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erica-buehler
erica-buehler
American
It's at 6:30 in the morning, When the sky is just waking, Pale blues and yellows and The touch of peach on the horizon When I wake for no good reason And stare out at the sky, admiring. And I look down at you next to me Breathing softly and sweetly in sleep. It is then that I wish, should you stir, Turning over to see me, that You had something stunningly beautiful To see when you wake as well. Some face that makes you catch breath For a moment, and your eyes become Fixated. A perfect complexion, perhaps. Rosey, defined lips just the perfect shape. If I had deep ocean eyes or ones Of solid gold. Maybe the perfect amount of scattered freckles. A straight, modest nose. Impeccable brows. Soft, silky smooth hair that always looks done, even when it's not. I wish I had these things to offer At 6:30 in the morning. In those brief shared moments Before we return to sleep. They say beauty is relative, It is about "perspective." And though you may think I'm something special, My perspective is one who feels she owes something more To the man who deserves the world.
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Oct 13, 2014
Oct 13, 2014 at 3:18 PM UTC
Prettier
I've been thinking about you a lot lately The way your smile curves How your eyes light up The tenderness of your voice I think about your words and wisdoms Your love of life Your passion I think about the friend I had in you But you're not the one who holds me at night now, are you? You're not the one who says "I love you" and receives it in return You are not he, he is not you. Vacate the space behind my brain and stop trying to compete with the new. Ghosts don't win battles against bodies.
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Sep 29, 2014
Sep 29, 2014 at 12:27 AM UTC
The Ghost Can't Win Or Else Everything I Know Is A Lie
Sometimes I wonder If this yearning for some sustainable love Is just a facade; a decoy. Maybe what I'm really in love with Is the going back-and-forth in my mind The continual restlessness and idea that there is something more Maybe my mind is my own true love Maybe I am my own soulmate. Convinced I'm supposed to be looking for some person When I'm supposed to be looking for myself
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Sep 26, 2014
Sep 26, 2014 at 11:23 PM UTC
I was better, now I'm feeling worse
It's late and I should be sleeping but my restless mind never can cooperate with the fatigue that swells my body and this screen is just too bright that it hurts even when I close my eyes and I can't help it that sometimes I think of them him, them. Sometimes I can't help it. I stumble over my own words because my mind thinks faster than my mouth speaks and I'll mention something about my past and those who have once occupied it and I'll feel instant regret for making you feel as if you're not important; insignificant. Maybe you don't believe me when I say you're the best thing that ever happened to me because you can't imagine that to be true, though it is. I'm sorry if I don't show it. It's nearly 1 am and that's pretty early in the night for me I guess 3 and 4 o'clock have become overrated. There are a lot of things I wish I could tell you but honestly when I'm with you is the only time I feel whole and feel safe feel like nothing had ever been wrong; the second I or you leave is the second the flood gates open and my mind becomes one big swirling mass of thought and word and chaos and please please please, don't feel obligated to spend more time with me for that reason I just want you to know you are my cure because I'm sick and darling I've given up on specifics and just settled for crazy and who knows what it could be or what type or how I could get better. It's like a scalding bath that turns lukewarm over time and you know you'd like to change the water but it just becomes so...comfortable. I'm not saying it's nice or fun or preferred but it's familiar and humans are creatures of habit and I have no clue how I'd even begin to change I've just gotten so used to dealing with it on my own and finding ways to numb my head and slow down time and giving myself space and room to breathe. Maybe there are two versions of me. Maybe there are several. Maybe I am one continuous person with ever-changing moods. Maybe I am always the same person with the same kinds of thoughts though I only realize it occasionally. maybe maybe maybe. Maybe one day I'll be rich and won't have to worry about financing my dreams or my future or giving back to my family. Maybe we'll continue to fall endlessly in love and we'll make something of ourselves and life will cease to be difficult or unfair. Maybe I'll live to one-hundred maybe maybe maybe. I know this is just a bunch of jumbled thoughts thrown together but I guess that means I'm reflecting well. I wish you could see the things I write because that's more me than I could ever explain to anyone but the only eyes lain upon anything personal I put out belong to strangers because they don't know me enough to throw it back in my face or hold it over me. Mostly it would just be resulting shame; Ashamed of who I am, the things I've done and can't take back, time I've wasted, words I've said, thoughts I've thought. Wants I've wanted. Ashamed that this person will never meet my expectations or hopes and will forever be some half-hearted empty shell only here to exist but never living. Someone who had potential but scorned and wasted it. my eyelids are getting heavy I wonder if you're feeling better I hope I'm not smothering you I wonder if you ever have thoughts my kind of thoughts
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Aug 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014 at 1:09 AM UTC
and tonight
It's late and I should be sleeping but my restless mind never can cooperate with the fatigue that swells my body and this screen is just too bright that it hurts even when I close my eyes and I can't help it that sometimes I think of them him, them. Sometimes I can't help it. I stumble over my own words because my mind thinks faster than my mouth speaks and I'll mention something about my past and those who have once occupied it and I'll feel instant regret for making you feel as if you're not important; insignificant. Maybe you don't believe me when I say you're the best thing that ever happened to me because you can't imagine that to be true, though it is. I'm sorry if I don't show it. It's nearly 1 am and that's pretty early in the night for me I guess 3 and 4 o'clock have become overrated. There are a lot of things I wish I could tell you but honestly when I'm with you is the only time I feel whole and feel safe feel like nothing had ever been wrong; the second I or you leave is the second the flood gates open and my mind becomes one big swirling mass of thought and word and chaos and please please please, don't feel obligated to spend more time with me for that reason I just want you to know you are my cure because I'm sick and darling I've given up on specifics and just settled for crazy and who knows what it could be or what type or how I could get better. It's like a scalding bath that turns lukewarm over time and you know you'd like to change the water but it just becomes so...comfortable. I'm not saying it's nice or fun or preferred but it's familiar and humans are creatures of habit and I have no clue how I'd even begin to change I've just gotten so used to dealing with it on my own and finding ways to numb my head and slow down time and giving myself space and room to breathe. Maybe there are two versions of me. Maybe there are several. Maybe I am one continuous person with ever-changing moods. Maybe I am always the same person with the same kinds of thoughts though I only realize it occasionally. maybe maybe maybe. Maybe one day I'll be rich and won't have to worry about financing my dreams or my future or giving back to my family. Maybe we'll continue to fall endlessly in love and we'll make something of ourselves and life will cease to be difficult or unfair. Maybe I'll live to one-hundred maybe maybe maybe. I know this is just a bunch of jumbled thoughts thrown together but I guess that means I'm reflecting well. I wish you could see the things I write because that's more me than I could ever explain to anyone but the only eyes lain upon anything personal I put out belong to strangers because they don't know me enough to throw it back in my face or hold it over me. Mostly it would just be resulting shame; Ashamed of who I am, the things I've done and can't take back, time I've wasted, words I've said, thoughts I've thought. Wants I've wanted. Ashamed that this person will never meet my expectations or hopes and will forever be some half-hearted empty shell only here to exist but never living. Someone who had potential but scorned and wasted it. my eyelids are getting heavy I wonder if you're feeling better I hope I'm not smothering you I wonder if you ever have thoughts my kind of thoughts
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If my tears taste like blood am I doing it wrong Not too sure what's happening because I thought I was happy Give me your word and stay with me tonight We don't have to do much Just look at the stars with me and let me tell you about how I want to be one Imagine we can float up into the navy sky and have people look to us for guidance and admire our beauty I was once a hopeless soul Wandering lost and I'm not saying I'm found But I've gotten onto a path I'm trying not to stray from I want to live up to your expectations of being the best thing that's ever happened to you Because that's what you are to me and darling you deserve all of the worlds in every universe But I am different and difficult to love and I'm not sure what's wrong exactly but you can't get me outside of my head and that's what I really need Don't fret over failure though darling because it's simply impossible I just want you to know you've come the closest out of all of them I just have a feeling I'm not supposed to be here and that I'll never feel at home and this skin will never fit quite right and this voice will never quite sound the same and I'll never be able to love you like I want to because I am a flawed system and Darling You are everything I've always dreamed of Every wish that could've been granted Because I've wished for impossible things as well And you do seem so impossible Improbable Yet you are here and my happy place exists inside your bones and those strong arms of yours I'm sorry if I stare at you often I'm probably just trying to make sure you're still there And I'm so in love with your face and skin and laugh and entirety and I love you from the whites of your eyes to the souls of your feet and every inch in between I listen to your song because that is my religion and you're the only faith I've got in this world and I'm sorry for how I act sometimes I don't even know myself but you are the brightest light and most comforting night and I'd like to spend the rest of my days with you You did nothing wrong and I should've said goodnight It's just been a long week, month, and I'm worn down from fighting so I don't fall back into that place I used to be in And I know you don't really understand Truth be told neither do I And I wonder if I should try to explain or let the pieces fall where they may You deserve truth but you deserve no burden Maybe I can climb back on my own and brush the dust off my shoulders and stand taller and smile brighter and maybe it'll stay Maybe we'll make a little money and something of ourselves and get out of this town that I hate but you don't mind See the thing is I'm desperate to run because I think that will solve my problems but I read somewhere that you can't run away from what's inside your head and it's true but has anyone really tried because you know how determined I can be Maybe it won't fix anything or maybe it will fix a lot But all I know is I have to see some of this world and some of these people and I have to live and not walk in circles on Main Street and come back to a house that I can't sleep in because the memories keep me up at night and I've befriended the dark and whatever is under my bed Forgive me darling I know you'll never see this but I had to say it somehow and I'll go to sleep and talk to you in the morning and we'll go right back to being big dreamers and lovers of all sorts and I'll forget for a while that anything was even wrong in the first place
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Jul 18, 2014
Jul 18, 2014 at 12:44 AM UTC
This might be an explanation or an apology or a love poem but I can't be sure
If my tears taste like blood am I doing it wrong Not too sure what's happening because I thought I was happy Give me your word and stay with me tonight We don't have to do much Just look at the stars with me and let me tell you about how I want to be one Imagine we can float up into the navy sky and have people look to us for guidance and admire our beauty I was once a hopeless soul Wandering lost and I'm not saying I'm found But I've gotten onto a path I'm trying not to stray from I want to live up to your expectations of being the best thing that's ever happened to you Because that's what you are to me and darling you deserve all of the worlds in every universe But I am different and difficult to love and I'm not sure what's wrong exactly but you can't get me outside of my head and that's what I really need Don't fret over failure though darling because it's simply impossible I just want you to know you've come the closest out of all of them I just have a feeling I'm not supposed to be here and that I'll never feel at home and this skin will never fit quite right and this voice will never quite sound the same and I'll never be able to love you like I want to because I am a flawed system and Darling You are everything I've always dreamed of Every wish that could've been granted Because I've wished for impossible things as well And you do seem so impossible Improbable Yet you are here and my happy place exists inside your bones and those strong arms of yours I'm sorry if I stare at you often I'm probably just trying to make sure you're still there And I'm so in love with your face and skin and laugh and entirety and I love you from the whites of your eyes to the souls of your feet and every inch in between I listen to your song because that is my religion and you're the only faith I've got in this world and I'm sorry for how I act sometimes I don't even know myself but you are the brightest light and most comforting night and I'd like to spend the rest of my days with you You did nothing wrong and I should've said goodnight It's just been a long week, month, and I'm worn down from fighting so I don't fall back into that place I used to be in And I know you don't really understand Truth be told neither do I And I wonder if I should try to explain or let the pieces fall where they may You deserve truth but you deserve no burden Maybe I can climb back on my own and brush the dust off my shoulders and stand taller and smile brighter and maybe it'll stay Maybe we'll make a little money and something of ourselves and get out of this town that I hate but you don't mind See the thing is I'm desperate to run because I think that will solve my problems but I read somewhere that you can't run away from what's inside your head and it's true but has anyone really tried because you know how determined I can be Maybe it won't fix anything or maybe it will fix a lot But all I know is I have to see some of this world and some of these people and I have to live and not walk in circles on Main Street and come back to a house that I can't sleep in because the memories keep me up at night and I've befriended the dark and whatever is under my bed Forgive me darling I know you'll never see this but I had to say it somehow and I'll go to sleep and talk to you in the morning and we'll go right back to being big dreamers and lovers of all sorts and I'll forget for a while that anything was even wrong in the first place
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I'm so glad I don't miss you anymore.
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May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 at 12:45 PM UTC
What Relief Sounds Like in 8 Words
Couldn’t sleep so I got dressed and went outside and puffed on a cigarette and saw this cute lil bunny hop right by me and I wondered why the lil guy was awake and I guess he didn’t really mind me standing there in the shadows but the air was clear and you could see the stars so easily and I could hear birds chirping and wondered why they were awake as well but then realized I could ask myself the same question and I know I shouldn’t have smoked but I justify it by saying it was only a couple puffs and maybe I’ll get some sleep now and dream about pleasant things and not old memories
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May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014 at 2:21 AM UTC
thought process at 2:18 am wed/may7/14
This boy is good for me Oh, he's so good for me. But he can't compare to these demons of mine. And, sweetheart, They were here first.
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May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 at 9:59 PM UTC
these demons of mine
Do you remember when I knew I could have the world And you knew that you could fly How we knew just about everything? Do you remember when hugs And bandaids and forehead kisses, Chocolate candies, plastic flowers And sweet hushes could fix anything? Do you remember when we Were invincible and unstoppable, We were the superheroes and super Villains and we wrote the story? Do you remember when those feelings Faded like those plastic flowers And our words fell like the petals That never were And how we wondered If we ever were As well
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Apr 18, 2014
Apr 18, 2014 at 1:59 AM UTC
Plastic Flowers
And baby, No. You're not my baby.. But you once were Baby, I'm listening to these Songs and this man's voice Speaking of mind-numbing Drugs and pills and poisons. His tone is smooth and light Like those summer breezes When I didn't mind your company And I listen to these songs and Flash back to cold winter days When I drove out to see you, Stranger. Bachelor. Uncharted Man. That air was cold and heavy But you greeted me with warmth Or maybe just ****** reaction And I threw my inhibitions to the Ground before you and let you Step over them to reach to me And you brought me into those Deceitful and welcoming arms And I wasted my winter days With you, Bachelor, trying to be untamed
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Apr 7, 2014
Apr 7, 2014 at 1:57 AM UTC
wasted winter days