From the recording Sweet Mimosa

I woke with these words spoken to me from a dream:"You are made of dust, the sand is of the sea."

Lyrics

Sand of the Sea by Mary Rocap

I learned as a child I was made of dust
From the dirt and the grit God made me
Born of the land was part of the plan
But at night I would dream of the sea

God made the land; God made the sea
All that is and ever will be
He gave me a home with no need to roam
Yet at night those dreams of the sea

From time to time I will set a course
And make the wind carry me
Over the vast and shimmering deep
Surrounded by nothing but sea

And Oh to feel the balmy air
And taste the salt on the breeze
Then do I mourn the dust in my bones
And long to be sand of the sea

But in the end I must return
For I can’t be sustained by the sea
Back to the hearth, back to the plow,
back to the dust that’s in me

But Oh to feel the balmy air
And taste the salt on the breeze
Then do I mourn the dust in my bones
And long to be sand of the sea