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By: Lavina Burgess
4/ 21/ 2004

Ancient rivers, running beneath our divers feet
Through unseen, rocky caverns
Only divers know where
Along their way...
These life-giving flows, mighty spring boils

The worrisome impact...
On our marine life below
That depends on the strong, warm springs...
That flow, to endure cold spills

Millions and millions, of gallons of water
Moving in timeless currents
Right there beneath their feet
As the divers, dive so deep

They look closely all around
They see fossilized shells...
Still ribbed like a cockle, or round like a clam
Welded , by the dust
A collection of calcium
That turned white as bone

Plants, algae and bacteria
Are chocking the fish
The reefs are ailing, and the springs are declining
The coastal, are becoming cloudy
With sediment, that settles to the bottom

Save our oceans so blue, from all the waste
Of humans, such as me and you
Lets keep our lakes, brooks and streams
Fresh, clean and clear
For all our children's, children...
In this great world , everywhere!