Miss Ocean's Dress

Miss Ocean wears her blue-green dress, Sprinkled with tiny crystals beads That sparkle in the morning sun. She shakes her ruffled petticoats of white And shows off for the passers-by. She dances on the jetty rocks With seaweed hair that streams behind Before she dips her head again And swims far out to greater depths To play with dolphins, whales, and fish And mermaids in their hidden lairs. She sweeps the ocean floor and brings Her treasures to the sandy shore, A trove of scallops, slipper shells and Mussels clinging tightly to the kelp. Empty conch shells, pink and clean, Pearly stones and worn green glass. Miss Ocean wears her blue-green dress Embroidered with tiny crystal beads. They sparkle in the morning sun.