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
