Boomerang

06 Sep 2014

Boomerang

He started telling me things
little things
I had no business knowing

After a while the little things
mixed with the big things
and soon the important things
seemed to not matter so much

Every day for over two thousand
I did nothing but live alone with
my own thoughts

Of course I continued to enjoy
chocolate kisses and
group therapy and
kite flying

When he rescued me from
voluntary confinement
I screamed incoherently while
riding on the back of his fifty horses
hair blowing back horizontally
arms raised and flailing

Now after so many years since
time has turned around
and I find myself
drifting and regressing
but succeeding at exorcising
my very own demons

september two thousand fourteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged demons, insanity, mental health, poem, poetry

13 thoughts on “Boomerang”

Mirna Morgan on September 6, 2014 at 5:31 pm said:

Poignant Poet and very very close to my heart….Thanks for this special poem….

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- j matthew waters on September 6, 2014 at 5:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Mirna – I’m pleased knowing you enjoyed this one.
  
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Ileana on September 7, 2014 at 10:58 am said:

…In ciuda ploilor ☂ zambesc!…
zambesc…pentru ca iubesc viata…
si zambesc, pentru ca…
pana la urma…e toamna… ♡◕ ‿ ◕♡
☼…sa ai o seara frumoasa, cu ploi de iubire in suflet…

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- j matthew waters on September 7, 2014 at 11:15 am said:
  
  Vă mulțumim pentru partajarea gândurile tale 😀
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on September 16, 2014 at 10:42 am said:

at the end we are all utterly alone within the crowd of our own thoughts.

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- j matthew waters on September 16, 2014 at 12:32 pm said:
  
  so very true….
  
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Rose Red on January 31, 2015 at 5:48 pm said:

There is so much truth in this.

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- j matthew waters on January 31, 2015 at 5:55 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much for visiting and commenting on this one, Rose. I appreciate your readership very much.
  
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denise0904 on November 10, 2016 at 6:31 am said:

dark and deep and has me thinking

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- j matthew waters on November 11, 2016 at 5:45 pm said:
  
  thanks for sharing your thoughts on this one, denise
  
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mkrashes on April 12, 2017 at 9:18 am said:

wow. how do you do it? 🙂

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- j matthew waters on April 12, 2017 at 11:43 am said:
  
  Thank you, Margaret, I’m delighted you enjoyed this piece. It happens to be a personal favorite of mine.
  
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  - mkrashes on April 12, 2017 at 3:22 pm said:
    
    chocolate kisses and group therapy…your hair blowing back on the 50 stallions of death…brilliant! 🙂