locked inside pandora’s box

21 Apr 2013

locked inside pandora’s box

I hunker down in a hawkish grotto
where nobody can find my prize
where the light of day
seems a light year away
and hound dogs
are just a figment of my imagination

there is plenty of food for thought
and sweet nectar can be tapped
from these ancient walls
measuring ten stories tall
adorned with objects
painted on throughout the centuries

exiled into this self-imposed solitude
I am at peace with my new mission
guarding the evils
locked inside this silo
hoping and praying
the world lives beyond its darkest days

april two thousand thirteen
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all rights reserved

Posted in Poetry, War Poems and tagged pandora's box, peace, poem, Poetry, war

15 thoughts on “locked inside pandora’s box”

ljlenehan on April 21, 2013 at 1:56 pm said:

I hope the world lives beyond its darkest days too… xo

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- j matthew waters on April 21, 2013 at 3:48 pm said:
  
  I can only imagine it will
  
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cyberbonn on April 22, 2013 at 10:12 am said:

wonderful piece/peace

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- j matthew waters on April 22, 2013 at 7:02 pm said:
  
  thank you my friend ;`)
  
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Gavriel's Muse on April 23, 2013 at 7:12 pm said:

rebirth is only the natural process to the cycle of renewal. thorns and thunder will do their part as we do ours. pay attention to your words my friend, there is more there to the trained eye… 🙂

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- j matthew waters on April 28, 2013 at 7:23 am said:
  
  thank you for visiting and taking the time to comment on this poem
  
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Kris Swanguarin on April 27, 2013 at 12:53 pm said:

There is much here that can be easily passed over, unless read carefully. It is to your credit that your craft is such that you can speak simultaneously mythologically, personally and politically. “Guarding the evils // locked inside this silo,” is but one example. Bravo.

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- j matthew waters on April 27, 2013 at 1:26 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much for your comments, Kris. Very nice to see you back visiting here. I hope all is well with you and yours.
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on April 28, 2013 at 1:08 am said:

This one I will have to read many times.. It’s a pandora box of a poem . I treasure this one!

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- j matthew waters on April 28, 2013 at 7:18 am said:
  
  So glad you like this one, Lola 😀
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on April 28, 2013 at 1:09 am said:

Excellent commentary by Kris above.

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Lindy™ on June 16, 2014 at 8:36 pm said:

I want a silo…. very nice!

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- j matthew waters on June 16, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:
  
  thanks so much Lindy
  
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Poetry and Literature by Sofia Kioroglou on October 2, 2022 at 2:16 pm said:

You are a gifted wordsmith. It is always a pleasure hunkering down to your work!!!

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- j matthew waters on October 2, 2022 at 5:47 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Sofia, it’s very kind of you to say so.
  
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