THE TEMPEST AND TRANQUILITY

SEA BIRDS IN A TEMPEST SEEMINGLY WITHOUT EFFORT
SMOOTHLY GLIDE AND DIVE OVER A TORMENTED SEASCAPE AS
BURGEONING WAVES CRASH AGAINST TOWERING, ROCKY CLIFFS
ON A COLD WINTRY MORNING

THE OCEAN'S POWERFUL THRUST SENDS SALTY, MISTING SHOWERS
HIGH INTO THE AIR BARELY SKIMMING THE UNDERNEATH, SYMMETRICAL
FORMS OF THESE ACROBATIC CREATURES OF THE SKY

THEY TEETER AND BALANCE ON MOTIONLESS WINGS WITH GRACEFUL
ATHLETICISM AMID UNSEEN, STIRRING CURRENTS OF WIND AS IF IN
A BREATH TAKING, CHOREOGRAPHED BALLET BY NIJINSKY

STORM DARKEND CLOUDS BACKGROUND THEIR SILHOUETTED FLIGHT
ABOVE THE SEA'S THUNDEROUS ROAR COMPLEMENTING THE CONTRASTING,
DIMINISHING, HIGH-PITCHED SHRILL OF THEIR VOICES AS IN THE
SYMPHONIC, CONTRASTING SOUND OF KETTLEDRUM AND VIOLIN

AND SO IT IS ----  NATURES RHYTHMIC MUSIC AND DANCE PLAY TO
THE HEART AND SOUL OF HUMANITY - EVEN OVER TROUBLED WATERS
AND STORM TOSSED SEAS THERE IS A BEAUTY, THERE IS A MAJESTY;
THERE IS A REVERENCE AND IN THE ROARING, TURBULENT, OCEAN'S
INFREQUENT LULLS OF CALM THERE ARE EVEN THE FAINT WHISPERINGS OF
PEACE AND TRANQUILITY.