Opening This Bottle Poem by Victoria Ritchie

On opening this bottle,
You found a message, deep.
But more than just a simple verse
Find love for you to keep.
For hidden down inside the words
Is treasure greater than
The gentle song of joyous larks
Or pirate’s golden plan.
The message holds my constant love;
The meter holds my heart
The rhymes that tie together
Will never let us part.
So anytime you read it
Please know the gold that shines
In treasures, buried, can’t compare
With the love within these lines.
No ocean lies between us,
But still I see your light
That shines just like a lighthouse
Through a dark and stormy night.
Though now I can’t be with you,
Your light will bring me home.
I see it from a distance
No matter where I roam.
Since I’m the one that wanders
I have no light to share.
But look upon this bottle
And know that I am there.
The bottle is my lighthouse,
The words, my glimmer bright,
To draw us close together
Each day and every night.
Just as your light’s my beacon,
And you, my refuge - dear,
This bottle holds my loving heart
Please keep it always near.