maggie and milly and molly and may by e.e. cummings

maggie and molly and milly and may

maggie and molly and milly and may

went down to the beach(to play one day)

and maggie discovered a shell that sang

so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and

milly befriended a stranded star

whose rays five languid fingers were;

and molly was chased by a horrible thing

which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and

may came home with a smooth round stone

as small as a world and as large as alone.

For whatever we lost(like a you or a me)

it's always ourselves we find in the sea.

- e.e. cummings

(cairns created by my family, pictures takes by me at Torrey Pines State Beach in California)