About the Author Donna M. Gray is a New Englander by birth and transplanted to Virginia 25 years ago. She married with children and grandchildren. She has been retired from the business world for four years. She is also a lung cancer survivor which led her on a mission to pursue a writing career. An avid writer since childhood, she has had several poems published in anthologies and has won awards in various contests. Sh has recently expanded her writing to include children.

Beneath the shadows of the moon
I wander aimlessly
across the sand, along the shore,
to think in privacy.

The waters roll and spray a mist,
the salt air wraps my soul,
my cluttered thoughts begin to sort
and clarity unfolds.

The silent, gliding gulls above
portray a spirit free,
and I, at peace within myself,
stroll on in harmony.