If I were a planktophyte in a coral reef

Manisha Mishra
Technology Literary Society
1 min readJan 25, 2017

I know no morning, I know no night,

Among the colourful corals, I am the lavender planktophyte.

The red, the yellow, the pink and the blue

Are the buddies, same as me, with whom I grew

Have been glued forever, to deep down earth,

Sometimes I think how would it be to walk

I envy those fishes when they glide

Splashing water all racing with pride

I lead the life of that little girl,

Who's just so happy with her own world

Afraid and shy, though she is

Doesn't talk to many, but to be loved she needs

As she waits for someone who breaks her ice

I wait for some diver, who by entice

Takes me out of the ocean to see the sun bright

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