Siren’s Sonnet - Rocky Intertidal

It’s a harsh life –

but the views are why I settle.

Every now and then,

I can see the sunset and the sunrise,

all in one day!

Real estate with a view comes at a price –

perhaps demise.

I am awakened by the colorful shades of light,

The water did not come up in time today.

Will today be the day that I am pecked

out of my hard calcium plates?

Or,

Will I survive the heat

in time for lunch?

I am greeted by the crashing ocean waves,

He protects me from the

calefaction.

I gorge on the drifting sustenance. I hope,

to not become silage to swiftly, swerving, sea stars.

The stipulations of sessile survival,

is it worth it?

To be able to live in both worlds,

my life is worth it.