Shipwrecked
Ann E. Burg
I still remember setting out together,
our days spread before us
like droplets of moss-colored jewels
in a vast, untamed sea.
How I loved you! Even when dark clouds
hovered above us
and our small boat was tossed, I loved you.
But I believed
what you did not
and you left me here—
broken,
shipwrecked,
though not alone.
See the amber light rising in the east?
I followed it.
Ann E. Burg
A former English teacher who has been reading and writing poetry since early childhood, Ann’s most recent published works have been verse novels published by Scholastic. She is drawn to stories of the disenfranchised and voiceless and usually finds inspiration in little known or too-soon-forgotten historical incidents. Lately, Ann has returned to the simple poetry of the heart.