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poetry by j matthew waters

20 Apr 2018

missing in action

looking down from the ninth floor
there was nowhere to go but up

michael may have been missing
but I knew he was within earshot

though I was tiring of the routine
I had no intention of checking out
instead reestablished my footing
attempting to regain communication
with anyone who may or
may not have wings

april two thousand eighteen
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Posted in Dogma, Micropoetry, Poetry and tagged angel, poem, Poetry

9 thoughts on “missing in action”

thelonelyauthorblog on April 20, 2018 at 8:17 pm said:

I like the way you ended this

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- j matthew waters on April 20, 2018 at 8:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Andrew ~ I appreciate you visiting and sharing your thoughts here.
  
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  - thelonelyauthorblog on April 20, 2018 at 8:25 pm said:
    
    My pleasure
ash on April 20, 2018 at 9:26 pm said:

City of Angels is such a good flick. That’s what this reminds me of.

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- j matthew waters on April 20, 2018 at 11:07 pm said:
  
  I wrote a poem a few years ago that reminded me of ‘City of Angels’ I will have to see if I can find it….
  
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Bonny Blogger on April 21, 2018 at 6:59 am said:

great! i love pithy 🙂

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- j matthew waters on April 21, 2018 at 8:17 am said:
  
  thanks so much, Bonnie!
  
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ELLE on April 22, 2018 at 3:06 pm said:

Loving that footing/wings comparison–top to bottom, trying to connect. Awesome stuff.

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- j matthew waters on April 22, 2018 at 3:14 pm said:
  
  Thanks so very much, Elle. I appreciate you visiting again and sharing your thoughts.
  
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