DANCING IN THE BOW WAVE
(McAndrew)

there's a time for growing older
but that time is not today
setting sail to bask in sunshine
if we’re lucky maybe see the dolphins play

no-one can tell, no-one predict it
they may be there though we just can't see
tails and fins that slice clean through the water
playing, diving, tumbling wild and free

they may come DANCING IN THE BOW-WAVE

two or three, maybe the whole family
a sight to behold, to warm the heart
may arrive beside us without warning
and just as quickly may depart

oh to reach down there and touch them
with their smiling eyes and lengthy grins
as they cut once more from the left side to the right side
somersaulting again, they immerse and take you in

there are times when you just wish you had the freedom
maybe tomorrow you may be, be so wild and free

as go DANCING IN THE BOW-WAVE

all eyes peeled for the next to break the surface
then frenzied fingers point in unity
before they wave goodbye to leave smiling conversation
it's not every day to be graced with such company

they were DANCING IN THE BOW-WAVE

surfing on the now wave

Comment:- It's always a special day if you glimpse the Symi dolphins that we've only seen twice (two years ago on our return journey to Rhodes aboard Symi 2 and September 2004 as we left Maroni on the homeward leg to Yiallos)!!