Crystalline structure

Basic component of

Primitive organic matter

Unknown to man

Salt - salt

Oceanic currents spew forth

An infinite influx of ions

Flayed from the remains

Of the crustaceans below

Aberrant forms exposed

A shape unbeknownst to life

Yet it ambulates with slow

Creaking movement

Salt - salt

An itinerant from the sea

On its solitary path

To a destination

Unsure