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erica-lee-johnson
erica-lee-johnson
American Colorado native / World traveler / Actor / Writer / Empath
My troubled pounding heart, Always marches smoothly, For the sweet world of stage light. For players never create a part, Nor an art, Better than this heavenly stuff, Made from flesh, Breath, And true human circumstance. (Courtesy of Shakespearean Magnetic Poetry)
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Oct 20, 2012
Oct 20, 2012 at 1:51 AM UTC
'Tis Magnetic
My hair is messy, My make up’s off, My heart is tough, But my skin is soft. I walk through the space. The space walks through me. I am this lonely planet’s billionth progeny. I revere and ravage, She nurtures and reaps. This classic co-dependance is naturally unhealthy. How can I compete? How to be complete... I’m just one lost soul in a black hole with two twisted feet. Left handed, Forever branded: Too rich a soul for a poor economy.
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Mar 1, 2012
Mar 1, 2012 at 6:19 PM UTC
Too Rich
I am dancing with the darkness, I am flirting near the fringe, I am swimming through the outskirts, I am wading on the rim. The reflection of my perspective is no longer recognized By the less traveled sparkled stares, which happily float on by. The peripherals of my mind are growing Further and further in, Wandering with broken gaze My scope is turning dim. With the darkness the ground is shifting As I’m drifting through my mind. The seasons change the more I’m seasoned By reflections that graze my eyes; Of broken scales, false fairy tales and smiles used for disguise. While it's true it's - as the say - darkest before it’s light, It still holds true The opposite ensues As bright-eyed sunsets sink into the night. An occasional step, while slippery yet Can bring to consideration: That my darkened truth may yet be false... ... But I keep my hesitation Because truer till is the fiction still that lingers in the sun; Of droned routines, petty cravings, and gains ill-willfully-won. These basking sun-tanners wouldn’t dare to enter Where this jagged path tears my feet, Making broken bones on shadowed stones And a hopeful soul deceived. The hope encased Is slowly replaced With new levels, planes; Profundity of pain And ever eroding faith. My setting sun Is nearly gone While darkness takes its place. The nights seem so much longer drifting Into deeper dimensions, I muster. Exploring further, I forge freshly charted paths Discovering new tangential ways to suffer. And all these feelings must be true, if truth lay in the mind These dim lit paths are real to me, however seemingly blind So still I wander through the night, Rootless, lost, in pain, Desperate for the smallest glimmer That I might happen to obtain; While shifting free Through the scattered trees Landing on the ground, I sometimes stay To catch these rays Basking warmly on the stone.... .... But all this remains ephemeral, As the sunray travels on. So alone, again I tumble, Lost and aimless, Through the depths, With broken heart, Broken bones, And a seemingly broken lens. But perhaps... it’s YOU who play, Lost and aimless, in the luminous light of day. For when all’s said and done, After the shifting sun, Retracts its comforting rays... ...Beyond that light... ...It is the night... That ever will remain...
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Oct 23, 2011
Oct 23, 2011 at 2:27 AM UTC
Dancing With The Darkness
I am dancing with the darkness, I am flirting near the fringe, I am swimming through the outskirts, I am wading on the rim. The reflection of my perspective is no longer recognized By the less traveled sparkled stares, which happily float on by. The peripherals of my mind are growing Further and further in, Wandering with broken gaze My scope is turning dim. With the darkness the ground is shifting As I’m drifting through my mind. The seasons change the more I’m seasoned By reflections that graze my eyes; Of broken scales, false fairy tales and smiles used for disguise. While it's true it's - as the say - darkest before it’s light, It still holds true The opposite ensues As bright-eyed sunsets sink into the night. An occasional step, while slippery yet Can bring to consideration: That my darkened truth may yet be false... ... But I keep my hesitation Because truer till is the fiction still that lingers in the sun; Of droned routines, petty cravings, and gains ill-willfully-won. These basking sun-tanners wouldn’t dare to enter Where this jagged path tears my feet, Making broken bones on shadowed stones And a hopeful soul deceived. The hope encased Is slowly replaced With new levels, planes; Profundity of pain And ever eroding faith. My setting sun Is nearly gone While darkness takes its place. The nights seem so much longer drifting Into deeper dimensions, I muster. Exploring further, I forge freshly charted paths Discovering new tangential ways to suffer. And all these feelings must be true, if truth lay in the mind These dim lit paths are real to me, however seemingly blind So still I wander through the night, Rootless, lost, in pain, Desperate for the smallest glimmer That I might happen to obtain; While shifting free Through the scattered trees Landing on the ground, I sometimes stay To catch these rays Basking warmly on the stone.... .... But all this remains ephemeral, As the sunray travels on. So alone, again I tumble, Lost and aimless, Through the depths, With broken heart, Broken bones, And a seemingly broken lens. But perhaps... it’s YOU who play, Lost and aimless, in the luminous light of day. For when all’s said and done, After the shifting sun, Retracts its comforting rays... ...Beyond that light... ...It is the night... That ever will remain...
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