All Comments on 'Castaway'

day-dreams memories of the past. TK U MLJ LV NV

The bottle was back on the beach. Because that's the way the tides work. Kinda ruins the whole thing , doesn't it!

That last paragraph. Ooof. Right in the feels, man.

Reminds me of the Les Misérables solo, On My Own.

And now i'm all alone again,

Nowhere to go, no one to turn to.

Did not want your money sir,

Came out here cuz i was told to.

And now the night is near,

Now i can make believe he's here.

Sometimes i walk alone at night

When everybody else is sleeping.

I think of him, and then i'm happy

With the company i'm keeping.

The city goes to bed,

And i can live inside my head.

On my own,

Pretending he's beside me.

All alone,

I walk with him 'til morning.

Without him,

I feel his arms around me.

And when i lose my way i close my eyes

And he has found me.

In the rain,

The pavement shines like silver.

All the lights are misty in the river.

In the darkness,

The trees are full of starlight.

And all i see is him and me for ever and forever.

And i know

It's only in my mind,

That i'm talking to myself

And not to him.

And although i know that he is blind,

Still i say,

There's a way for us.

I love him,

But when the night is over he is gone.

The river's just a river.

Without him,

The world around me changes.

The trees are bare and everywhere

The streets are full of strangers.

I love him,

But every day i'm learning

All my life,

I've only been pretending!

Without me,

His world will go on turning,

A world that's full of happiness that i have never known!

I love him...

I love him...

I love him...

But only on my own...

WOW and wow to Rosilin's comment and the poem. makes me want to smile at a stranger and say hi to them, just to perhaps brighten a lonely person's day. Be kind to others.

A tale along that story line would have done more here. Just not my cup of tea,but then I am not much of a romantic..more a hard-core realist..that is also why realism is vital in written fiction to be enjoyable. I give you 2 stars as my curiosity permitted me to read it...

Nice sentiments, but there's no story here.