Message In a Bottle

by Melissa Marie Wells

Alone in the night she hurriedly scrolls a note
Knowing her life is to end upon a boat
She prays that her love for him he’ll know
As she drops the bottle in the water below
Tears of fear and of dread
She sees the memory of the day they wed
Calming her senses she embraces her lot
Though she dies today, she fears it not
And as they sink she prays for her love
To the merciful God up above
A lone man walks along a beach
Mourning the love he was denied to keep
From the water a bottle does appear
Closing the gap he draws it near
From the bottle a message he unfolds
His lady’s last words it proves to hold
Tears run down as he reads of her devotion
His heart swelling up with deep emotion
Long he stares at the precious slip
From a love he lost upon a ship
All the time her words were kept
Floating along as he wept
God who brought their lives together
Saved this message from tumultuous weather
From a dieing woman and her one last prayer
For her love to know it will always be there
Even though her embrace he no longer can feel
The memory of her love will help him heal
Because of it their love will always be
Despite her life lost upon the sea