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175 · Nov 2015
human
Eriko Nov 2015
do we create something out of nothing
is that what it means to be human?
174 · Feb 2018
Growth
Eriko Feb 2018
feelings can
tear me apart*

yet I have the strength  

to collect the pieces
and paint them under

*a new light
173 · Jan 2016
matches
Eriko Jan 2016
a fleet of matches
to strike for our ways
carried in our pockets
saved for those rare days
they come and go
and pile on the floor
yet we never quite realize
they follow wherever we go
173 · Feb 2016
don't you know
Eriko Feb 2016
don't you know,
don't you know that
sometimes my hands shake
as I am holding my phone
or I pound the keyboard
fingers dripping of turmoil,

don't you know
172 · Dec 2015
burden
Eriko Dec 2015
I would never want to be
a burden to others
172 · Jan 2018
to soar
Eriko Jan 2018
soar high, high up above*
past the withering carcasses
of hollow dead-eyed fellows
high, I say!
far above the parasitic perpetuations
and petty misdemeanors,
far, breathe untouched air
witness the blissful expanse
of open, pure sky
so there you can witness the flirtatious moon
and noble sun waltzing lovingly,
the flight of clouds sailing
like in pursuit of treasure
of feeling your body untethered and free
*of soaring with joy succumbing to sublimity
171 · Sep 2015
S.G.
Eriko Sep 2015
the most dangerous phrase*
in any language is

"We've always done it
this way"
  

~S.G
Credit to my good friend who let me share this to everyone.
171 · Apr 2017
Which Beckons
Eriko Apr 2017
There looms something, a flickering candlelight
where my fingers are wound tight
and the whispering cool air brushes through
the strands of my hair,

picking out the strangeness,
weaving through to soothe the blistering scalp
my breath lit with an invisible flame
as I stood alone at the end of an empty space

the niche in my back still throbbed with pain
I couldn't possibly be the shelter from the rain
causing the pavement to drown, to the sneering
snatches of masked ogres making their way

yet I remained, in the fullness of the current
there should be no man, no woman afraid
to perch on a treacherous route
where moments blossom into something real

I laughed, thrilled with the notes coursing
as noticed what clutched in my fingers  
was the ability to touch things and to feel
where change beckons without fear
170 · Jan 2016
fear
Eriko Jan 2016
sometimes you have to ask yourself*
who is living your life
fear
or
**you
169 · Oct 2017
human feeling
Eriko Oct 2017
the light arched,
unfolding, blossoming
as if a rose springing
into a ballerina pose,

the body twirling like
a late autumn breeze,
unfurling with the luscious
sound of a human feeling
169 · Mar 2016
leaving
Eriko Mar 2016
I have these thoughts
why everyone within
my close proximity
nothing more of
a deceitful infinity
I end up leaving
walking in & out
of the frames
of my life
each person
have left a word,
a paragraph,
a chapter
in my story

maybe it's okay to leave
these people behind
so I can continue
on this journey
with each syllable,
each passerby
It's the end of the two years
now I am ready to leave

to find my true home
over a loving consistence
I cannot say, only
my own skin
I call my own
is the place I rest
at the end of the day

and until the day
I find someone who
will make my heart sing
I will swim over the greater distance
rather than sit in
my own silence
169 · Feb 2016
second thought
Eriko Feb 2016
you wonder
why I keep to myself*
well, who would
after being so comfortable as
*another second thought
167 · Jun 2015
Stuck
Eriko Jun 2015
you sit, sit, sit, sit
in a place that spit, spit, spit, spit
you dream, dream, dream, dream
only to be rejected by reality
166 · Jan 2016
murmur
Eriko Jan 2016
The drowning of night
And recollection of thoughts
Like a murmur of rain
And in our breaths
the scent of pain
166 · Aug 2015
Hands
Eriko Aug 2015
To go on quietly
Or to compete with reality
I don't know,
only I am sorry.
My hands
do all the talking.
So my lips
cannot mouth
what is really brewing
inside.
166 · Aug 2017
Untitled
Eriko Aug 2017
dark, cured wood
glowing lamp shade*
*mist curling like light
165 · Jan 2016
flee
Eriko Jan 2016
so sorry, believe me
but I have lost the ability*
*to flee
165 · Jun 2015
Solid
Eriko Jun 2015
oh, hi there*
I was just crying
so now, close the door
I want to be left alone  
oh what's that
the reason to weep?
my friend I was dreaming
and haven't done so
*for so long
164 · Oct 2017
night thoughts
Eriko Oct 2017
would it be nice*
for a change
to fall asleep, knowing
I'll never be completely
alone


~love
161 · Dec 2015
people
Eriko Dec 2015
we become who we truly are
with the people who inspires us
to feel so much very
alive
160 · Jan 2018
laced
Eriko Jan 2018
like stones in a pocket
the aches of the past
persist to haunt
in my waking dream

the sliver of days
morph into senseless pain
pushing love away
while all the way craving it

recoiling, I cry out for haven
far, far from the torrents of pain
I see my spirit is not of one half
but rather laced

with that of human imperfection
160 · Jul 2018
Somethings
Eriko Jul 2018
I refuse to be eaten up by nothing
By the coercion ******* the flowers
Rooted in my lungs
The heat from my cheeks
The dazzling fierceness which
Propels me to bounce to
The ***** of my feet every morn,
Burning like a furnace that in my rib cage.
I tire of hiding my teeth
Of living in lukewarm tragedy
Of living a crescent life
Granted, the rain pelts ******* hard
With a terror that threatens
To buckle my knees
My thoughts at most times stings
Like a hive of angry, angry bees
And my sight becomes hollow
Or I shatter inside
An extremity,
Channeling the world
Into saturated hues,
Sickly and taught with
A crackling tension
My heart thunders in that dangerous way
My palms sweat with
Static energy
My tears beg for them, to me,
To stop
Yet, I continue to climb
To touch the sky when day
Folds into night,
When there are those perfect
Pockets of light
When the golden rays kiss
Where it hurts
When the world tilts into magic
When I know where there is so much beauty,
A naked, honest beauty,
She rules from her throne
At a moment of in between,
I know, too
I will be okay
With myself constantly shifting
From full, to crescent, to nothing
But always, eventually,
To something
158 · Feb 2016
really?
Eriko Feb 2016
everything I ever wanted
is on the other side of fear?
really?
everything I ever wanted,
truly,
is on the other side
of other's stupidity
157 · Jan 2018
Untitled
Eriko Jan 2018
be kind to yourself
as the tempest sweeps over
be gentle with your folly
as pain laces your spirit
be allowing of acceptance
on those days of
unimaginable pain
157 · Dec 2023
Untitled
Eriko Dec 2023
The nights freezing
The sky an eternal blackness
Like a reflection of obsidian
The cosmos twinkle and glow

Trees yawning on the horizon
Snow drifting, spraying
The wind whipping my face
Winter nights mysterious and quiet

A quietness that hugs me
157 · Jan 2016
flesh
Eriko Jan 2016
some things within us*
*never really leave
157 · Jan 2016
songs played
Eriko Jan 2016
somethings are*
so ******* hard to say
like that one song
which reminds me of you
*every time it's played
153 · Aug 2017
Untitled
Eriko Aug 2017
the custard glow of lamplight
cup of cinnamon coffee
a life bind in pages
153 · Oct 2017
Untitled
Eriko Oct 2017
the salty air
choppy, blue-green shore
two figures walking,
swaying, reminiscing*
breathing
*sharing
152 · Feb 2016
Untitled
Eriko Feb 2016
please, my love*
never permit that
of what you lack
in abilities
to define who
you are in
life
simply be
that person who chose
to keep your heart beating
*no matter how ferocious the storm
152 · Apr 2022
sculptures and wishes
Eriko Apr 2022
the heavy grey slate
a restless, whipping sky

the sea rustles,
rocking like an animal caught
in a metal cage

the air smells like salt
and a blown out candle

the water a prickly cold
a foamy blanket that
sends jolts of warmth

to numbed cheeks

a wish whispered alone
for no ears to hear

a handful of shattered sea shells
beautiful in their own right
they're fragmented homes

and abandoned pieces of art

the words are whisked away
by the ferocious wind

only to find a new refuge
in the creases of these

abandoned sculptures
of the sea
152 · Nov 2017
Untitled
Eriko Nov 2017
I long for those
nights, those shining days
where I streaked
with such youthful
vigor
151 · Feb 2016
Follow
Eriko Feb 2016
Don't follow me
If fear snares
Lose the map
10w
151 · Dec 2015
creeping break
Eriko Dec 2015
creeping darkened walls
slices of sunlight
cold cup of coffee
151 · Jun 2022
a web
Eriko Jun 2022
a paragraph of words
a herd of syllables
in my throat

I purse my lips
to keep it all contained

laced with a wading fear
with a love that’s like warmth
cupped in soft hands
and an indignation
reflective as polished stone

I am a dewdrop
twinkling in the sunlight
of a spider’s web

I am a question
held prisoner
to the whims of time
150 · Jan 2016
ocean and moon
Eriko Jan 2016
A cotton hood block the wind
the salt gritty so that everything hurts
i feel them scratching,
whipping against my hood
and I hear the ocean screaming
in pain and in tears
I cry out, why crash
like the way you do?
And the ocean replies
I'm in love with the moon
yet in every waking of the night
I can never reach her
so I drown in her light
150 · Nov 2017
Untitled
Eriko Nov 2017
I remember when hurt
bolted my smile
I remember when pain wailed
ceaseless and cruel*
I remember when laughter
trickled like gold
I remember tenderness and love
*healing my sores
149 · Apr 2015
Girl
Eriko Apr 2015
there once was a girl
who stood alone
and while realities clashed
she wondered how long she'll last
149 · Apr 2022
Garage
Eriko Apr 2022
the echoes skitter across
grey concrete walls,  
massive in sound
yet fleeting, a rabbit skittering
and evasive from sight

a gross palace made of concrete
sticky chewing gum and
fluorescent lighting,
oily squeal of tires
and a dizzying array of
thoroughfares

it’s a trick, it’s an illusion
this monstrous structure
to rotate up and down
up and down
up down up down
149 · Dec 2015
nostalgia
Eriko Dec 2015
two white breaths
silence that misses
starry night sky
149 · Feb 2018
Untitled
Eriko Feb 2018
the magic of looking, breathing
and drinking
~drinking the light, sounds
movement, emotion,
the story~
that is the magic
of art making
148 · Oct 2015
living wake
Eriko Oct 2015
a visitation misshapen*
from the draining havoc
replaced by the embrace
*left in my living wake
148 · Jan 2016
too late
Eriko Jan 2016
It's my utmost fear
for someone to say*
*that it is too late
147 · Dec 2015
Nowadays
Eriko Dec 2015
I am terrified of being alone
Yet that is where I end up
Nowadays
144 · Jun 2022
Untitled
Eriko Jun 2022
the dappled sunlight ricochets,
the adrenaline tunnels,
pools, spilling over
the brim

stop, a suffocating grip
far ahead

hurry before you lose sight
of your hands,
right in front of your eyes

turn around, stall
stay where it’s golden
and the breeze sings

far away
144 · Apr 2017
Which Beckons
Eriko Apr 2017
There looms something, a flickering candlelight
where my fingers are wound tight
and the whispering cool air brushes through
the strands of my hair,

picking out the strangeness,
weaving through to soothe the blistering scalp
my breath lit with an invisible flame
as I stood alone at the end of an empty space

the niche in my back still throbbed with pain
I couldn't possibly be the shelter from the rain
causing the pavement to drown, to the sneering
snatches of masked ogres making their way

yet I remained, in the fullness of the current
there should be no man, no woman afraid
to perch on a treacherous route
where moments blossom into something real

I laughed, thrilled with the notes coursing
as noticed what clutched in my fingers  
was the ability to touch things and to feel
where change beckons without fear
143 · Feb 2016
when?
Eriko Feb 2016
when it's right will I know it
143 · Dec 2015
Heights
Eriko Dec 2015
a careening sensation
towering blue heights
thoughts of few
141 · Oct 2017
Untitled
Eriko Oct 2017
nothing surpasses the beauty,
the spectacular rhythm
whirlwinds of enthused notes
bejeweled like ripe dew drops
on clear, crisp cerulean-blue sky days
when the world is teetering into a ricochet of memories
and an unfurling of colors
behold, their magnificence
casting storms, smudges, highlights
in the structures of our faces
in the marrow of our bones,
the melodies criss cross and intertwine
clutching onto the remaining casts of
sunlight's glow, a swelling feeling
in the canals of my chest, flooded with
the emotions carrying the sediments
from dominances far, far from those days
of silence, of a quiet which
eroded the ebb, the pocket of singing voices
140 · Oct 2015
side by...
Eriko Oct 2015
it feels like I'll never learn,
tomorrow.
the silence can be so
deafening,
the black windows
mirroring the only soul
by my pitiful side,

why is that so?
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