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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?
140 · Oct 2017
Perhaps
Eriko Oct 2017
perhaps, perhaps*
each smile shining white
shining that wide, kingly grin
knocks down the brick
which preserves the small glade
of sprouts and flowers, of books and runners
perhaps, perhaps
the notes fluttering off the strings
harmonized like early morn~
a dawn of pinks and baby blues
of singing streams and lingering dew
perhaps, perhaps
*I would like that very much
138 · Feb 2016
closely
Eriko Feb 2016
sometimes it's terrifying*
to look too closely
I don't want to
*hurt myself
136 · Aug 2015
In
Eriko Aug 2015
In
funny how we are*
taken to hidden spaces
*in writing
136 · Dec 2015
Notes Pt. V
Eriko Dec 2015
not a ******* comparison*
simply a free-spirited soul
*on the edge of the world
136 · May 2022
tall grass
Eriko May 2022
a lone bird
peeking through the
tall grass
it can’t see more
than a few feet
just the thick green
and beetles
a creeping a panic
a cagey feeling
can’t catch it’s breath
the bird tries to
flee to the skies
cawing desperately
and the sunlight
doesn’t exactly touch
the ground and
is this what
life
is
135 · Jun 2022
condensing
Eriko Jun 2022
a bullet train plummeting
through my head,
one ear and out
the other

knees weak and shaky
i cover my ears
and they hurt
i cover my mouth
my breath condenses

a rainy night, fractured
spidery network of lightning
dancing behind the clouds
and then something falls.

is this courage or stupidity, i think
funny how they are
two sides of the
same coin
134 · Dec 2015
Rather
Eriko Dec 2015
From the dusk I wake
And dawn I sleep
Living in a backwards relativity
I would rather have it
Just you and me
134 · Jun 2022
Succumbing
Eriko Jun 2022
i have succumbed
nothing but to
the clink of ice in glass

or the violets in
the whistling wind

or the sprinkle of salt
on an open wound
130 · Feb 2016
now
Eriko Feb 2016
now
A quiet room
locked doors
open window

Need to know
Will the snow catch me
if I fall

**** no battery
on my phone
Welcome to the life

Of living alone
130 · Jan 2016
maybe
Eriko Jan 2016
strangers sit quietly*
drizzling jazz music
*rain at their feet
129 · Apr 2022
Concert
Eriko Apr 2022
a night enthralled
with a rhythmic banter
clashing and pulverizing
a sound scape ricocheting
as the lights glow like a mischievous smile

the dark blanket of night filling
the empty spaces,
hand in hand the frigid air and
cracked concrete
crackle, sigh, bellow

a cat peeking around the street corner
a sticky glass of drink
the shaking of limbs and teeth
this night the house
collide with sound
126 · Jan 2016
safe distance
Eriko Jan 2016
just breathe,
                    in and out
just keep
              my thoughts
                                                                                                    

                                                                                                     at a safe distance
122 · Jun 2022
may
Eriko Jun 2022
may
a quiet dance
a flirtation
between here and there,
red and blue
a tango fluttering
out from grasp of time

toes sink into grass,
shoulders bare the
blazing, scouring sun
the wind like
a breathing trinket
of melody,

a chase meant
to be without
an end
122 · Dec 2015
ghosts
Eriko Dec 2015
a ghost here,
and a ghost there,
we all think of memories,
before we cared
121 · Aug 2015
mid day
Eriko Aug 2015
flashing by like sunlight*
streaming through
*branches with golden fright
110 · Jan 2016
sometimes
Eriko Jan 2016
There has to be something
and sometimes
that is enough
109 · Jan 2016
giving it all
Eriko Jan 2016
it’s just me and my head now
don’t you see, my biggest fear*
*is that I have given it all for nothing
105 · Apr 2022
On the Road
Eriko Apr 2022
the drawn out road
carves through the hillside
like a spoon

a landscape molded
by reduction,
impressions of

color and shape,
the shadows and cries
of sunlight

oh how the sky molds
into the nooks and crannies
how the road careens

and the hours take flight

as the sky sinks into slumber
the sun tucks itself in the crescent hills
and deep oranges speckle the black expanse

like stars set ablaze

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