Message in a Bottle

The sea is calm but my hands still shake
I write your name, let the silence break
A folded note in trembling lines
Of all the things I left behind
The wind feels colder than before
As if it knows what I came here for

I don't know where this tide will go
But I needed you to know...

So I dropped a message in a bottle
Let it drift across the years
Told the moon about your laughter
And the nights I needed near
If the current ever finds you
Through the distance and the doubt
Just know I meant it all
Even the words I left out

You won't find it in a mailbox door
It's not a letter like before
But if you're ever by the shore
And feel a whisper wanting more
It might be me, still trying to say
I never meant to walk away

I don't know if you'll read these lines
But I've sent them through the tides

So I dropped a message in a bottle
Told the waves to treat it kind
Every sentence soaked in memory
Of the days you were still mine
If it reaches where you're standing
On some far and quiet coast
Just know you weren't forgotten
You're still the one I miss the most

Maybe love can float through time
Even if it's lost from sight
Maybe someday you'll unfold
These water-stained goodbyes

So I dropped a message in a bottle
Like a prayer cast to the sea
No address, just hope and wonder
And a piece you meant to me
If you ever hold this paper
With my faded, aching name
Please remember where it started
And that I'd do it all again