Islander

Islander

By Judy Brunet ©2002


There’s at least a hundred reasons I’m still here

And at least as many things that you have shown

The waters wrapped around your shores

Have been like a mother’s arms

Making me an islander

There’s at least a hundred faces that I treasure

With character the colors of the sky

Like the rocks that gather round your shores

They’ve been a strength to me

Making me an islander

Hundreds of songs, hundreds of dances

Hundreds of poems by heroes and romantics

(Storms of trial and doubt, and stories rich and scandalous)

(Ball games in the field, and gardens feeding deer)


There’s been at least a hundred boats within your harbor

Island Spirit, Island Daughters, Island Sun

And as we watch them from a distance,

Safely make their way to shore

We’re proud of all the islanders

Now there’s a hundred years of history behind you

Though there are but a few that we have shared

The breezes blowing on your shores

Bring ever changing dreams

And new islanders.