Drowning spirits

I live by the sea

My mother, my sister and me

Nobody else lives here

For everybody had left in fear

They had heard of a spirit

Who'd drown and vanish-but could it?

For in all the time that I had resided

Here no presence was sighted

Once when I was supposed to be

Listening to my mother scolding me

I was gazing out our window

Towards the calming waves-but oh!

I could see a young girl with dark hair

Walking to the sea with great care

She seemed lost but also sure

As if drowning was the only cure

I was about to holler

To save the lost toddler

But before I could, my mother

Asked me why I wasn't listening to her

I stuttered to explain

And I looked back again

To point at the girl on the shore

But she wasn't there anymore