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Message in the bottle

By Brishti Bandyopadhyay; Illustration by Shinod AP

I watched the tide
From my little house by the seaside
I didn't have to wait long
to find what the waves had brought along

a bottle with a message in it,
it looked like a message, at least
I ran to pick up the bottle
And took out from it a coiled paper

As I smoothened it, And peered deep
The yellowing paper came apart at my touchBefore my eyes the writing smudgedAs I wept

After the weeping storm had passed
I came down to earth
Maybe it was a message not meant to be read by me
When it didn't reach the one it was meant for
It just erased itself out, forever.