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poetry by j matthew waters

Archive for the tag “eyes”

the insanity of the moment


what’s lost inside these lines
the ones once written
long ago
somehow suddenly
thrust back into the fold

did you not dream them up
in another life
only to make them come alive
time & time again

some images are difficult
to conjure
to bring back to life
to relive so to speak
like the terror
in someone’s eyes
the moment they are captured
through the lens





august two thousand twenty-three
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stepping outside your comfort zone


those tears in my eyes
they’re from the wind or the cold
or the memory of how you used to be
but never never never
from my own limitations
staring right through me
my inner self
neither applauding nor pitying
my outer self
neither smiling nor frowning
but merely acknowledging
and accepting
the very idea that my eyes
may suddenly become animated
at the most unexpected times




november two thousand eighteen
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