Message in a Bottle

By Nancy G. Brundrett "Firefly"
© 2003

SHE CAME TO HER OCEAN HOME
WHERE THE SAND AND TIDE MEETS FOAM
THE WORDS LOCKED IN HER HEART
YEARS AND MEMORIES TORE HER APART

FOOTPRINTS TRACING DOWN THE BEACH
THE SHELLS AND TREASURES WITHIN HER REACH
SHE CLIMBED THE OCEAN CLIFF
PATH WAS STEEP AND HIGH
HOLDING A BOTTLE, HER THOUGHTS OF DAYS GONE BY

REMEMBERING THIS PLACE AS A CHILD
RUNNING FREE, HER SPIRIT WAS WILD
NOW A LIFE TURNED AND TOSSED
REACHING FOR ALL THE THINGS SHE'D LOST

AND WITH ALL HER MIGHT
UNDER A WATCHFUL STARRY NIGHT
A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE NO ONE WOULD SEE
SHE PICKED IT UP AND THREW IT INTO THE SEA
INTO THE SEA

AND THE SALTY RAIN WAS FALLING DOWN
UPON THE STREETS OF THIS OLD SEASIDE TOWN
OUT OF THE BLUE, DOLPHINS ROSE AND KISSED THE SKY
SHE LOOKED TO HEAVEN ASKED HER GOD WHY

SHE DREAMED OF THE DAY
WHEN SOMEONE WOULD COME HER WAY
WITH A NEW SUNRISE AND NO PAIN
BRINGING BLUE SKIES, NO MORE RAIN

AND WITH ALL HER MIGHT
UNDER A WATCHFUL STARRY NIGHT
A MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE NO ONE WOULD SEE
SHE PICKED IT UP AND THREW INTO THE SEA
INTO THE SEA

THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
WAS FROM THE DEPTH OF HER SOUL
IF YOU HAPPEN TO PICK IT UP
ON YOUR NEXT LONELY BEACH STROLL
READ THE WORDS AND STORY SHE TOLD
THE MESSAGE WAS HER LONGING TO BE WHOLE

THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
DRIFTING OUT TO SEA
THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
WAS HER PRAYER TO BE SET FREE

THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
SHE PICKED IT UP AND THREW IT INTO THE SEA
INTO THE SEA