Stuart Corinthian Yacht Club Artificial Reef dedicated 6.6.2010

3. Depth of Beautyby Dan Perez ARTIFICIAL REEF DEDICATION June 6, 2010

4. Those of us who love the sea,

5. enchanted by its majesty

6. Who sail to horizons under the sun,

7. where clear blue sky and sea are one

8. Who troll for fish when seas are calm,

9. the sound of a reel when fish are on

10. Who pause along the ocean shore,

11. to gaze at waves and hear their roar

12. And as the day makes way for night,

13. before the stars shine their light

14. To watch the sun slip beneath the sea, then rise next dawn triumphantly

15. But all this beauty we’ve come to know, exists above and not below

16. Yet down within the sea of blue,

17. God’s hand has rendered beauty too

18. For this is the realm of the ocean reef,

19. precious to all for all the life it keeps

20. Coral and fish and crustaceans too,

21. in endless sizes, shapes and hues

22. A haven where new life begins each day,

23. to replace what man has taken away

24. Imagine how barren the sea would be,

25. without the reefs and the life they breed.