I’ve got a little boat and she’s seaworthy

somehow I continue to live here
expansive and dangerous
stretching from ocean to ocean
long after the continents
lost its interconnectedness

we make music out of trees
and jewelry out of oysters
how is it we can’t make peace
out of the most basic tenets
all religions seem to practice

elections and appointments
aren’t working any better
than heritage or privilege
ordinary people standing up
and speaking out perilously

change is at hand and the end
is near continue to play out
like a broken historical record
replaying sunday hangings
and friday crucifixions

september two thousand nineteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

8 thoughts on “I’ve got a little boat and she’s seaworthy”

Isha Garg on September 10, 2019 at 9:27 pm said:

Loved that title!

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- j matthew waters on September 10, 2019 at 9:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Isha.
  
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Lara/Trace on September 11, 2019 at 5:18 am said:

(speechless)

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- j matthew waters on September 11, 2019 at 6:49 am said:
  
  thank you
  
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jupitergrant on September 12, 2019 at 5:21 am said:

Lovely work, and very true and thoughtful words

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- j matthew waters on September 12, 2019 at 6:42 am said:
  
  thank you very much
  
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- j matthew waters on September 13, 2019 at 7:29 pm said:
  
  thank you for sharing my poetry
  
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poetry by j matthew waters