down with the darkness

03 Jul 2016

down with the darkness

she boarded a passenger
train in philadelphia
red paisley scarf
complementing her emerald eyes
and covering her auburn hair
matching bag in left hand
one-way ticket in right

strolling from car to car
she drifted as if on air
pausing occasionally at an
unoccupied window seat
darting her eyes upward
at the silvery new moon
chasing the midday sun

some ninety minutes later
she found herself transported
outside ocean city
lost in a sea of spectators
cheering nearly hysterically
as they slowly become
engulfed in total darkness

july two thousand sixteen
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Posted in Nature, Poetry and tagged darkness, eclipse, ocean, poem, Poetry

17 thoughts on “down with the darkness”

archiearchive FCD on July 3, 2016 at 7:11 pm said:

You have managed to eclipse the rest of the internet today – – – –

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- j matthew waters on July 3, 2016 at 9:57 pm said:
  
  thank you my friend … if only it were that easy
  
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Bonny Blogger on July 4, 2016 at 7:21 am said:

jdubqca noir

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2016 at 7:43 am said:
  
  😀
  
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thesarahdoughty on July 4, 2016 at 8:33 pm said:

I apologize, I thought I was already following you here. 😒

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- j matthew waters on July 4, 2016 at 8:36 pm said:
  
  you may have been – sometimes blogs I follow mysteriously become unfollowed (wordpress fluke?) – thank you for following again xo
  
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  - thesarahdoughty on July 4, 2016 at 9:09 pm said:
    
    Yes WordPress had been known to do that. In either case, I’m happy to be back.
Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on July 5, 2016 at 9:26 am said:

This is great.

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- j matthew waters on July 5, 2016 at 12:14 pm said:
  
  Thank you very much
  
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my valiant soul on July 6, 2016 at 12:20 pm said:

Adorable.

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- j matthew waters on July 6, 2016 at 12:25 pm said:
  
  thank you so much
  
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  - my valiant soul on July 6, 2016 at 12:26 pm said:
    
    I would appreciate if you pay a read to my blog friend.:)
  - j matthew waters on July 6, 2016 at 12:29 pm said:
    
    I certainly will
  - my valiant soul on July 6, 2016 at 12:29 pm said:
    
    Thankyou so much!
Carl D'Agostino on July 30, 2016 at 7:49 pm said:

Let us hope there is never total darkness. Unfortunately it seems the world is heading that way.

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- j matthew waters on July 30, 2016 at 7:54 pm said:
  
  yes, let’s hope not Carl….
  
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poetry by j matthew waters