Being A Seafarer’s Daughter ?‍♀️

As I elevate myself
on a rugged random rock
Listening to the melodies 
of the meandering tide
Fixated as the kittiwake
swoops in a frenzy
Accuracy & precision 
with his mouth open wide

Roaring success, 
This aquatic being, 
A master of the Ocean
Dweller of the coastal shores
A native of the swell
Skimming & scavenging
When it has a notion
Dipping & diving, 
His domain he knows so well

Never feeling hunger, 
always in command
seagull on a mission
Or scenically scouring it’s land
Such a heavenly existence
Wild expanse roaming free
With an abundance of fish
Forever swimming the sea

A sudden crash 
& splurge of a raging breaker
Escapes me from my trance staring at the gull
I pause, I wait 
for the timing 
it is ebbing
My desire to leave this rock
soon as there is a lull

Goodbye my landscape
I thank you for your welcome
With your splendorous sea mirages
hues of blue & green
I will return 
at every opportunity
Being a seafarers daughter
Briny salt in my childhood
Nature’s vision so serene