Relationship In a Bottle

I was a message in a bottle floating off to sea

Crying "Help, I'm drowning in my sorrows and I can barely breathe"

You were a shipwreck across the shore

Trying to put your pieces back together

With a habit of finding storms

Amidst clear skies and sunny weather

The ocean reminded you of a time that was better

So you feared to leave her side

In hopes one day you could still be with her

Kick off from her harbors again once the storm within you died

And you could fill your sails with the memories of her salty sea air

Tumble back into her currents like waves of soft brown hair

Tucked coyly behind a young maiden's ear

I found your splintered planks and torn sails

With a storm turned simply to gray skies

Melancholy tales

Written to tunes sung from sad eyes

My bottle had been emptied

That message now ravaged by salty tides

Carrying nothing but a whisper of liquor

To burn away the pain inside

Still, I recognized your beauty from a distance

A glimmer of that storm and a taste for new beginnings

Fear of the undertow always kept you from swimming

But I caught you peering out from the empty pier

With a compass and a daydream

I offered you a place of solace

To rebuild your ship within me

My space is small, but protected

My glass is cold and hard

Slightly fractured at the neck a bit

But I know I could still take you far