As I Walked On The Beach

The surf waves did roll foaming up a white spray As I walked on the beach on a cool Autumn day The terns in the shallows for their small prey did dive Most creatures in Nature must hunt to survive The silver gulls as usual in numbers to be seen And a pair of pacific black backed gulls their feathers did preen And a pied shag on a rock held her wings out to dry After fishing when wet she finds it hard to fly Every day in Nature something new to be seen An artist on canvas could paint such a scene So much in the Earthly Goddess to love and admire Of singing her praises could one ever tire The day is not sunny a cool fifteen degrees Yet there is a freshness in the ocean breeze.