<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424766" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bottled Message 1717</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">From shore to shore<br>I brave wild waves<br>with winds unsure<br>'bove mermaid cave, <br>in shine or pour<br>with message grave<br>within I store, <br>from water save.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">While currents flow<br>from East to West<br>I onwards go<br>and do my best<br>to bring words so<br>they find fair guest<br>whose heart may know<br>shared joy unguessed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus bottle green<br>upon sea blue<br>will float unseen<br>by blue sky too, <br>until the scene<br>is set for two<br>to find love keen<br>which years renew.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As bottle sent<br>one April day<br>I'd spring event<br>life-changing, May<br>no sooner spent<br>saw June display<br>as covenant<br>where interplay<br>would represent<br>Joy's present, way<br>to taste sweet scent<br>as roundelay<br>was surely meant<br>all fears to lay<br>at rest, prevent<br>guilt complex grey. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Upon time's stream<br>the message came<br>as true dream's beam<br>to help two claim<br>tomorrow's team <br>free from all blame<br>could bloom, esteem<br>helps heart pure flame<br>complete life's scheme<br>while spurning shame<br>as groundless, deem<br>tomorrow's fame<br>would show shared gleam.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From bridge of sighs <br>flow onwards: face, <br>once shed disguise <br>and self-disgrace, <br>joy love supplies<br>to interface<br>with wisdom wise<br>as time and place<br>dissolve, while cries<br>one can replace<br>and recognize<br>as two embrace<br>the future lies<br>ahead! Displace<br>forgotten lies<br>past tears might trace.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One could write on<br>till cows come home, <br>unreel tale long<br>on how to roam<br>at sea in song, <br>words honeycomb<br>in plaits sweet, strong, <br>neath starry dome.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But this might bore<br>the reader who<br>could stop before<br>end comes on cue, <br>paint stormy roar<br>and calm - but few<br>can cope with more<br>than this so you<br>must know to woo<br>was message sent<br>on Chance's tide<br>to represent<br>love none should hide.<br>Tale ends. Fate meant<br>two bona fide<br>to find shared tent, <br>and there abide.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(9 January 2008)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jonathan+Robin">Jonathan Robin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=424766" data-title="Bottled Message 1717 de Jonathan Robin" data-description="From shore to shore I brave wild waves with winds unsure 'bove mermaid cave, in shine or pour with message grave within I store, from water save. While currents flow from East to West I onwards go and do my best to bring words so they find fair..."></div> </div> </div>

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