The Ocean

The breeze tasted of salted candy  
softly caressing my face  
the tide like an old friend  
rushing in to greet me.  
 
The gulls over head calling  
to a cloud peppered sky  
children playing making  
sand castles in the sand.  
 
I walk the beach  
collecting sea shells  
I put them to my ear listening intently  
to the voyages they've made.  
 
Across the oceans deep and wide  
they tell me of their secret life  
deep in the wild blue yonder  
making me dream of life  
as a creature of the sea.