Very interesting here, made me think. The vocabulary at certain points seemed a bit forced, but still worked. It very well succeeded in painting a picture in my mind, and to no surprise kept me reading. A refreshing post in the nature section. The flow was that of your tinted blue oceans, and it brought my mind a precious treasure. Good show.

'breathing encouragement
to every doubtful soul'
^I think 'to' would sound better as into.

Another great write...I dont think theres anything you cant do. I sort of agree with the above comment, at times it feels like vocabulary is forced, but overall with such a strong vocabulary it was more interesting to me instead of dull boring words without meaning. Nicely done..(: