In a cave by the ocean burned
A man's heart from his chest cavity
Carved open, froth from the sea
Slipping into his lungs and
Smoke from all the guns ever triggered
Seeped from behind his eyes,
Lips cracked with the truth but spoke
Only regret,
Mouth forever frozen in enlightenment
Sought but not shared,

And oh, how the ocean weeps,
For messages in bottles mean nothing
Without ink.