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poetry by j matthew waters

19 Mar 2014

simple island

it doesn’t matter what you think
just like it matters not which way I turn
just as long as the confluence of influence
doesn’t intersect anywhere near
this dusty highway bridge

this way leads to my island
shared by a selective group of misfits
who understand on a higher level
what it’s like to thrive off the beaten path
and stay happily and simply hidden

march two thousand fourteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged isolation, misfits, poem, poetry

9 thoughts on “simple island”

thesewordsiwrite2012 on March 19, 2014 at 7:51 pm said:

The life of a misfit… a life I know all too well.

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- j matthew waters on March 19, 2014 at 7:53 pm said:
  
  that may not necessarily be a bad thing my friend….
  
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  - thesewordsiwrite2012 on March 19, 2014 at 8:14 pm said:
    
    I agree.
stgreenie on March 19, 2014 at 8:12 pm said:

Reblogged this on stgreenie.

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- j matthew waters on March 21, 2014 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  thanks so much Stevie for reblogging this little poem
  
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wifsie on March 21, 2014 at 7:50 am said:

No more a misfit. I belong within myself and it feels good. The unbeaten path can be joyful. 🙂

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- j matthew waters on March 21, 2014 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  Amen to that, Maryse. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts here.
  
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Kris Swanguarin on March 27, 2014 at 12:51 pm said:

I like this, as I do most of your poetry, because it lends itself to multiple readings: a physical island primarily, a protected psychic space, the net, this blog. Happy to think of myself as one of the “misfits.”

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- j matthew waters on March 27, 2014 at 5:29 pm said:
  
  thanks so much, Kris – once again you are spot on – misfit or not ;`)
  
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