TELL HER

WHERE did she come from

This child of the beach

All bubbles and beauty and bounce?

She's one with the waves and the reeds and the birds.

She says that she comes unannounced.

Tell her I want her to stay.

WHY does she swirl so

Like crystalline sand

Caught in a circular breeze?

Shouldn't she settle and take in the sun?

She says she will do as she'll please.

Tell her I think that's OK.

WHO is she looking for

All frothy and fun?

There's no one in sight that I see.

She needs a companion to share in her dance.

She says she enjoys being free.

Tell her to start the ballet.

HOW does she keep

Her spirit so loose

So lively so languid so light?

I feel it arise as the heat from the sand.

She says not to hinder its flight.

Tell her I'll not disobey.

WHEN will the sunshine

Turn her to gold

All glitter and giddy and glad?

I notice she buries her toes in the shore.

She says that she often is sad.

Tell her I want her to play.

WHAT can I call her

So she'll notice me?

I'll shout from my window above.

She'll turn and she'll see me, but what is her name?

She says that her name is love.

Tell her to go away!