Eric the Red

Eric the Red Mar 2018

You should know that when you look up and into the heavens
Past the blue skies
That eventually
It leads to darkness
Surrounded by atmosphere
As black
As night
As it should be

Heavens
Made of darkness
Not of clouds
Shrouded in mystery

But dark

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Emptiness Behind That Door

It’s all too much of the same
I can fix you
I can love you like no other

All ends the same
The door knocks
Quiet rapture
Knock knock knock
Upon my heart

‘Go away! There’s nothing but
‘Sadness, Emptiness, & a Fortess
‘Made of Solitude
‘On the other side of that door

But they come
Thinking that the man who
Writes such words
Must be the
Romance they envisioned
The promise that surely is
Given

It never is

knock knock knock

‘Know me forever...
‘All there is
‘Is today...
‘For tomorrow you’ll be gone

Eric the Red Mar 2018

What’s Needed is a Good Cold Rain

What’s needed is a good cold rain
Wash away the winter
Wash away the day
Wash away the inevitable
Alleviate the pain

What’s needed is a good cold rain
Submit to the stream
Submit do not go against the grain
Submit all night
Submit all day

What’s needed is a good cold rain
Mix with the leaves of yesterday
Mix today with springtime vein
Mix muddy with sunny
Sometime today

What’s needed is a good cold rain
Say goodbye to the winter
Say hello to the splinters
Say my name just once more
And I’ll
Wash myself away
Submit to going away
Mix tears in moonlight
Say you’ll miss me
‘See you again...someday’

Eric the Red Mar 2018

...i know i saw something

...you don’t see ghosts
...anymore
...because over a lifetime
...you’ve swallowed
...them whole
...they reside
...inside
...of you

...your soul
...your dreams
...your heart
...your guilty conscience
...built a home
...for all the things
...that haunt you

...step inside
...so many rooms
...hallways & corridors
...built by promises
...windowsills windowpanes
...constructed during the ‘Love me forever’ stage in life

...so many ghosts
...so many faces
...so many lives
...some are malevolent
...some protrude loving
...all don’t want to be here

Haunted fortress

...

Eric the Red Mar 2018

Digression

Sometimes
You have to send
Good men
Out into the night
To do evil things
&
Hope they comeback

Eric the Red Mar 2018

The Midnight Mermaid

Return to me at night
As I was drifting
Foot of my bed
Blankets
Sheets
Turn to water

Your hands
Ripple
Currents towards me
Scales
Along my legs
Across my chest
Can’t move
Can’t resist
Gentle kiss
Holding onto me
By your lips
‘I can’t swim’
I say
‘I’ll swim for both of us...’
You say
As you pull me under

‘It’s time for both of us to be wet’
Whisper
Succumb
Drown
Inside
Of
You
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Eric the Red Mar 2018

The Anticipation

My heart bleeds for you
Part anguish...
Part anticipation...
All with the recklessness
Of an 18 year old
Driving a Chevy
Down a dirt road
At midnight
With the lights off...

Bed with me oh heart
Torture me
Lacerate
Invigorate
Rejuvenate
Penetrate
Leave scars upon

And this
Taj Mahal
I am building
This armada I’m sending
This fleet of elephants
Over the Alps
I’m releasing for
You

Is but the 1st chapter
Of our love story