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ocean tide
beach
the bird

boatman's wake
murmur
of wind

never
strange
to me

human eye
beachcomber's step
the sandy road


I discovered the dunes
slowly

saw my house
in the distance


is there a place here
to call
home

the sky

does the grass
wave
like curtains

can I rest my head
on the dune's slope
like a pillow

home translates
as home

its song
sung
also

by the bush
under
the wind
 
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Like this, I can walk with the narrator as he heads along the shore towards home. Just a couple of thoughts come to me:
"never strange to me" seems superfluous, the rest of the poem to me already shows this. Also, the repetitiveness of "home" I do not think adds to the read. It's a fine poem nonetheless.