Islands

1. Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea

Waves sweep the sand from my island.

My sunsets fade. Field and glade

wait only for rain

Grain after grain love erodes my

High weathered walls which fend off the tide

Cradle the wind to my island.

2. Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide

Mournfully glide o'er my island.

My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,

Dissolves in the sun.

Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run

Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes

Violet skies touch my island, touch me.

R: Beneath the wind turned wave

Infinite peace

Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.

3. Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone

Hungrily reach from my island.

Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds

Are strewn on my shore.

Equal in love, bound in circles.

Earth, stream and tree return to the sea

Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.