Message in a Bottle To Afghanistan

Just something I wrote for my brother last night.

Walking along the ocean's end

Gradually digging my toes in the sand,

With each step I take falling slowly

As I take another step on the shore.

 

Lost and broken hearted,

When you told me you were leaving.

My tears would have filled this vast ocean

And flooded the lands of the Earth in my despair.

 

A thousand miles apart, my thoughts flutter

Through my pen as I write you this letter.

A message in a bottle that would never reach

The dusty raging shores of Afghanistan.

 

Just beyond the dark blue horizons,

The only thing in my life I hold dear.

I will stay strong, but only for you

In hopes you return to me soon.

 

Reviews

[SilentNiaAngel]

So sad but lovely=)

[Coyote Poetry]

Send a lot of letters. Soldiers like letters. Keep them sane. Pictures too. You need to know you are needed at home to stay positive when you are far away. A powerful and sad poem. Time for Soldiers go quick. A busy life. Hard for family and love one's. Thank you for the excellent poem.
Coyote

[Holly Soques]

This is so sad, and I can empathise to some extent because my brother, too, is a thousand miles away, though thankfully not in a senseless war in Afghanistan. War is so pointless, especially now that there's no real reason for it anyway apart from the political motives fuelling it in the white house. It's ironic how socialist I've become in recent months, finally having realised the hypocrisy all around us at the highest levels of government, and the pain that is inflicted daily on victims of that such as your brother. Good poem, and thanks for sharing some of your love for him.