12/23/21

last bottle on the island



I won't be writing to my

forgotten home anymore


there's only one bottle left 

and the previous messages

have remained unanswered


my hopes are floating

somewhere out there.


this is my place in life

barefooted, bare skinned

sun, wind and rain drenched 


living off of mostly less of

this and that and whatever


the heart beats, the stomach

growls, the joints crack and

this humbled soul is at peace.


the last bottle will stay with

me and I will fill it with poems

and shells and sand and sea


my hair will grow, my beard

will fill out, my body will thin


I will succumb to time in time

and someone will find me with

the last bottle, already at home.




(Image from wallpaperflare.com)





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