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
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved
Beautifully written
thank you for your comment and visiting once again….
And I always will, it’s my pleasure ♡
This truly brought the emotions out with vivid images, John..wonderfully written!
Thanks so much, Lauren! Glad you enjoyed this piece.
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?
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.
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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Thank you so much for the lovely poetry John!! 🙂
My pleasure, Suzy. I’m thrilled you included it in The Writing Garden.