Tell Me, Tell Me, Mother Dear

"Tell me, tell me, Mother dear,

why do I love the Sea?

Why, when the roaring waves call out,

why are they calling me?"

"Why, when I listen to a shell

do I hear the Mermaids cry?

And why do the Sea-gulls write my name

Across the Sky, the Sky?"

'Your Father found you by the Sea

close by a pool of pearl,

And that is why your tears are salt

my darling, darling girl.'

"But tell me, tell me, Mother dear,

why, when the day begins,

Why does my shadow fade away,

then show me a shape of Fins?"

by

Shirley Frances Winskill 2001