OUTPOST <br />Gneiss forged from granite, <br />steadfast in consuming seas. <br />Orange, pink and grey. <br />Corals find anchor below <br />where buffalo bream patrol. <br /> <br />ELECTRICITY <br />Nature's fat reserves, <br />borrowed from the yielding earth. <br />Coursing overhead. <br />Languid lines span slim pylons, <br />sinuous skeletal art. <br /> <br />UNIVERSE <br />Dripping tufa encrusted limestone overhangs a hidden <br />sliver of beach where, amid foot-swallowing water-logged seaweed, <br />a small blue and yellow crab leads a vast and boundless life.<br /><br />Diane Hine<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/outpost-3/
