Sea Drift

when the ship hit the storm

i knew i had little time left


the crew were scrambling to sail through it

and find a course out of the eye of the storm

we were near jagged islands the size of a house

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message in a bottle, sea drift, sea drift

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we had to steer away from the rocks to stay safe

then we hit some rocks and the ship starts sinking


the crew in the lower deck 

come running to the main deck 

and start unlatching the boats 


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message in a bottle, sea drift, sea drift

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other crew members grab supplies to put on the boats


as the ship sank i grabbed a bottle of rum and some paper 


with a pen and inkwell in my pocket i joined the crew


we rowed through the storm 

the men held on to as much cargo as they could 

and the other boat flipped

and the men were lost at sea


it went calm the next day 

and we rowed for three days

until i saw the island


we landed and i sat down 

and wrote this note about what happened 

if you read this helen 

i'm alive on an island chain 

somewhere near the new world


please remember my name lancaster devaroe

tell the banks that their gold is at the bottom 

of the sea


four other men and i survived

i've made a net out of rope threads to catch fish and crab


i made spears and used my hunting knife 

to open a fruit that grows on trees here 


after what seemed like four seasons i made a shelter

and gather rain water from my fruit husks


i've written stories with my journal 

about sea serpents and Leviathan


i'm weaving a cross thatch of leaves 

to build a boat with shelter cabin


i want to study the seasons 

until i should leave

i love you helen


message in a bottle, sea drift, sea drift

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