promises made in despair

20 Oct 2015

promises made in despair

she couldn’t find her stuffed bear
anywhere
except for the places
she was too afraid to look

beneath her bed
a trap door led to a stairwell
introducing a network of caverns
anywhere that poor bear
could be hiding

could be hiding anywhere

climbing up a tree barely
out of reach from
her bedroom window
someone picks crabapples
and gets ever so sleepy
dreaming of floating on air

down below a little girl
dressed in a onesie and
tears in her eyes
shouts through her funneled hands
wake up
wake up
wake up and jump
I promise I’ll never lose you again

october two thousand fifteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged despair, poem, poetry, promises, regret

11 thoughts on “promises made in despair”

thefeatheredsleep on October 20, 2015 at 8:42 pm said:

Beautifully written

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- j matthew waters on October 20, 2015 at 9:07 pm said:
  
  thank you for your comment and visiting once again….
  
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  - thefeatheredsleep on October 21, 2015 at 8:27 am said:
    
    And I always will, it’s my pleasure ♡
Baydreamer on October 21, 2015 at 10:19 am said:

This truly brought the emotions out with vivid images, John..wonderfully written!

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- j matthew waters on October 21, 2015 at 11:55 am said:
  
  Thanks so much, Lauren! Glad you enjoyed this piece.
  
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Suzy Hazelwood on November 22, 2015 at 5:28 am said:

I’m looking for poetry for the January issue of The Writing Garden John! 🙂 I’m hoping to begin revisiting some of the writers I published in the earlier issues. Just wondering if it would be okay to publish this lovely poem?

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- j matthew waters on November 22, 2015 at 6:58 am said:
  
  Hello Suzy and thanks once again for thinking of me. And yes, by all mean, I would be honored to have my poem published in The Writing Garden. Thank-you.
  
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  - Suzy Hazelwood on November 22, 2015 at 10:29 am said:
    
    Thank you very much John! I’ll give you the same links as before. If you want to add any new ones, just let know. Looking forward to sharing your poetry again! 🙂
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Suzy Hazelwood on January 14, 2016 at 7:28 am said:

Thank you so much for the lovely poetry John!! 🙂

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- j matthew waters on January 14, 2016 at 11:59 am said:
  
  My pleasure, Suzy. I’m thrilled you included it in The Writing Garden.
  
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