thee

Help us breathe

Wind and water uplift us to your shores

Our bodies in the sand now left cold in horror

Dark and deep we used to fly

Underneath the sky

We lived amid the colors of the sea

Dancing gloriously free to be

Forces shared

Undeclared

We call to thee our friends

Where the sea ends

The spirit answers in despair

Calling for those that care

Now, foul smells and heaviness entice sleep

Our bodies swell and swirl in the deep

Filled with remorse our demise from unknown forces grows

Tangled in the strands of algae strewn only thee knows

Our friends, our children, our ancestors come

Underneath in swirls of black are some

Dark and deep smothered form the light

No longer able to take flight

Left shocked frozen into silence

No more a pulse to flow hence

Quiet quests are now left unexplored

Food to serve as ventures toward

Horizons seen below vast expanses

Our spirits howl from painful stances

Once we roamed spirits free

We lived within this sea

Now, we roll with the tides afloat

Coming up to meet your boat

Eyes awake to your event

Lifeless drudgery sent

Lingering fear with no trust

Turned inward as we must

Let love’s tone hang around your neck

Fretful worries wrought by callous wreck

Our bounty sought no more

Life’s justice closed door

Our lives forever changed with death stalled

Spirit of the sea you are called

Spirit of the sea

Alive and free

We call to thee

Help us breathe

Spirit of the sea

Alive and free

We rise above

Like a dove

Spirit of the sea

Alive and free

Guide us home

No more to roam

Dark slimed bodies slick

We sink to depths sick

Sleep gathers its net

Around our souls set

Earthly bound soon to part

The lessons from our heart

Sounds of a choir heard

We sing the harmonies like birds

Our brethren on earth’s soil

Bear the burden of their foil

We give to each

We share, We teach

We of the sea rise to reveal

Shapes ancestral depths conceal

Hard pressed we are to understand why

Misfortune to our children, we say goodbye

We gather with our kin

Wise, we know our sin

Spirit of the sea

Alive and free

We wish our earth

A new birth

Love and Peace

The Spirit of the Sea

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in Memory of All Sea Life Lost due to the BP Gulf Coast Oil Spill