Fifteen years ago today
Where the ocean met the sand
A northern native found her way
Upon a southern land
Where sea birds fly, both high and free
And dreams casually roam –
A place where she would always be
For here, she is at home.

The sunrise shone of pink, that day
The weather quickly warmed
Upon the ground, so far away
From where her goals were formed
Uncertainty soared on the breeze
Yet, in her heart was hope
That set her lonely mind at ease
And proved that she could cope.

Across the many distant years
This land is still her home
It is the place where childhood fears
Fell short to dreams that roamed
As she looks back from this wide coast
She knows God paved the way
By granting what she needed most
Fifteen years ago, today.

© 2006 – Jill Eisnaugle’s Poetry Collection