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Eric the Red Apr 2018
Tell me this pain will go away
it won’t it might lessen

Tell me she still thinks about me
she doesn’t she would’ve called

Tell me I’m a good person
you have moments but you hurt people

Tell me I’m good looking
your words are good but you’ve seen better days

Tell me some good news...anything
why there’s nothing but sadness

Tell me it’s stopped raining
looks like it’s going to rain all day

Tell me I’m normal
youre weird and that’s ok

Tell me again why we’re friends
because I tell you the truth

Tell me you love me
i love you

Tell me again
no once is enough

Thank you
Eric the Red Apr 2018
Tell you I’m afraid of heights
Dont look down
You say
Inch by inch
Out on the ledge
Wind is whipping
Peek my eyes open
‘No! No! I can’t!’
I say
im right here
Take my hand
Into yours
So warm
i love us
And I love us too
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The ledge
Together
And on the way down
You pull me closer
Whisper
ive got you it’ll be ok
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Eric the Red Apr 2018
I remember slipping on the side
Of the pool
Phoenix Arizona
Motel
Drowning
In the care of my dad
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I see him jumping in after me
He was in his early 30s then
Sipping Coors
Poolside
Not watching me
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It’s ok
He jumped in after me
The water was hot as it came out
Of my lungs
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I don’t remember my dad
Being brave after that
Maybe it was the only time he was
Pulling his 4 year old son
From the water
On a hot Arizona summer day
At a motor inn
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I wonder if he went back to
Sipping Coors
After that traumatic event
I know I would have
Eric the Red Apr 2018
I wait
Watch
Mirror
You getting ready
Putting your pretty on
Hair
Purple lipstick
Dress
Sandals over tattooed feet
Ten
Twenty minutes
Waiting
Watching
what do you think?
No words
Walk over
Arm around waist
Dark clouds begin to form outside
Small of your back
Pull you closer to me
Breath on me
Your eyes are downward
Kiss you under your ear
Mixture of perfume & your hair
Lovely
Crackle from the SW
Day turns dark
Windows open
Lightning flashes across the room
Storm is here
Gentle drops at first
But it’s thick heavy drops
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Falling all about
Dress upon the floor
Hands upon hips
Teeth biting lips
And all that pretty
Over my body
Washing it away
***** & Clean
Springtime Thunderstorms
Eric the Red Apr 2018
Coffee in the morning...
Tea at midday...
Wine at night...

Your words on my desk...
Dinner in the oven...
Violins background...

Midnight strolls...
Hand in mine...
Windows open...

Candles burning on windowsill...
Redcoat next to the bed...
Blankets everywhere...

Coffee in the morning...
Breakfast in bed...
Your leg draped over mine...
Wine at 10am...

I’m really not that hard to figure out
Eric the Red Apr 2018
What’s sad is that the 22 year old girl
With a backpack on
Who started to cry when I put it
In reverse
Because I was leaving
After a beautiful
Weekend together

Is gone forever...
Eric the Red Apr 2018
It’s simple really
We’re given a birth
And an expiration date
Of around
100 Years

She’s out there
You’ll know her when you
Lose her
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