We are the cold blue edges of diamond cut currents
In reflective oceans of elegance with sacrificial lite
We choose you the under current maiden
To spear light in the heart of our fight
Thus cut us under your drowning breath
Succumbing to cold soaking numbness
We hold you closest in aquatic respect
Life cannot float on untied Navy knots
When sinking becomes thy host and final friend
In deep waves of Cold Ocean thy love shall defend
Of Neptune’s nation where we are falling
We the chosen of a bravest fighting calling
Oh but when even one heart drowns
Then is when we are made of clay
In shape of great water and skin
And thus we must not ever pretend
We alone are the greatest warrior
In oceans of war where we alone descend
A life with tone dedicated to the sea
In battlement of home of the free
With dolphin eagles we soar
The sea bees
One less than before
The Prayer
Hail thee blue nation
Hail thee blue seal
Above and below all oceans
Devotion with piercing skill
Dan Van Fleet
Nov. 2012
An Earned Tribute
