Questions... Poem by RIC BASTASA

do we ever know for what reason
that the sea which used to be coy and calm
has become violent when it landed
in that island?

do we ever know why it has taken a thousand lives
when it has no use for them?
is it hungry like a man deprived of food
or thirsty like a dog not given water?
does this water, this sea ever feel
the loss of mankind?
or is it just one of them, numb and insensitive
like the mountains
and stones?

does it hear the sobbing of those who are left
in pain and madness?
does it not fear too their capacity for
retaliation or revenge?

the sea and man
what relationship have you really?
friend or foe?