January 1991

I bade the Sea Goodbye

It lapped against the sandy shore,

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It wept a song of sweet goodbye,

                It sang its song no more.

It threw its waves up to the sky,

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It looked at me as if to laugh

                And then began to cry.

It foamed, it thrashed, it waved goodbye.

                I bade the sea goodbye.

It settled down.  The waves, they slept.

                I bade the sea goodbye.