Am I on an island launching bottles out to sea
beached at the waterline will someone rescue me
I'm drowning not waving as the boats go by
abandoned at high tide does anyone hear my cry
here am I sad to say writing messages in the sand
marooned a lonely castaway will somebody lend a hand
if I'm on an island will my ship come in
or has it run aground did it go down
with only thoughts of you to keep me alive
when will my ship ever arrive
here on an island sending signals from the shore
stranded high and dry will no one hear my call
found my freedom a big mistake I made
there's not another living soul around
loneliness the price I paid
and my tears are the only sound
if only my time I could rewind
but am I really on a deserted island
or is it only in my mind
I'm on an island
marooned
a lonely castaway
beached at the waterline
launching bottles out to sea
abandoned
high and dry
my boat went down
it ran aground
but wait
what's that I see
can it be
a footprint in the sand
someone to lend a hand
my ship's come in
it's at the quay
no more sending signals
from the shore
the weekend's here
to rescue me
A cool ocean breeze with the waves at its knees
Brings a chill til the sun heats the sand
And then I shall dive to see fish so alive
Too pretty to die at my hand
These coconut palms and this old book of psalms
Offer nourishment and useful kindling
I was not taught to read but I have to concede
Books are handy when campfires are dwindling
I gaze at the grave of my parents, so brave
Such a beautiful place to be lain
They said watch the distance and those azure skies
Be prepared for a ship or a plane
They said this adventure could make me a man
“But whatever you do… do the prep.”
And, Hey! there’s a plane and I check again
Where I’ve laid out some shells to spell HLEP
She talked about her family in glimpses,
like she was always walking a tightrope.
Between normal and just chucking it all,
for the next bus that might give her some hope.
She tried to paint a picture of her town,
pristine houses along a tree-lined strand.
Faces peeking around window curtains,
fathers in doorways with belts in their hand.
When she ran out of brown, umber and black,
she was embarrassed when a laugh slid out.
She’d been taught that in midwestern values,
unwed mothers had nothing to laugh about.
Thinking about you and the world outside,out of wilderness of despair, setting sail like a castaway, praying to find a better day. Being rescued by her sweet love letting all worries slide right by knowing her love will be my guide. I've journeyed into another time and place,by the love and light of amazing grace. From out of nowhere I see her face,not worried about tomorrow releasing all my sorrow. As we dance in the wind like castaway's, living happily ever after the changes of time,in sweet surrender through eternity castaway's.
Scowl the strongest defense,
how I wished upon a fantasy;
Allow someone to dig deeper,
now will someone see me?
Cliche’ to blame the movies;
Array of visions in my mind
convey such an image of true love;
Castaway courts a concept undefined.
Vacant without pier,
gray ocean lone castaway.
in the sea of dust
Alone
At some random airport
In a remote desolate place
Somewhere on some map
Stranded all night long
With nothing to see
Time stopped still
Idle on my hands
Hours stretched
Nothing to do
Sit and wait
And face
My own
Anxiety
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Posted on February 2, 2020
i'm not a
savant
but an
idiot
a jenius
making
wishes
while
trapped in
a bottle
If stranded on a tropical island
and could have but 3 things,
I would choose,
A knife.
A box of matches.
And a Walmart.
Glue together
Flu barretta
Sick sorry sad soul
Alone in my bones
Castaway island moon
Crying at me dying whilst the suns sighing
And birds flying
Broken chair broken pieces
Glue me
Together
Fix me then send me out on a
Boat to flee to sea away from
Self destruction
Into the storm to journey
For a better life on the otherside
Of the world
Castaway love
Slipped on the slope of mistaken disorder
Whispered my love in the palm of her hand
Watched as she waved from a ship near the border
Standing alone in a cavern of sand
Covered myself with a dune formed of sorrow
Dropped every anchor I held in the past
Counted the tides that would be my tomorrow
Took one more breath soon to become my last
Swam for a distance to uncharted places
Treading the waters of deepest despair
Wishing on stars sent to fill empty spaces
Keeping it secret for fear I might share
Drowning in seas of my heartbroken questions
Gasping for air in the night sky above
Searching for hope in amongst the suggestions
Lost in the shadows of castaway love
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At last I have been cast away...
You've set your sight on newer shore.
My sail's right at half mast today
and there might stay forever more
Though in the past you shone for me,
at last I have been cast away...
Lost in the dark, alone at sea,
tossed like a stone into the bay
You promised you would not betray
but I was made to walk the plank.
At last I have been cast away,
while you take shade upon the bank
So now the anchor that you drew
you think you took too fast aweigh...
Go sink your hook in someone new,
at last. I have been. - Cast away!
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Castaway
Lost in a cutthroat world
Yearning for mother's
Bosoms full of
My nourishing milk
Silent in a sturdy mountain shelter, she scribed
About the castaway who lived in her mind
Worn rebel looks, tall and slender
Flaxen hair, blue jeans and leather
Sunburned by life's storms, weathered
One golden day his soft blue eyes found a life renewed
Instant passion stirred, woes of a battered past blurred
Until reckless fate crashed the still ocean breeze
And threw him away into turbulant seas
Now cast aside on different paths
In silence, she scribes at the hourglass
While counting each grain of sand
She longs to sleep, marooned
On his eternal island
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