Lost at Sea - you, me, and we.

 I drink from them
As much as they drink from me
Green blown glass from bottom to stem
Always a comforting friend
Either half-full or half-empty.

I am lucky
Not to join my broken brothers
A note, scribbled, stuffed inside me
Written and corked by another
Hoping someone will discover
Me, flung out to sea
Neither half-full or half-empty.

Bobbing up,
Bobbing down.
Fate? Chance? ...Luck?
Something stopping a crack, and drown
As I casually go round and round
Either half-full or half-empty.

Rough seas,
Turbid waters and gale-force wind
Capable of bending trees
Flinging me end over end
My time seems to suspend
Neither half-full or half-empty.

Gradually, waves flatten, just before
Distant land comes into view
I slowly wash up onto shore
Closer, to you
My notes potential restored
Either half-full or half-empty.

A jutting rock, sticking in the sand
Unsparingly smashes me, here and there
A whole into pieces, against my demand
My message free, yet bare
Out - free of despair.
Neither half-full or half-empty.

It will be read, or it will not
Meanwhile I scatter and erode
Time is something I've forgot
Hopefully my words are felt and retold
Not left to rot
Either half-full or half-empty...

Reviews

[Rae]

Very good.