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Erik Luo Jan 2020
I used to own a bottle
of pieces of my self
And as I grow
The bottle broke
Like stars making out

I used to own the hat
of the likes of us
And sit in comfort
As we hang
on the ceiling rat

I used to own a book
of people I love
But time
Tore it apart, over and over
without care

I used to light a fire
of my passion and heart
As others take warmth
Without their sorry faces
Smiling in the dark

I used to see a light
of life as it passed
but lately I see
The shadow that's left
Swallowing my whole

I used to own a lot of things
Now I own nothing
And maybe that's who I am
Maybe that's the pieces of my love
as I am
without you...
Erik Luo Jan 2020
What we sought
As the dying of the lustful desire
Is present
Without a doubt
And the birds of lakes of mountains and seas
Is present
As we speak the truth

What we seek
Is over our head
And below our belt
It is in the room of light
And the box of void

The sorrowful light
Whispering to me
Without the caring voice
Of a year in repeat

The idea of us
Is over the top
Of our heart
With salt and sugar
Laughing with all its will

The vengeful thought
Of a dying light
Is inside the highlight
Of what we seek

As the look of the past
Is left without love
and over our shoulder
It cried without tears

What remains

Is a flower of sorrow
And a treat of love
As we saw the shining window
With leaves and greens
Below our feet
We jumped
And fell
Under a world of desire
Erik Luo Jan 2020
I used to search for you
Used to think about
how we will love and hug

But lately
The idea of you
is fading
And I am more than present

I used to look for you in the mall
And search for you in the dining hall
Used to see you in the park
And a glimpse of your back in the crowd

But lately
I stopped
Because you are right here
I feel you right here
The love of our life
is right here

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
All I ever searched
All I ever sought

When I look down the street
or open the window
or sing in the forest
or swim in the lake

I see you
right here
I feel you
right here

The bliss
of loving you
is right here
There is nothing
more to need or want
But living here now
with you
Erik Luo Dec 2019
The being of existence
is weird and scary
As it laughs and cries
We realize our lives
is all a dream

The being of existence
is okay with dying

And the song of a lifetime
Is never finished singing

As the numbers and pictures show
the light and shadow of us existing

It is crazy
to think our being
exists in the first place

To live under the bridge of time
And die without surprise

The being of existence

Happens to be griefing
over the passing of our life

But at the same time
It smiled with ecstasy

In awe
with the being of existence

In a time
so beautifully lived
Erik Luo Dec 2019
In a timeless corner of a small cafe
The brick walls and the moving people
Sitting
where time is okay with being
and life is okay with living

The light of what's here
shines
without worry or fear

As people drink and eat

We talked and sang

As I looked down the hall
of people and light
passing and waiting
in time

The song might be playing
The people might be drinking

In this small corner
where everything is happening
without our name

The path of vengeance
or the way of pain
become so unreasonable

As the water and heat
flowing downstream
with money and laughter
singing with all the people

Down the hallway
built by the brick walls
echoing to me
without pride

But this moment
In this small timeless cafe
Writing without thinking
Might be the freest yet
Yet
We lived
and laughed
til we saw
this hallway of a cafe
passing with music playing
and sitting as we decide
Where to go next
Erik Luo Dec 2019
Maybe we need to decide
Before we think
Maybe we need to act
Before we know
Maybe we need to live
Before we die
Maybe we can be free
Before we realize the truth

Perhaps it hurts
Perhaps we know

That our choices
are already made
That our life
is already lived
That our pain
is already felt
That our love
is already in the past

Is hard to make a choice
Knowing our life is all ahead
And love
is all here
Erik Luo Dec 2019
I like to see without my glasses
To see the world in a blur
But with newfound beauty

The clearness of things
Often take away their great shape
As the light becomes a halo
they shine, with a million miracles inside

When the world's detail fades
And the sound of light becomes clear

The world feels like a better place
When I see it without clarity

To see faces without their expression
To be loving without any protection

I am more loving
when I see without my glasses

When I see
without judgment

When I love
With all of my being...

To look into your eyes
and not be afraid to look away

That's why I see without my glasses
to see your beauty
entirely
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