say you’ll haunt me

22 Sep 2015

say you’ll haunt me

inside this cage I hear you sing
your personal psalms
songs of woe and joy
and everything in between

during your darkest moments
supernovas shine high above

though not in your line of sight
they keep you off guard and hopeful

your face is patterned
vertical lines channeling emotions
streaming from your eyes

out in the yard shadows cast
familiar symmetrical smiles

some nights you are unprepared
to fall asleep in my arms

one day a miracle will open the door
leaving you with new ideas
either spiraling yourself far away
or forever haunting my days

september two thousand fifteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged afterlife, love, poem, poetry

12 thoughts on “say you’ll haunt me”

Pleasant Street on September 22, 2015 at 8:18 pm said:

I believe this is one of your best.

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- j matthew waters on September 22, 2015 at 9:04 pm said:
  
  thank you for saying so – this poem was the result of an experimental process of sorts – I’m elated knowing you thought it turned out so well
  
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Heartafire on February 4, 2016 at 7:47 am said:

I really love this!

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- j matthew waters on February 4, 2016 at 12:39 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Hollie!
  
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Lola marina (@1lolamarina) on February 5, 2016 at 11:13 pm said:

Very stirring. Haunting.

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- j matthew waters on February 6, 2016 at 8:02 am said:
  
  Glad you think so, Lola – thank you!
  
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Maniparna Sengupta Majumder on March 6, 2016 at 5:12 am said:

This is amazingly beautiful… 🙂

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- j matthew waters on March 6, 2016 at 7:30 am said:
  
  thank you very much
  
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Michael Dickel on March 18, 2016 at 7:28 am said:

This is a lovely poem. Please check out http://TheWovenTalePress.net/ and if you like it, http://thewoventalepress.net/how-to-submit/ for submission guide.

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- j matthew waters on March 18, 2016 at 8:14 am said:
  
  Thank you, Michael.
  
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alguit on March 21, 2019 at 12:28 pm said:

This is a favorite of mine!

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- j matthew waters on March 21, 2019 at 1:41 pm said:
  
  Thanks for visiting again, Alan!
  
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poetry by j matthew waters