Happy Birthday Dad

Leave and Return

For the taste of salt on the air

For the cry of the gull on the wing

For the lull of the waves as they roll

I shall return to the sea,

For the freedom of flight by sail

For the chuckle of the water on the hull

For the hum of the jib in a puff

I shall sail again,

For a clock that runs by the tide

For a day that ends with the sun

For a tomorrow of new beginnings

I shall leave this land,

For sunsets that glimmer on the waves

For phosphorescence that dances in the night

For stars that shine in an open sky

I shall sleep no more beneath this roof,

For the changing of the seasons

For the phasing of the moon

For the lingering of the sun

I shall leave and return.