Molly

Molly waited patiently

For the evening tide

To toss a bottle in the sea

With a message held inside

All her message really said

Was, I hope for world peace

Hope to see it before I'm dead

And buried beneath the trees

Molly waited sixty years

For the bottle to return

The bottle never appeared

World peace was never earned

Now Molly lies beneath the trees

Another sixty years have passed

No one ever saw the need

To give her what she asked

© 11/7/08 Terry Sutherland