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poetry by j matthew waters

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The Oracle


You have imagined
what it would be like
to live in the ocean again
though possess no desire
to make it a reality

The shadows of your past
will soon catch up with you
though have nothing new
to pass on
instead encourage you
to seek alternative paths

You once thought
you were brought here
by accident
that your parents had nothing
to do with your presence

To be abandoned
never seemed to bother you
though deep down inside
you’ve always wanted
to be found


april two thousand twenty-five
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Liberation


I am not native
to the land I occupy
it was never my inheritance
yet here I am in the very flesh
a man living outside
his own home
having learned less from teachers
& more from those
who had less

My spirit (on the other hand)
resides in the land I occupy
embedded into the fabric of a present
that doesn’t exist in the physical world

Evolving into death
should be a lengthy process
yet far too many have freedoms
that become death traps
resulting in body after body
recycling in the incinerator
soul after soul dying for a new life
in a land far far away





december two thousand twenty-three
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all rights reserved

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