lonely shatters

waves of loneliness
lap on a shore of hope
while an empty bottle
conveys the message 
a thousand words could not
the empty bottle
shattered
by the harsh waves
crashing up on this beach 
a milloin fragments-
i sit in the dark 
rocking back and forth 
trying to piece everything back together
the broken shards
a puzzle of life-
scattered to the the will of the world
and the tides ever changing
fading in and out
lapsing the quiet span of a year-
-scrambling to find the pieces
reaching out
for a hand that's not there
to pull me from the dark
the oppressing waves of nothingness-
with no sun to count the days with 
no light to hide from the dark
only the cold water
and colder thoughts
that threaten to submerge all hope entirely-
until all that's left
is a silenced mind
an empty vessel
rocking in the waves
of their own regret.