She searched the beach for sea glass

Small pieces of old glass

Man made articles transformed by nature

Jewels of the sea

Tossed and rolled by the waves

Rubbed by rocks and sands for decades

Holding the jewels in her palm

She wondered who held the original glass article

Did they toss it into the waves with a wish

What kind of life did they lead back then

Perhaps they still walk this beach today

She spotted a glass bottle

Rolling in the surf

Alas no message inside

Sea creatures clinging on for a ride

She thought of picking it up

Cleaning up this beach trash 

Then decided to leave it be

For some future sea glass gatherer

She closed her eyes and made a wish

Vowing to come back in 20 years

To find her own jewels of the sea