what philosophical statement this piece of work is trying to convey? they're too lovesick in poetry?

Question

The Beast

Tattered, teetered, tossed, and tore,

the ship was battered, beaten more.

Fists of froth, the storm it threw,

and tossed and tore the craft anew.

Sputtered, spattered, spun and sprayed,

the ones on deck they bowed and prayed.

But the One, He did not heed

those of want and jealous greed.

Who were they, to try and own

the crests, the swells, the froth and foam?

Who were they, in their conceit

to try and tame His pet, His beast?

The water roared, it reared, it rained,

the beast it drowned, it killed, it maimed.

As if in rage, it did not care

for those it took, or those it spared.

Then at once, its anger spent

the lesson taught, it did relent.

The chosen sank into their grave

their headstone but a salty wave.

By and by, more will try

to capture, snare, and then will die.

In dark and cold the greed will cease

inside the belly of the beast.


JR

Answer 1

Don't try to conquer the beast that is nature for it is stronger than even our super-sized human ego. We are better off living within nature than trying to subdue it.

Answer 2

It is a teaching about humility and respecting nature. When we build machines(boat) to test god's creation(Ocean/beast) we need to respect our limitations and not reach to far or to arrogantly or even our prayers will go unheeded as we are wrecked.
Our technology does not raise us above the creator and make us equals with God or nature.

Just a nice reminder to not get ahead of ourselves.


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