Flooding

"A weathered boat
once with sail and go-fast stripe,
at one time considered the latest
must-have model, now
cast adrift,
left to float with every tidal
ebb and flow.
Cut free by intentional sharp blade:
misunderstood; manipulated; misinterpreted,
allowed to twist and turn, to twist in the tidal
stream,
away from it's intended purpose of
holding, transporting, carrying.
Originally shaped for significance,
moulded and manufactured for a higher calling,
of service and serving,
now discarded, unwanted, bruised;
alive but dead,
rotted in places, scratched and
chaffed.
Floating until captured, retained, rescued or
sunk,
never to be remembered or held, or fulfilled
again."