Where I'm from

I'm from calm lagoons

and rough seas

from sweet-smelling bushes

and pinetrees

I'm from boats with lanterns

and harpoons to catch fish

From friends together in quiet songs

and guitar hums

camping by the water

bread and milk for breakfast

fog, mist and drowned children

women in the distance

in the water up to their knees

getting clams

I am from the distant hill

where I want to stick a flag

and rule my dreams