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poetry by j matthew waters

river of sorrow

first I lost my love
then I quickly lost my mind
encapsulated in glass
crashing headlong downstream
toward the convergence
known as the styx

consumed by the great marsh
my mind disappeared
deep within the underworld
leaving me cold and empty
and unable to understand
exactly what afflicted
my ailing heart

may two thousand fourteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged great marsh, greek mythology, hades, lost love, madness, poem, Poetry, river, sorrow, the styx

22 thoughts on “river of sorrow”

stgreenie on May 18, 2014 at 7:25 pm said:

Reblogged this on stgreenie.

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- j matthew waters on May 26, 2014 at 10:29 am said:
  
  Thank you for reblogging this poem, Steve.
  
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Lonely Daffodil on May 18, 2014 at 10:10 pm said:

Haunting. I really loved this work 🙂

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- j matthew waters on May 19, 2014 at 6:49 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Miwako.
  
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Kirsten on May 20, 2014 at 11:49 am said:

powerful poem.

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- j matthew waters on May 20, 2014 at 12:29 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Kirsten.
  
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Lolamarina (@1Lolamarina) on May 20, 2014 at 3:23 pm said:

I can feel your sadness in this poem.

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- j matthew waters on May 20, 2014 at 5:53 pm said:
  
  Thanks for commenting on this piece, Lola – so nice to see you here again.
  
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advocatemmmohan on May 20, 2014 at 9:50 pm said:

unable to understand
exactly what afflicted
my ailing heart…………………..beautifully depicted the whirls of lost souls
with regards

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- j matthew waters on May 21, 2014 at 8:52 pm said:
  
  thank you so much for visiting here again and commenting on this piece
  
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SuzyHazelwood on May 21, 2014 at 7:40 pm said:

Such a perfect description of that kind of darkness!!

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- j matthew waters on May 24, 2014 at 8:28 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Suzy.
  
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nightlake on May 24, 2014 at 5:30 am said:

not knowing what was lost…this was so deep and heartfelt

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- j matthew waters on May 24, 2014 at 8:28 am said:
  
  thank you very much my friend – so nice to see you back visiting here
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on May 25, 2014 at 10:50 pm said:

So often we are not aware how bad it is,

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- j matthew waters on May 26, 2014 at 10:27 am said:
  
  Sometimes that’s not a bad thing, either.
  
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Wordifull Melanie on May 29, 2014 at 11:41 am said:

Deeply moving…lost love is madness is death.

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- j matthew waters on May 29, 2014 at 6:30 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Melanie – I couldn’t agree more.
  
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lscotthoughts on May 30, 2014 at 10:40 pm said:

Very deep and powerful, John, loved it!

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- j matthew waters on June 1, 2014 at 7:40 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Lauren.
  
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jmbhatt on April 28, 2024 at 9:58 pm said:

Wonderfully expressed, rich imagery

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- j matthew waters on April 29, 2024 at 8:45 am said:
  
  Thank you very much!
  
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