message in a bottle

Audrey Cook 1955 (Los Angeles)



I sit here in wonder
what I did to see the forces of the earth change
and all my molecules rearranged
from gentle wor.ds
loving words
so in awe of the outreach
my soul ran to the beach
disbelief of the confetti of joy
that diverted my eyes towards the sea
and all doubts are deployed
I find pearls instead of pleas
wonder instead of a freeze
I kiss the earth that has  made me free
out of the blue
just like the sea
a message in a bottle
returns its contents to me
and lets me dream
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Written on May 12, 2022

Submitted by cookaudrey69 on May 12, 2022

Modified on April 12, 2023

29 sec read
18

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDEEFGHIIGJGKGL
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 482
Words 99
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18

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