(With a 'nod' to John Measefield's poem "Sea Fever")
I must go down to the sea again
at one with boats; to be again,
and walk the shore,
to be once more,
'midst crashing waves; and free again!
I must go down to the sea again
the clouds; the sky with thee again.
Holding your hand,
along the sand,
with love a guarantee again!
The waves along the harbour wall,
the boats in time do rise and fall.
Skippers readying boats inside,
for morning; catch the early tide!
So I must go down to the sea again
to let my soul be free again,
to be at one
with sea and sun,
a rhythm there in me again.
