What summer brings

Yesterday was the bluest day,

and I have the freckles on my nose

to prove it.

The breeze was warm

and smelled of salt,

bringing with it promises of the sea,

the sea.

On the silent air,

gulls came to us.

I've always wondered why sea birds come inland.

I love their cry ,

as it takes me to seashores

across the world.

I was the woman yesterday I was born to be,

cooking surf and turf for our extended family,

crab claws and langoustine

and steak ,

perfectly pink in the middle.

We talked and laughed and sang songs that reminded

us of our childhood

while all the while

I

was far away in

another seafarers kingdom

dreaming of the time

you held,

that shell to my ear