Bernadette Murphy

Message In A Bottle

It happened by chance

as Winter turned to Spring

the snow melted for a moment.

Something caught my eye

I couldn’t resist the impulse

to stop and stare

in the stillness

noting the dents I wonder

what untold story lies there

the mystery unfurled in

the gap between my thoughts

my surroundings

I, making presumptions

based on whimsy evidence.