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poetry by j matthew waters

14 Apr 2020

born to be down

I lost sight of what I was going to say
my train of thought drifting aimlessly
unable to distinguish the difference
between forgiven & forgotten

the way invisible forces continually
remind us nobody is ever in charge
makes me smile & makes me sad
temporary eyelashes fluttering

I keep saying I was born to be down
though I don’t know what that means
something I imagined in a dream
or discovered over a lifetime

april two thousand twenty
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Posted in Dreams, Poetry and tagged poem, Poetry

8 thoughts on “born to be down”

wandasanderspoems on April 14, 2020 at 8:08 pm said:

Excellent and poignant

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- j matthew waters on April 14, 2020 at 8:35 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Wanda, glad you enjoyed this one.
  
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  - wandasanderspoems on April 14, 2020 at 9:17 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome!
Wordifull Melanie on April 14, 2020 at 10:57 pm said:

that train of thought is so powerful yet so easily derailed…
and i dunno about born to be down though i guess some of us are more predisposed to it… could it be an innate quality?

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- j matthew waters on April 15, 2020 at 6:40 am said:
  
  I’m wondering myself, Melanie!
  
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tara caribou on May 16, 2020 at 8:10 pm said:

This is perfect. Great imagery and also, I say something quite similar for myself… so this makes perfect sense in my mind.

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- j matthew waters on May 16, 2020 at 8:16 pm said:
  
  Thank you for visiting and taking the time to share your thoughts here.
  
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  - tara caribou on May 16, 2020 at 8:17 pm said:
    
    Sure thing. Trying to catch up on some reading 😌