The sun shines at midnight
on this wild white frontier
calls from homecoming seals
have the pups reply with zeal

Soon will come the time
they will break for the shoreline
a slow precession of mothers and pups
back to the invitation of the ocean

Long shadows cast
in the chilling winds
the bite of Antarctic
bids them farewell

Till next year they come
to this nursery freezer
back to where birth begun
back to the midnight sun

By Christos Andreas Kourtis aka NeonSolaris