1-25-11 I am a message, enclosed in a glass bottle Impenetrable Messages of love sick regrets and wishes I am drifting in a sea of people Some waves cradle my existence Others crash down upon me with terrible force My cork loosens when in the hands of friends Though I am difficult to open, even for them Some of my messages are as clear as the sun that shines through the glass Others are inkblots that never formed words I am messages of self-pity, desires never spoken and shameful curiosities never acted upon Rolled up tight, tossing and turning in a seas of influence I am a faded message Irreparable by my own isolation
I am brought to a couple They cherish me But even they cannot open me up completely I am brought to a young man He opened me up and read my secrets with compassionate curiosity He adored me, never letting my ink smudge or my edges tear But my protective barrier was broken I was not ready I am thankful to the heavens for making my unformed words incomprehensible I am bottled up again Riding the waves of life without a life of my own I am no longer a crisp piece of parchment, but a limp letter A letter not meant for anyone to read Only to float forever on the tides of trust and treachery What is written on my skin could spell the end of my days That power should only be left to the note For the hands of humans are not safe I am not smudged or torn from any outside force Only faded I am a message, enclosed in a glass bottle
Ember1257 · Mon Jul 11, 2011 @ 12:11am · 1 Comments |