In the paddock above the ocean the butcherbird pipes on a wattle tree <br />And the huge surf waves can be seen rolling from the cliffs where the land meets the sea <br />And above the din of the high tide the sea birds wild cries one can hear <br />Even when I am far from saltwater the saltwater to my heart is near. <br /> <br />Where the land meets the sea the air is cleaner the freshness of the saltwater spray <br />I will always return to the sea shore though from it I may live far away <br />I envy those who live near the ocean they are lucky would you not agree <br />The sea air is clean and so healthy and the best things in life they are free. <br /> <br />The soft pipings of the sooty oystercatchers with orange bills birds as big and as black as a crow <br />the mewing of the silver gulls and the hoarse calls of the black backed gulls by their voices the sea birds one know <br />The amazing sight of the fishing gannets with folded wings they plunge into the waves from a great height <br />To see them rise out of the ocean is surely a marvellous sight. <br /> <br />Some people love to live near mountains and others love to live in places even more remote <br />Scenic beauty inspires the Landscape artist and magnifies the imagination of the poet <br />And others are coastal people by nature and one day their bones will rest in the cemetery <br />That overlooks the timeless ocean in a place near where the land meets the sea.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-the-land-meets-the-sea/
