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Message in a Bottle

by Rachel C Johnson

I sit, and I wait
for colors and fragments
of light to submerge into
the ocean water, blue with
envy of the sky.

I'll send an SOS to the world.

Stranded upon vacant shore
of soft, dust sand; feeling the
particles of change and
migration shift between my toes.
And on occasion the drifting
water caresses the parts of
my body lying bare on the sand,
reaching up onto my thighs
and down around my calves.

I'll send an SOS to the world.

A bottle drifts, solemn and
bobbing between the surface
and underwater blues. As
the water seeps between my
toes, and the sand sticks to
my burning skin, I pray
with tiny words escaping my
parched lips.

I hope that someone gets my
message in a bottle.

02/19/2005

Author's Note: Inspired, of course, by a song by The Police, "Message in a Bottle". Remade by John Mayer, and all the wonderful still.

Posted on 02/20/2005
Copyright © 2010 Rachel C Johnson

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/20/05 at 08:35 AM

Sure can relate to this one. Haunting expansion of a timeless euphamism. The Police also have a song called Message In A Bottle with the same repeated line.

Posted by Richard Vince on 02/26/05 at 08:24 PM

"the ocean water, blue with / envy of the sky" is an absolutely superb line. i think lots of people reflect the things or people they want to be.

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