Down By The Sea
The wind chimes awaken to the stirring of the breeze
The Mockingbird duo swoops down from the trees
A sleepy cat stretches his limbs in an arched frame
The sea laps the shore again and again
The crystals of sand are cool under my feet
A sunny day in Paradise and life is sweet
I walk along the beach as I often do
Taking in the sounds of life and thinking of you
There is beauty in nature all around
And I live in eternal gratitude for what I have found
A hard life lived with a good measure of pain
A constitution to get up and go on again and again
When rewards were out of my reach
I turned to the mighty pen for my soul to teach
Life is a lesson sometimes hard to endure
But perseverance and understanding can settle the score
You were out there struggling just as I
When we happened on each other we breathed a big sigh
Our jagged pieces did eventually fit
Each other’s grooves that had so spectacularly split
Now we are as one living in harmony
In this natural charm down by the sea
Christine Bolton