an open stretch of sand and sky,
an island meets the water
I'm standing in the silver cold
and I'm the ocean's daughter

the scallop shell can never tell
how vast and wide my home
nor catch the sweetness of my song--
it is lost among the foam

storm and snow cannot deter
my travels through the deep
last night i heard a baby seal
crying in its sleep

i found it moaning on the shore
alone in spotted fright,
i led it to a little cove
& it swam away alright.