[When I go down by the sandy shore 

I can think of nothing I want more

Than to live by the booming blue sea

As the seagulls flutter round about me]

The sun strikes my face and body

The water shimmers as it looks full of glitter

The fish and animals are thriving beneath

Yet I see none this close to the shore

The memories I will make fill my head

Just being able to grow old surrounded by beauty

The birds chirping every morning

Family visiting every weekend

I can hear laughter fill the air

Seeing beautiful colors days and night 

Oh the happiness that would fill me everyday 

But then I remember that it is just a wish

How I know that I live in frigid Michigan

Where it snows in March

And the colors are gray

But for now I can imagine

[I can think of nothing I want more 

Than to live by the booming sea]