She lulled me to sleep as a child,

She scared me when she was wild,

She splashed me when weather was mild,

She was there to listen when I was riled,

Always was I with her most beguiled…

Her gently slapping waves,

Did to my heart and mind calm,

Her songs there when I did misbehave,

She comforted me when I did cry,

She did nurture me and teach me aplomb…

Though I do now grow older,

She is still there with to cry on a shoulder,

Forever will we each other recall,

She gives me much to mull over,

And herein I do for her and myself scrawl…

© ed ~ 5/7/06