{"line1":"“Beyond the sea, there are foreign","line2":"lands and wonders.","line3":"One day, I wish to see them,”","line4":"whispered the boy","line5":"as he threw the cork bottle into the sea,","line6":"watching his note to eternity slip away","line7":"into the tide.","line8":"Years later, a wrinkled old man","line9":"with a knobby cane","line10":"hobbled out to the sea and smiled.","line11":"He had kept his promise.","seoTitle":"Beyond the Sea — A Poem About Promises, Dreams, and a Lifetime","seoDescription":"A boy throws a bottle into the sea with a promise to see the world. Years later, an old man smiles. A poem about keeping promises.","keywords":"poem about promises, dreams and aging poem, bottle in the sea poem, lifetime poem, reflective poetry"}