I LOVE TO WALK THE HERRMAN BEACH
I love to walk The Herrman Beach
Very early in the day
Sargassum weed pushed on the sand
Night-herons poking there for prey
Into the wind, easterly
Pushing spray into my face
Tracks of birds and soon in June
Tracks of turtles as I pace
My specs are hidden safe from salt
As I walk the water’s edge
Else I’d be too blind to see
Swallows zipping past my head
Am I here? I’m like an Ancient
Old as the sand I walk upon
A green isle set in Carib Sea
As the eons still roll on
Freely forever set aside
This sea and seagrape-bounded strand
Of ever changing sea and sand
So part of earth will still abide
Just a sublim’nal glimpse we see
The waves will set my footprints free
For fathomless eternity
Our bounden duty: Let it be
jwp
On the occasion of the dedication of this land given to The National Trust for the Cayman Islands by the daughters of the late Dr. Roy and Mrs. Estelle Herrman
April 13, 2018
