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poetry by j matthew waters

pushing and pulling


it’s so dark I can’t even see my fingers
so cold cannot feel my heart

machines hum along in the white room
giving me fresh air and influencing my dreams

what nobody knows
       is when I’ll be home
or when I’ll be able to say
       I remember everything

(due to atmospheric disturbances
summer never arrived)

crawling through the rubble
my fingertips make rocks sound like glass
rubbing against themselves like butterfly wings

scratching below the surface
I give inspiration to newly awakened lives




june two thousand fourteen
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6 thoughts on “pushing and pulling

  1. This is hauntingly beautiful, John…

  2. bonny's avatarBonnie on said:

    beautiful

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