A Day On The Shore
Sun's first light glistens
On silken Otter coat
As silently
It slip’s beneath the water
With barely a ripple
To disturb the smooth as glass
Calm of the Sea
Valdez Island
Mist shrouded Mystery
A background for
Chickadees cheerful piping
Oyster Catchers squeaky toy voices
As high above
Eagle's cry
Rings through
The morning stillness
Cedar, the beauty of your beaches
Sandstone carved by wind and wave
A place of Peace
Renew me
How I long to dwell upon
Your nurturing shore
Here in this place that my ancestors
Called Home
Who began their journey
On Canada's farthest shore
Far From the hills and dales of Scotland
I sit,
Their granddaughter
100 years after their feet
Walked upon this land
Sea Lion's curious eye
Peers above the surface
And they seem to wonder
What kind of curious creature
Am I?
Did their ancestors
Come as they do
To watch mine?
Cassie Hepburn August 2010
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