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poetry by j matthew waters

jars of light

nobody asked me to share
my dreams with anyone
so I kept them to myself
nurtured them as best I could

in the middle of the night
silence awakened me
beckoned me to walk alone
in streets that never sleep

along the way I imagined
the sad ones called my name
reaching out like lonely stars
dying to find a home

I gathered them in jars
full of oxygen and hope
promised to return again
when eyes are laid down low

september two thousand thirteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Dreams, Poetry and tagged dreams, hope, light, poem, Poetry, stars

20 thoughts on “jars of light”

nightlake on September 17, 2013 at 10:26 pm said:

a really lovely write-up

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- j matthew waters on September 17, 2013 at 10:31 pm said:
  
  thank you so much
  
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Wordifull Melanie on September 18, 2013 at 6:33 am said:

sadly lovely

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- j matthew waters on September 18, 2013 at 6:41 am said:
  
  Thank you, Melanie
  
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cyberbonn on September 18, 2013 at 10:13 am said:

loverly

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- j matthew waters on September 18, 2013 at 6:50 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Bonnie ;`)
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on September 19, 2013 at 12:59 am said:

I truly love this one, John!! It really touched me !

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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on September 19, 2013 at 1:00 am said:

Sometimes your poems make me very sad..

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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on September 19, 2013 at 1:02 am said:

You have a gift for describing the indescribable.

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- j matthew waters on September 19, 2013 at 6:50 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Lola. I’m very happy this poem touched you.
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on September 19, 2013 at 1:04 am said:

oops….describing the indescribable.

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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on September 20, 2013 at 1:09 pm said:

Yes, it did..

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Kris Swanguarin on September 20, 2013 at 5:24 pm said:

Bravo. Bravo, my friend.

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- j matthew waters on September 20, 2013 at 6:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Kris, thanks so very much.
  
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mentalnotes1 on September 21, 2013 at 9:21 pm said:

full of oxygen and hope
promised to return again
when eyes are laid down low
WHEEWWWWW! SNAP, SNAP, SNAP!!

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- j matthew waters on September 22, 2013 at 7:49 am said:
  
  I greatly appreciate your visiting here again LaToya and hope you are doing well. I always enjoy reading your blog posts!
  
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ljlenehan on September 28, 2013 at 4:19 pm said:

Lovely…

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- j matthew waters on September 29, 2013 at 6:20 pm said:
  
  Thank you my friend ;`)
  
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mkrashes on April 15, 2017 at 8:47 am said:

this is just so beautiful.

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- j matthew waters on April 15, 2017 at 9:27 am said:
  
  thank you very much, mk
  
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