Shipwrecked
written by: Jackie Figueroa
Though we survived,
And made it to the other side,
We landed with oceans in between,
Sails all but torn at the seams.
We may have weathered the storm,
Our connection forever worn,
And the vessel that watched us grow,
Lies shipwrecked on opposite shores.
Yet every now and again,
A glimmer breaks through:
A message in a bottle,
A ghostly trace of you.
For what has been lost,
Is not gone for good;
Just scattered in currents,
Like driftwood and shoulds.
Jackie Figueroa is a writer of emotional cartography, tracing the lines between heartbreak and healing with honesty and care. Her work blends memory, melancholy, and meaning into verses that linger quietly. She writes not to be heard, but to be understood — by anyone who has ever loved too much, hurt too deeply, or stood frozen at the edge of what almost was.
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