The poem describes the sea's laughter as thinking of joy it wishes to share, its sobbing as recalling the world's sorrows, and its peacefulness as giving tired hearts the comfort of the deep. The poem expresses love for one's native land including its plains, mountains, trees, grains, and sea, saying it is the best place on earth. It challenges the reader to look for goodness and gladness rather than wrong and evil, as one finds what they measure in others.

1. POEM

2. Treasure from the Sea
Why does the sea laugh,mother
As it glints beneath the sun ?
It is thinking of the joy,my child,
That it wishes everyone.
Why does the sea sob so,Mother,
As it brakes on the rocky shore ?

3. It recalls the sorrow of the world ,
And weep forevermore
Why is the sea so peaceful , Mother,
As if it were fast asleep ?
It would give our tired heart, dearest, child,
The comfort of the deep
Natividad Marquez

4. MONEY
Workers earned it.
Spendthrifts burned it
Bankers lend it.
Women spend it.
Forgers fake it.
Taxes take it.
Dying leaves push it.
Heirs receive it.
Thrifty save it.
Miser crave it.
Robbers seize it.
Rich increase it.
Gamblers loose it.
I could use it.

5. My native land
I love my native land ,
Its peaceful , lowland plains ;
I love its mountain grand,
It sun and cooling rains
I love its stately palms,
Each graceful flowering tree ;
I love my native land
It’s the best on earth for me.
I love its waving grains,
The whisper bamboo green,
I love the orchid rare,
Of every flower, the queen.
I love its wind-swept shore,
The restless open sea;
I love my native land
It’s the best on earth for me.

6. A challenge
Do not look for wrong and evil
You will find them if you do;
As you measure back to you.
Look for goodness ,look for
gladness
You will meet them all a while,
If you bring smiling visage
To the glass ,you meet a smile.