The Sea Poem by Adeosun Olamide

The sea is deep, the sea is deep
The sea is deep and wide
Endless, beyond the shores
In the sea there is desert
Deserts and mountains and hills
And gardens and dale, in it- the sun
In the sea, the deep seas are graves
Graves of travellers, of seekers, of soldiers
Of authors and doctors-
Of prince and kings, of queens and princess,
Their wines, their robes, their jewelries
Graves of ships they ruled, their kingdoms
Graves of ships that have fought and long
Both demons and demons and gods and man
Yes both, for in Gods nightmares'
He is the devil, that fiend, that angel
And scarred all by their fangs, won and worn
They rest, the ships- in bliss, that heaven the sea
And rest too- their rulers in their bosom, the ships
They rest away from the shores, from the gaze of sadness
Away, from the gaze of sorrows, away in their depths
The sea is deep and wide, wide the deep sea
That bear wishes, wishes weaved with regrets
Wishes that rolls with the tides
You hear, in that roll, their troubled soul
You hear their shrieks in the storm
The sea you see is countless tears, sweats
Tears that have refused to drown-
And the breeze that comes,
Are the breathe, countless exhale
The breathe of souls in the sea, wide and deep
The sea is deep and wide
And the deep swallows the sky
The sea is wide, the sea is wide
With countless letters, poetry, music
With torn, undone scrolls that bears this like