Castaway

by Duane Anderson

Image credit: Daniel Lincoln on Unsplash

I am a castaway,

lost at sea,

thrown overboard,

swimming to my destination,

a deserted island.

Now, I watch the seas,

day and night.

Will there be a rescue,

or will I remain a castaway,

lost at sea?

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Duane Anderson

Duane Anderson currently lives in Olathe, Kansas. He has had poems published in Fine Lines, Cholla Needles, and several other publications. He is the author of ‘On the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk,’ ‘Conquer the Mountains,’ ‘Family Portraits,’ ‘The Life of an Ordinary Man,’ and ‘In the Eyes Of.’