Erica Garcia: Favorites

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Restraint

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Diary of Jane

Some days
it takes a lot,
all of me
to filter out your thoughts
from my head,
to erase your footprints
from my mind.

Some days
it is as easy as pie
to separate you and I
as if we were nothing
more than strangers
passing through each other's lives.

#time #change #strangers

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

My Heart

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

wyle tan

My Heart

Tiny swallows circle far above
White clouds
Carefree and gay

Below my heart wanders within
Dry stones
Heavy and sad

How long before I can soar
Unshackled?

Come evening stars
Enlighten my way

By Wyle Tan

November, 2017, Kepong, Malaysia

#weary #hope #enlighten #nature

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

So you can love me again.

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Apoorva

So you can love me again.

Like a shadow on the ground
I chased and followed you
Till the end
I was so close
So oblivious
Blinded by love
I couldn't see
What you did to me
With your sweet smile
And truthful lies
.
You took away my pain
And reminded me
Of all the things
I could never be
All the things
I can never have
And so,
I cherished each moment
Every kiss and each goodbye
.
And now
That you have found
Another sunshine
I wonder how long
It will take
Till the darkness arrives again
So you can love me again
And tell me another lie
To Fool me again.

#love #is #lie

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Into The Wind

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Jacqueline Sullivan

Into The Wind

When the night is dark
And full of pain
I hear your voice
I see your face
I’ve got the world to give
And nothing to gain
Love will lose
But not in vain

I do not shine like a morning rose
Though it is the thorns, not the petals you chose
And the wound in my heart, it grows and grows
What was once a fire must have froze

Instead I gleam like polished knives
A vessel at best that’s broken inside
I seem to see what others can’t find
And when we stand the test of time
I like to run, you like to hide

I toss and turn in my empty bed
Avoiding the spot where you laid your head
I brought you peace with the words I read
I should have been resting myself instead

I can feel your presence slipping away
And heartache is the price I pay
Where there is a will there is a way
I want to heal, you want me to stay

So I mourn over an empty grave
For what I tried but could not save
See, you like paths that are not paved
Just please
Do not get lost

And when our ties should finally sever
I tried to warn you
I’d not be here forever

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

We Grew Into Poets

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Mims

We Grew Into Poets

We all grew into our ears and our teeth
Our opinions and our feet
Our clothes and chubby cheeks
We grew out of our music tastes
And other peoples mouths
Learned what it was like to love and be loved
Learned what hate looks like
What scars on hearts instead of arms looked like
We grew out our colored hair
And washed career dreams like astronaut and superhero
Down the drain
With someone else's sweat
Got used to sleeping in someone else's bed
Burned our memories of them
We grew into our faces
And out of our blind faith
We lead more then we follow
We fall in love with the concept of tomorrow
We learn the ability to bully instead of being bullied
And finally learn to rise above it all
We learned where we come from cannot change
But we can
We learned the city isn't always beautiful
That there are problems and trauma in silence
That sometimes the most peaceful thing you can do is scream until it makes sense to you

"Write, write until you've used every metaphor in your library"

#selfharm #grow #scream #love #hate #trauma #*** #peace #faith #music

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

will you wipe your shoes upon my lips as well?

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

chloe fleming

will you wipe your shoes upon my lips as well?

"Welcome!" I shout,
To the footsteps pressing into my temples that ache with constant pain.
"Will you stay awhile?" I ask
The nomadic traveler of the night who can only be bothered with a kiss or a ****,
"Can I get you anything?" I courtesy,
Feeding him grapes of Gods and wine, thick like blood. Only the best for the one who comes calling.
"Make yourself comfortable" I gasp
As he arches himself inside of my body
With no intention of staying,
But yet,
No intention of leaving.

i'm a ******* idiot

#dumb #boys #men #teen #adult #angst #love #playing #me #like

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Human contact

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Stewie

Human contact

He kisses me.
Our alcohol mouths intertwined.
Our cigarettes long burned, with ash trailing as long as the city lights that you walk me home under.
I open my eyes, and he isn’t you.
Will my whole life consist of kissing complete strangers so I can find you again?

He pulls me in close and holds me.
If only he knew, that’s all I want.
I have this longing to be held.
By anyone, really.
I don’t want them to talk.
I don’t want them to look me in the eyes.
Because I’ll cry and I don’t want to cry.
Just keep holding me.
Please.
I know he will never be you, but in this moment, with my head buried on his chest, I can pretend.

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

KISS

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Jay

KISS

Kiss me like
I am your savior
Rescuing you
From deep
Dark water

Kiss me like
I am a feast
And you are
Starving, hungry
Desperate
For me

Kiss me like
We are to lose
All sense of time
Lost in this one kiss

Kiss me like
You are leaving
And saying goodbye
But never really leave

Kiss me like
I mean the stars
And the moon
The oceans and
Mountains and
Everything in between
To you

Kiss me like
I am your
First kiss and
You are shy

Kiss me like
You are a wildfire
And I am
Only dry tinder
To be consumed by your flames

Kiss me like
I am the last
Breath of air
On a dying planet

Kiss me like
This is everything
You want
And nothing
You want to leave

Kiss me like
You are kissing away
The sadness in
My soul

Kiss me like
You think
I should be kissed

In the end
I just want you
To kiss me

#love #hope #good #kiss #heartbreak #need

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

A Fine Line

Dec 2017 Erica Garcia

Hannah Zedaker

A Fine Line

Love
passionate, powerful
growing changing, fleeting
selfish, sweet, sinful, summit
boiling, shaking, manipulating
fiery, genuine
Anger

#love #anger #diamante #structured