Echoes of the Silent Shore

Along the shore Wind adores the sand, the stone The Salish Sea calls to me I am an island upon an island Restlessly wishing A gull in communion with mountains, trees Water my source of birth and food Harbinger of ancient ways In my soul such dynasties free themselves Only within the emptiness where the wind exhales are you with me Forever on the edge Eternally your footsteps left behind though washed away I see them Remember as no other could Even though water brushed aside the moments I am the witness Your cry imbedded in my soul A starfish rests upon my pillow at night when the sea the Salish Sea calls to me Dream the dream of us to be.