Rewriting the Universe

14 Sep 2014

Rewriting the Universe

by Daniella Sciuto & J Matthew Waters

I drew these lines ages ago without
understanding the consequences
and my desire to protect them
weakened as time wore on

I sketched these images
fast frenetic murals on the wall
portraying all my doubts
concerning this world
and myself
and then I lived on
each day passing by
these lines remained unchanged
concealed by a thin layer of imagination

I crossed the line into a new
form of reality
regaining my strength by
becoming one with creation
drawn across the land
yet the pull of these lines
that basis of all
beyond the veil of life
influenced everything
no matter how much I whitewashed
my tabula rasa was not pure
and I found myself
redrawing the lines
found myself starting all over again

this is how it both
ends and begins
with poetry written
rewritten and rewritten again
layers upon meanings
upon words
with us forever
redrawing the lines
starting all over again
whilst the ghosts of poems past
influence everything

september two thousand fourteenl
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Poetry and tagged collaboration, imagination, life, poem, poetry, reality, rewriting, universe, writing

10 thoughts on “Rewriting the Universe”

The Course of Our Seasons on September 14, 2014 at 8:49 pm said:

Love this collaborative poem – wonderful imagery of creation and re-creation K

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- j matthew waters on September 14, 2014 at 9:02 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Kathleen – this poem proved to be quite challenging as we endured a number of revisions and could quite possibly withstand even more ;`)
  
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  - The Course of Our Seasons on September 14, 2014 at 9:20 pm said:
    
    Poetry always the process of creation and re-creation!!
frenzyofflies on September 15, 2014 at 11:02 am said:

I really enjoyed this poem. It works and echoes on so many levels. Great work, you two! 🙂

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- j matthew waters on September 15, 2014 at 12:03 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Greg – greatly appreciate your support!
  
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Heartafire on September 15, 2014 at 1:00 pm said:

very well written , beautiful recital. Thank you.

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- j matthew waters on September 15, 2014 at 5:40 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Hollie.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on September 16, 2014 at 10:35 am said:

I love the thoughts of poems lost within the layers.. it’s like drawing constellations upon constellations on a starry sky.. great collaboration .. really good. I like that you rewrote it several times, it’s perfectly seamless.

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- j matthew waters on September 16, 2014 at 12:30 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much, Björn – means so much that you think so!
  
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