I’ve always been fascinated by the sea. I’ve always lived in seaside cities, but unfortunately never actually lived next to the sea. I can look at the sea for hours, the waves crashing into the shore. These lines are inspired by that fascination and the hope that someday I will get my wish for a home next to the sea.
By the Sea
Watching the waves crashing on the shore,
Watching the sea spend her debris at our door.
I wonder what lies at her shores, what riches she stores?
She is mercurial in her moods, she is the nurturer to multitudes;
She is calm as a mirror, she is blue, green and azure
When she gets angry, she is tempestuous and boisterous
She is stormy, she is antsy, sometimes screaming like a banshee
She is the source of quiet contemplation, she is my way of relaxation.
I just wish I can watch her forever, but life is not choosy,
My dearest wish is to have a little house by the sea!
Based on a seldom-told true story, this novel is perfect for everyone who is fascinated by Britain’s royal family—a behind the scenes look into the nurseries of little princes and the foibles of big princes.
Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an Englishman and will live in comfort in the palatial rooms of Cape Coast Castle, raising children who will be sent abroad to be educated before returning to the Gold Coast to serve as administrators of the empire. Esi, imprisoned beneath Effia in the Castle’s women’s dungeon and then shipped off on a boat bound for America, will be sold into slavery.
Memories and Such 