I am Florida ,paradise
look around and realise
dreams come true
beneath my skies
azure seas ,a life serene
egrets wade beside the stream
peace surrounds you like a dream
sailfish and the dolphins leap
toward the moon out of the deep
wishing stars will always keep
promises made on the fly
shooting stars in summer skies
kiss your lips and whisper sighs
come to me where seashells sing
tales of abalone wings
bright coquinas,magic things
Seminoles and Everglades
Salofcatchee,healing blade
Chitamico in the shade
I am paradise.
Don't speak to me of summer storms
I rule winter,keep you warm
and you love me for my charm
for I am Paradise.
Coquina butterflies, in cases, in glass
30 years locked in my memory's passed
The beach just brought home with it's sand still warm
to a house full of love, to a brand new home
When he smiled then, when he caught her eyes
they remarried in whispers and sweet surprise
As a child I learned, and I learned it well
Drop into love, so with ease, I fell
I fell in a dream with the ocean's kiss
while thinking of them in happiness
'till the moment he wrapped the shore up to bite stone
'till the moment he told her he'd leave her alone
Not by free will did he swim out to sea
for the love of his life he would never bereave
Nay, but with sickness, an anchor in tow
He kissed her and smiled so she'd always know
She swam out so far, to the boundary of currents
and filled up the sea with her tears in her fury
She screamed 'till her lungs had shriveled in salt
and broke open emotion, engaging them all.
Coquina quiet in cases, in glass
in their home by the sea, in their infinite past
She'll love now no more for once you are bitten
there's no breaking butterfly wings, it's forbidden.
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