Diatoms lyrics

Such meager forms of life

Algae that give it continuity

That create and keep it so

They generate much of air

The oxygen that maintains us

The burden shared by other lives

These centric and pennate ones

Deemed the Jewels of the Sea

They are Living Opals symmetric

The oceans floors layered, littered

With the remnants of their shells

Attest to their flourishing medley

They'd sink helpless in a stagnate ocean

Gliding on water, suspended by currents

In spring blooming that nature ceases

When silicone does fall short its might

The aggregations drift to depths below

To find stilled rest e'er in sea beds