"Seaweed," said Professor Stilton, "though responsible for much of our oxygen and the complex and rich ocean life, is not a plant at all but big multi-cellular algae - a macro-algae. Added to this there are perhaps a million species, what we don't know about the oceans would exceed all the current works of many by many volumes."
Within the oceans are the mighty seaweed forests, the kelp that grows tall and sways in watery breezes. Around them fly the fish upon their paddle-shaped wings.
The seaweed plays over my face as if it is green hair, bringing the aroma of the ocean and so many sweet memories.
The seaweed rides over the waves, its pockets of air giving it all the buoyancy it needs. I sit on the beach, watching it arrive, both boat and passenger all at once.
This dark green kelp brings so much welcome colour to the meal; its the sort of hue that acts as an anchor to the others, reminding the soul of its connection to mother nature.
The ocean brings gifts to mankind, of fish and seaweed, perhaps it is time the "gifts" we returned were equally good for the oceans.
The seaweed comes to the beach as strands of mermaid hair.