meet me by the sea [#wattys2019]

message in a bottle

The words are stuck.

The pen won't work.

The speech is sharp.

To speak will hurt.

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My message in a bottle,

I sent it far away.

In a sea of secrecy,

because I don't know what to say.

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Inside is the fear,

all those things I can't say.

Consuming little bits of hope,

so I'm sending it away.

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Inside is the hate,

the words that burn.

Better to spark than to scorch,

a hard thing to learn.

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Inside is giving up,

dismissal dressed as a lie.

I know you'll never understand,

so I won't even try.

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They say it's just so easy,

to say what you mean.

The outcome unravels in my head

like a colourful woven scene.

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They laugh but I don't see the joke.

They hurt when there is no pain.

They are confused where the lines make sense,

and I have to repeat myself again.

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So I sent these words in a bottle,

I sent them far away.

Head below the waves,

of an ocean of things I'll never say.