The Albatross

There, there is my ship
Finally come in
I see the mast
Rolling on the steps
Over the garden wall
I hear the sailor’s call
I see the albatross
Over and down
Now I’ll go home
Home to my children
I left behind long ago
With my mother, the moon
That’s where my father is
This broken heart is his
Archipelago is turning, turning to strangers
Here in the world, turning to strangers
Here, here’s where we live
Here is a sea, my family
We’ll always be young as we’ve ever been
Death will not part us again
Nearer to heaven than
Ten thousand ancestors who dream of me
Well, I hear you dreaming of me
Sometimes, dream of me