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poetry by j matthew waters

restoration project

they fell from the sky
these transparent wings of mine
tattered and torn
and superfluously useful

night and day I stitched away
new leather onto old
rubbing and shining and redefining
a finer shade of gold

I hung them all alone inside
an unlit closet
wherein they stretched and glowed
and quietly repaired
imperfections I could not mend

january two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Dogma, Poetry and tagged angels, dogma, healing, poem, Poetry, repair, restoration, wings

12 thoughts on “restoration project”

Jay on January 16, 2014 at 10:47 pm said:

night and day , I stitched away…. so touching inner feels…

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- j matthew waters on January 16, 2014 at 10:53 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Jay – so happy to see you here.
  
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thesewordsiwrite2012 on January 18, 2014 at 8:31 pm said:

Once again, superb storytelling.

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- j matthew waters on January 18, 2014 at 8:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks – once again – for visiting and commenting D.J.
  
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The Course of Our Seasons on January 18, 2014 at 8:37 pm said:

love this, John – from the title on- really good writing! K

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- j matthew waters on January 18, 2014 at 8:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you so very much, Kathleen – so glad you enjoyed this little piece.
  
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Loredana Donovan on January 19, 2014 at 8:08 am said:

A lovely metaphor for transformation & change! 🙂

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- j matthew waters on January 19, 2014 at 8:31 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Ms. Donovan.
  
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ljlenehan on February 9, 2014 at 3:34 pm said:

Beautiful…

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- j matthew waters on February 9, 2014 at 6:45 pm said:
  
  thank you Lael….
  
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Wordifull Melanie on March 4, 2014 at 1:46 am said:

So very lovely 🙂

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- j matthew waters on March 4, 2014 at 6:32 am said:
  
  Thank you, Melanie.
  
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