Mediterranean Sea-A Historic Sea of Ages.

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Mediterranean Sea-I knew-A Blue Sea of Love,
But Now a Blood Tainted Sea of Fear:
Mediterranean-the water-
“in the middle of earth”
the Great Sea-yes-theSea of Ages,
the blue sea of ancient and
modern times;
the historic water of every season,
the water that sustained yesterday-
emperors, empress, and kings,
water among waters.
The “sea” that turns “hinder”
when one faces Middle East,
a sea of over 4,000-year-of-
positive human activity and
“humanization of landscape”;
annually, you ferry 370,000,000
tons of oil to supportworld energy
needs,
yearly, over 300 oil tankers make
east-westtrips to promote
international trades.
Every year, over 220,000
merchant vessels pass
through your lanes-
making you-oneof-
the busiestseas on the earth.
Mediterranean-morethan most
world waters, you have sustained
navigation, social, and economic
activities of humankind for
generations and centuries;

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through you, many had become rich,
through you, lands from Maghreb
to Middle East survived-
inclement geographical condition.
By your kindness-kings, nobles and
emperors-etched their names on
epitaph of history.
Mediterranean-the Great Sea-
why the sudden change in your-
personality lately?
The Great Sea-why has your bank-
yes, your shorelinebecomes
a slaughter house-
even when there are no slabs?
Oh!Water of Ages-
why welcoming soldiers,
whosemajor battle field is-
Mediterranean’s shorelines, and
enemies-are the poor and the weak;
causing this-ever-quiet-loving-blue,
Water of Ages trouble of-
guilty conscience?
Daily, your sovereignty-is
challenged by forces of darkness;
The Great Sea-
without your knowledge-
your symbolic representation-of:
“trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence,
intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven”
is continually substituted with: “rage,
anger, danger, malice, wrath,
stress and action.”

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Every day, your tranquil mind and
calm heart is disturbed by people
with un-restrained desirefor evil;
daily, your gentle and welcoming soul-
people with uncontrolled fits-of-anger
make you see innocent blood spill
on your bank.
Mediterranean-your peaceful
disposition of trustand order,
people withoutthe heart-of-man
replaced with violence
fromtheir swords;
instrumentthat keep
shedding innocent blood, daily.
Your symbol-theblue-
the loyal color of life-
which represents love,
is now replaced with blood-
by those whosemain vocabularies-
are hate, confrontation, rage and
blood.
Optimism, reliability, safety, and
harmony through environmental
support-
you have given to mankind
for centuries,
lately, fanatics, or
jaundice-infected-mind-
are now destroying.
Every day, your serene and
hallow shores areadumbrated
by the cries of innocent souls-
as they undergo agonizing death

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in the hands of their captors.
Rather than being a pilgrimage-
hate soldiers havemade you
a Golgotha;
rather than being a sourceof
refreshing sea breeze to
invigorate the mind,
repulsiveodor from corpses
in your seabed,
gift-merchants of death,
continually giving to coastal cities.
Instead of being a soul-
revivalcamp, or
a soul purifying sanctuary-
forces of evil have turned
you to a-soul-destructive-camp,
more so, a-sea-where-no-soul-
on-voyage-returns-home.
Mediterranean Sea- will you
continue down this route,
we never knew you to be?
The Great Sea-will you continue-
drawing tears fromfamilies,
friends, communities
through the conductof
un-Godly characters nestling
around your shorelines?
Mediterranean Sea-will you
keep playing hostto these
cowards-who operatebehind veils-
to commit crimes against
humanity?

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Only time will TELL.