Casts his boat toward open water
Long before the sun catches the stars
And spends long rainy days
Collecting nets and singing lonely bars

[Refrain]
The sea is my child
The sand is my grave
The rain is my goddess
It's here that I'll stay

One fall night he tied his boat
And walked along the firm wet sand for miles
His mind was lost in moonlight
'rriving home from heart to mouth he smiled

By the hearth a woman waited
Large and peaceful welcomed him "goodnight"
Her figure silhouetted
Fire burning gently by her side

[Refrain]
The moon is my pillow
The waves are my song
My heart is the woman
Oh, love, flicker be gone

June was born a seawind child
Plump and sandy clear deep-water eyes
To the ocean
In the morning stillness took the man the child

Held at sea by summer storms
The swells washed wicked 'cross the wooden bow
The man protects his child
Holds it close aware to every sound

Morning's gray reveals the whiteness
Bone-cold infant cradled to his breast
From a horizon distant
Cries of seagulls echo through his head

[Refrain]
The sea is my daughter
The sand is her grave
The rain is my mother
To her I behave

When the woman saw the child
Turned and walked away eyes to the ground
Behind the castle
It was buried winds' cold hiss the only sound

The man approached the cliff in silence
Cast himself into the black unknown
His arms to wings
Did fly though bones remained to mingle with the stone

[Refrain]
The wind is my highway
The sea is my store
I'll fly here forever
And cry to the shore

© 1984 by Alex Miller