Water water everywhere

There is an island

In my hidden memory

My birth land calls

Tasmania in my dreams

Days of innocence
Picnics by the beach
Til I crossed the Atlantic Ocean
And the great Pacific

I once waved to no one

by the harbor in Port Dalhousie

I think I lost my heart there

he enchanted a younger me

The Welland Canal passed by

My house on Dianne Drive

I called out to the Adriatic Panama

"Take me with you" I felt so alive!

Drenched under the rainbow

of the mists of Niagara Falls

Crashing upon the depths below

 in winter and in the fall

And years later, I sat by

The Rideau Canal in summer

Upon its banks of green blades

In absolute languid leisure

Once upon a time, heartbroken
I ran away to New York
Crossed the harbour to Ellis Island
Where I became an adult
 

Today I stand upon

the shores of the South China Sea

waves lapping at my feet

I am home, contented and free

words by ninotaziz

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Karin of Manicdaily has us dreaming of water everywhere over at dVersepoets