Well, THAT didn’t go as planned. I was supposed to live my life in the lap of luxury, now I’m confined. Although, on the bright side, I imagine there will be many things for me to see as I bob and weave with each bouncing wave.
The sun beats down on my glass house, then a wave envelopes me into brief darkness. I was scared the first few times this happened but not anymore. I’m used to it, it’s happened too often.
I thought I would be kept forever, that words would be documented and read over and over, bringing delight to all whose eyes I caught.
Instead, I was ripped and torn from my first home of a college-ruled mansion. I miss my counterparts, my family, my brothers, and sisters. I miss the way we would talk and laugh about what was written. Sometimes were upset and cried, yes all of us cried. The words were just that powerful.
I think about what is written on me now, “I LOVE YOU. The World is at your fingertips. GRAB IT. You have EVERYTHING it takes. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.” [bctt tweet=”I LOVE YOU. The World is at your fingertips. GRAB IT. You have EVERYTHING it takes. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.” username=”justjyll”]
Yeah, now that I read it again I realize I’ve got to give a lot more credit to this new path.
I’ve always wanted to travel and BE SOMEBODY. Well, look at me now!!! I’m a perch for birds. I’m an aquarium for fish to look at! I’m a winebibber – well if one drop counts, that drop was quickly absorbed by my edges.

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I feel I have a bigger purpose now. I feel I will really inspire someone.
Getting ripped away was worth it. I’mm going to Everything to Somebody – maybe more than on person!
I was just a slip of paper but now I’mm a POWERFUL message in a bottle. I’m traveling across the ocean to inspire the one who is enamored enough to pick up this bottle and look inside.
The trick, Jyllian, is to launch a myriad of bottles, ensuring the message spreads far and wide. (Or, get a myriad of readers to your blog 🙂 )
Indeed! I may have to launch a physical bottle, I am digging on that idea!
Oh Wow! What a fantastic story. I love the way you write. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you Maureen! It was written from a prompt in my Writing Group…it completely flowed out of me, was fun to write!