Mood of the Sea

Lapping at the bow there’s a rhythm to the boat
I look at M and smile as we both know
A surface of oil with a vibrant blue deep below
Sun sparkles into the deep, the deep deep deep

Blue today, and tomorrow it’s black

When it’s like that there’s no turning back

Crests of white smack the side 

And the salt cracks your face

The mood of the sea will change, and change change change

But when you’re happy there’s nowhere like it

Buoyed on the current and feeling at one with the world

Respect it though for respect is due

An ocean, an ocean, an ocean, an ocean

Hold your tongue lad for its taken better than you

Never to rest, the sea suffers no fool

Now as I grow older 

I watch it with awe

And wonder what is today’s mood of the sea