On ancient sands with the tides low
An armoured relic walked from days of yore
With ten legs scrambling in a rhythmic dance
Moving across the sand with a backward glance
Also ten compound eyes – complex and bright
For finding its way through the day and night.
A silent guest and ageless sentinel of shores
The living fossil as also an ancient mariner
A solemn tribute to nature’s eternal venture
LAL, a precious secret of the modern-day cure
Is derived from the blue blood of creature
That keeps modern medicine safe and pure.
Horseshoe crab’s armoured carapace
Is an adaptive protection from predators
The Copper-blue blood and multiple eyes
A telson for orientation and self-righting
Are the marvels of adaptability and resilience
That even human beings need to imbibe.
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