A Poem for My Father

For Daddy

By: Michelle Greene Hurd

The warm hues of green and blue will you embrace,
A warm and knowing smile forever on your face.
May you dance with the manta and the shark,
In the sparkling waves of sunlight
And the luminescence of the dark.

Let the waves rise up to meet you
In the powerful blue mist.
May you feel them touch your spirit
As our eternal kiss.

Though our hearts are breaking,
We know that you would want us to be strong.
We will make you proud with our choices, sir
And we will continue walking on.

For when the ocean we are near,
We only need listen to hear you in our ear.
The sharp cry of the seagull,
Or the sting of an anemone
Will forever bind us to you,
Through the spirit of the sea.