I really liked this poem because in last week’s post, I mentioned something similar about how the Ocean contains its own history. I liked the imagery in it as well, but my favorite line was “bone soldered by coral to bone” because I feel that it reminds us that our past bodies and lives are still beneath the surface of the Ocean. I love the way it implies that not only does the Ocean carry a symbolic history of life, but a physical one as well. All the archives that have been preserved at the bottom of the ocean, or even in the shallow ends. There are aspects of life that, if we one day can venture down and capture, we can see into the history of so many lives.

The idea that the ocean holds history is something I love to think about. The amount of space the Ocean covers gives it the opportunity to hold so much history. There is also this connection this poem had to the film “The Water Will Carry Us Home”. It’s an extension of the idea that the water tells a story, a story of life that once was. The water acts as a preservative for life, the one thing in our world that over decades and centuries never truly changes. At least, it doesn’t change completely by itself, so not only is it its own history, but it is also the history of humans. The impact that human lives have on the Ocean is also the kind of history that it holds onto.

I love the way this poem guides us to acknowledging that the water holds stories of suffering, identity, and survival. Showing us the importance of seeing the Ocean as a form of history and not just a body of water. Taking care of us as if it were a museum of relics rather than a big puddle. It takes the life of the Ocean and compares it to the life of humans, showing the similarities between life in the water and life on land.

Song of the Week: Oceans Breath by Software (I like the way this song starts and then how jazzy it gets. Even with the jazz, this song has a background of “sea-like” siren sounds/music.