Terry D. Sutherland

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