The Piece of Glass

The Piece of Glass

A piece of glass I see

Lying on the ground by its lonesome

It must tell a story

The light it reflects of so handsome

How many things it's seen

But then came to its shattered end

The reflection was keen

But laid to rest without hope of mend

So, where did it come from?

It is the only piece around me

It is but a small crumb

To where did its other small friends flee?

It's a sad piece of glass

It's a camera lost in a big field

Was it thrown by a blast?

Its soul could not be a behind a shield

Around me it's quiet

The empty buildings are silent too

Was it a past riot?

Or can this piece of glass be a clue?

The Man and the Boat

The Man and the Boat

From atop a hill he sees a boat

It's on the beach broken

On its shattered mast, flutters a coat

His wonder has woken

He ventures down to the beach below

He wonders why it's here

Nowhere does he see the boat's fellow

The waves are all he hears

The closer he gets, the more he sees

The hull and the keel are cracked

On the side of the boat he sees LEE

And clarity it lacked

He tries to sift through all the debris

In hopes of a small clue

A wet piece of paper says, “Marie”

But that's out of the blue

He wonders what brought it to its fate

So where is its sailor?

It is starting to get very late

He must find its failure

He looks to the sky and sees it's black

A storm sure is coming

Time is running out, he mustn't slack

The weather is numbing

He's in a rush, he wants to solve this

The weather is scary

There is something he won't want to miss

He's becoming wary

He ruffles 'round and sees a bottle

In the top is a cork

He lifts it and gives it a jostle

And he picks up a fork

Just then he sees a glint of metal

And hears a strong whoosh sound

Next, his body and soul does settle

The clue is what he found

Breeze

Breeze

I wonder what

It would be like

To be the wind

Blowing from place to place

Pure freedom

Experiencing everything

I want to blow from place to place

To be totally free

To have no worries

I want to have no specific course

Or constraints

Free

I want to be unaltered

Not controlled

By people

I want to not be affected

By any obstructions

Just like the wind