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Eriko Jul 2015
maybe today
maybe not tomorrow
I slather my skin
with adjectives of guile
and shrink at mention
of those emerald greens

those uniform teeth
whimsical saturation
and tessellates of wrinkles
where the armor have gone soft

a spray of fingers
which deft in shadow
tinkering with the time
as it narrows in capsules

the fruits have blurred
and the glimmer marginalized
sustain this eloquent guild
in the heart of Matilda
Eriko Mar 2016
absolutely stunning*
miracles beheld
*memories iris and bones
Eriko Mar 2016
bowl of hot steaming white rice*
faint porcelain bowl
*each grain foretelling wisdom
there is more than what meets the eye
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.
Eriko Jun 2015
live a life green and swell
malachite sapphire cerulean airs in color
laugh and yearn for that delicate smile
every step united to miles
Eriko Feb 2016
That knotted twist
of gut wrenching fists

The tension snapped
like a drawbridge
Flooded in sunlight

Haven't been genuinely
happy in a century

Fall, fall into the
crashing waves
Calling on melodies

Can barely breathe
with those fists wrapped
around my throat

Neglect such certain tragedies
leap into strife of
Infinite possibilities

Never thought I'll slip away
Mirror shattered on concrete

Bits and pieces
memories heaving
Shimmering like daisies

No one is going to save me
Pick those fragments
glue them,  nimble and stern

So I can look myself
in the eye again
Eriko May 2015
an addiction with this piece of paper
my mind toiling as ink fly like feathers
a lost attraction to the time etched so thin
as words began to bleed from wells deep within

why is it that I cannot go to sleep
as phrases of day's wight whispers in my brain
I possibly cannot shut the voices out too steep
as eyes see transfixed to the matrix of veins

inky black scrawls, trailing the sheet  
filled with idiocy, catastrophe pumped in trains
an anarchy implemented like bipolar sleet
as I cannot possibly decide which terrain to eat

so many possibilities edged on pointed ends
stick me with the blunted ends
so I won't bleed so much
as words fly shapeless as such

I am an addict to lunacy of words
cannot possibly retain all my thoughts
in one such  designated, captivated skull
a contemplative headcase, basket case
caskets crazy and full

I will never be able to put down this pen
Eriko Feb 2016
Flaming red hair
Short, cropped blonde
Startling pair of blues
And a chopped brunette
And a wonderful hint ahead
Feet trail one after another
As the sun sinks far below the horizon
Chuckles of laughter bellowing thereafter
No ceiling to contain the gitty flare
No roof to block the chilly breeze
The crunch of brown grass
A gathering of strangers
Headlights pierce through the night
Beckoning shadows bounce into flight
The stars shine and glisten
Nothing to bother but other hearts
Willing to listen
And like a trail of headlights
In the dead of the night
We help lead the way
Without quite knowing
Which way
Eriko Nov 2017
cup my heart*
with dawn's pink down

ease my stomach
with pine's brisk aroma

heal my sores
*with water's gentle touch
Eriko Feb 2016
a sense of belonging
time dances in song
clock tower melodies ringing
words set to sail
breathing how long
how long, how long?
how long such tragedy
circling this globe
how long such joy
clinging to heart
how long such uncertainty
quivering like earthquakes
like that one day
you made my heart ache?
how long, how long?
I must be patient I say
yet it's painful to see
I must live a life another day
surrounded by glass
without not knowing
how to surpass it
Eriko Jul 2015
couldn't look in the eye
those swirling malachite folds
a slippery ***** endangered
unsteady stuttering breaths
and longing back stares
one another glimpses
in longing solitude
two brains
two hands
two desolate souls
a set mind game
for those deepened in heart fever
me, a widow, a lost something
but for the reflections in talents
and abstract paintings of the world
why couldn't it ever happen to me
the charisma and adventure
of reckless youth
of uncontrollable desire
an artist's heart drinking in
all that may fall behold her path
yet why is that infatuation
and winded sweaty palms
ends slashed to lost desires
to smeared communication
and ends in cut bleeding fingertips
why is that my chest thumps in anticipation
only to be deflated by disappointment
for all I have done for myself
for the approval in parents' eyes
and golden shiny plaques
why is that I cannot possible share
that preciousness
that running into the darkness
that skipping into the starry heavens
why is that my heart's fate always
fall too short
only to be picked by up
by another
disappointment
Eriko Oct 2015
you see*
our hearts beat to
its own death
so why not make the best
of our flesh, bone, and soul
while we still have
the vigor to scale
the tallest mountains
so when we reach the peak
we can see all that we
*achieved
Eriko Feb 2018
while reminiscing through
the thickly pined forests,
the gurgling streams
and fiery sky, blinking
through the notches and scars
with blazing beauty,
with sea's gentle drumbeat
and silvery descendant of heavens,
caress my numbing hands
with a mitten woven with
precious gems and
heartstring
Eriko May 2017
the heat pressed*
like a weighted blanket
as the bones caressed
*shivering souls
Eriko Oct 2016
the slight rhythm which courses through my hands,
that glowing hum which glistens between
the pricked ends of my ears,
drowned in piano keys and violin strings,
my cheeks feeling flushed
and temple dewing with the dust,
my shoulder aches and elbow flashes,
each joint in my finger twinges slightly,
blanketed in a fine coat of charcoal and passion,
rippling black smudges beckoning to something
like a far, far fetched galaxy
which houses my lust for another magnificent piece,
I am weightless and I float,
I am nothing but the treasures which come in a boat,
taking shore to the bank of my consciousness,
glimmers of gold and trinkets of lore
the paper speaks back to me,
each stroke I lavish a part of me,
left behind from me,
for someone else
to sit, to sit in silence,
and to drink in the galaxy
which I stored
in that single
drawing
Eriko Feb 2016
Silent treading and blank white walls
Glistening lights emitting from bulbs
A burden treading thousand drops of water
Cascading down with sheets such disaster
Boots soak and slop without grip
Nails tear at dreary white walls
Like a thundering blank of sea tossed ships
All the white lights shimmer about mist
It's difficult to seize the fine lines
Which to cross
Which too tearful a loss
Down the blank hallway
Stretching for miles away
It's impossible to miss
All the faces scrutiny
I clutch at my chest
It's emotions bursting like mutiny
Washed ashore my body soon come to be
Tumbling,
Spinning,
The water breaching the tiled ceiling
The hallway fills and lights flicker
Set adrift a silent scream
The heavens sent here
Of not a love story
But one of a journey
Even too great for me
Eriko Jan 2016
I feel enormously heavy
as the darkened room
presses against my skin
and the cheery melody
echoes far into oblivion
I can't pick up my chin
Or wipe the moisture
from my eyes
or chance a plea
into the sunlight
what I carry inside
they will never know
I have tried to rid of it
But it's a flame
that won't die out
Just feeling isolated at the moment
Eriko Dec 2015
a careening sensation
towering blue heights
thoughts of few
Eriko Nov 2015
it seems to be that I have become speechless
in my way of things,
and I sit in silence
as the words have left me,
is it nostalgia?
a shift in the flutter?
something have happened,
a change in direction
it feels alien,
and I can't get
the colors to speak
and the paint to breathe
like how it used to be before
why is that?
Eriko Aug 2015
the frisky scent
bedridden and daunt
lingering like earth
the topsoil rich
with heart's dearth
the cerulean musky hue
the whip of magenta
the fiery glow
of aurora yellow
keep the eyes
open to
the deep
unknown
Eriko Apr 2015
highways arched
and seamed the cloudless sky
and as coffins forsook their march
thousands of souls drifted in lies

frightful winds whisked their laughter
their life, their high, the light from their eyes
a Shadow crept, soon after
as bodies fell from the sky

thud, thud, the bodies broke cement
and  sweet red slathed thickly over ground
thud, thud, the bones crackled an icy descent
as skeletons eroded to their gravel mounds

forever, graves enriched seethes
to this day a shrill of knives
an icy brute stripped of teeth
which gnaws our everyday lives'
Eriko Nov 2015
Staring down at my two feet
I feel like I can't breathe
My hands numb from the pulsing sleet
I can't keep a quiet mind

Thoughts travel unorthodox
Stupid and ****** up
And as the music winds to a stop
I can't keep the tears
Rolling down from the top

Keep away, keep away
I try to say yet from what?
Hold on against the
Current of the mad fray

Hold on just for the moment
And the static relays
Buzzing in my head
Will eventually ebb away
Eriko Feb 2016
a Japanese word
tattooed across
my thumping heart
honne, it speaks
meaning of one's
true feelings,
that's the way
I should be
I promised when
I was young,
to all those I love
to all those trembling hands
I wish to hold still and hold
when the darkness
presses without permission,
I don't want to be
a master puppeteer
no, I just want to
genuinely be
what my inner desires
resembles to be
HONNE just happens to be my favorite band also
Eriko Oct 2016
Maybe another *****
And endearing fear
Dwindling like fallen leaves
A brush of reminiscent breath
And crunch of gravel
Sinking of sand
Another horizon
To topple over
Eriko Feb 2016
Steam spilling, white froths licking
Marble mantle pieces, stone white
Opaque ghosts swirling conspicuously,
Silently naught with disturbance and gloat
Humble in nature, the steam spills
From the open pours,
Streaming running water
spring, a delightful swing
slight melodies of sulfuric and mountain
flirting lavishly , emitting heat
an early morning bathe,
bright sunshine invades
sleeping shadows tinted cold
a chilling sensation humming
with that of the pool’s lip
--fluttering autumn leaves—
--cascading crystal flakes—
--rustling green trees—
--tickling cool rain—
The surface of the spring’s pool remains
It stirs with the slightest breath
Occupying stark bodies
Gleaming baby red
Washing away, cleansing a new day
As sunlight sparkles on the
Mirror surface
hot springs in Japan
Eriko Sep 2015
thinking it's okay
to still the rough embedded
in your head
chastise the shouts in flower beds
the swords clashing with dread
keep the ink from pooling on
your chest, obscuring
the hounds wandering in oblivion
barking up that rainy mess
just try to wade and spark a little more
lift your chin away from your claims
of shoveled depths, chained in
the metal compartments of your chest
don't tell me I don't hear the river
it's flowing regardless of your
****** up cluster
sometimes all needed to be known
is that breathing is enough
to take the gravity away
so for the while
be wary of the chlorine  
and clean out the static beginning to sing
my love, sometimes listen to the
pounding instead
Eriko Dec 2015
the shudder of blue
skylight run crisp
an hour anew
Eriko Mar 2016
from the way
torrents of rain
beat against the window

thrashing wind
heavy black clouds
matches struck
                                   lightening

pink break of dawn
beaded dew
dripping wet
solitude grey
                                   weeping

there alone
lie wonderful courage
spark set flame
forth moving thunderstorms

housing myself
be the golden
rays of warmth
after such
dreamless
nights
Eriko Jan 2016
sometimes the howling of the wind
under the starry winter sky
must be the rush of dreams
that dances in our sleep
they travel far, they travel wide  
they howl maybe because
they are no longer for us to keep
infatuated by the obsession
of a better reality
Eriko Nov 2015
do we create something out of nothing
is that what it means to be human?
Eriko Apr 2017
wish, wish upon a echoing call
the soil rich and lush, the trees
standing proud and tall
blue streams streaked with
slivers of pink salmon
and my breath even
across the mountainous roar
steps preceding the footfall
shoulders swaying and
the soul living, brewing
in the warm, warm chest
as it blossoms after every mile
tickling the ribs of the cage
and spiraling throughout
the hight of bone and tissue,
of muscle and joint
as the feet ventures off
into the far, far empire
of human endeavor
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
Eriko Aug 2017
there was nothing but
the sound of feet
like pat pat pat
pushing against wet sand,
the call across mountain tops,
the trail toppling with raisins and walnuts,
the swish of lungs beating, running
and the way water splashed grandiosely,
or the comforts of a car ride,
blasting radio whilst carving around green hills,
palms raised against the cool wind
and feeling like the flowers and weeds
are sighing in unison,
or the ceasing daylight accompanied with
a hot meal, hot stew and bowls of sticky rice
creamy mashed potatoes and a glass of good wine,
which twinkles whenever the candle is lit
at the rickety table,
a collection of something
chimes call, the belly laughter rolls
and a day of blues and blacks,
where tears run and skies sag in lack
these are all human memories
bittersweet and living indefinitely
Eriko Jul 2015
I am not.
not two planes of ice
sliding across the expanse of one another
I am not.
not the echo of a hollow tree
creeping under the shadow of a hillside
I am not.
not a girl with two blind eyes
which can see perfectly clear
but does not always understand the context
which she captures with her vision
forever scarred within the folded linen
of her precious mind.
She sees.
sees everything etched into the clear
smooth surface of pixie glass
She sees.
sees how the light dances across the surface
the colors which speaks for itself
the form narrowing into two
shapeless ghosts of perception
thrown into the distance
She is not.
Not a folded piece of laundry
which can be cycled into a washer
so that when the cotton goes bad
and stains make her unbearable
she can be cleaned of all
what?
what is there to be cleaned?
she is not a piece of laundry
she cannot be washed anew
in hope for a better version
she is.
I am.

there is nothing more to it
Eriko Feb 2016
****
the ice cream
is entirely eaten
I needed that
when I got
home
haha
I really wanted that last scoop
Eriko Aug 2017
a phantom of sporadic thumping,
into the earth, into the earth
the repetitions droning like
the grinding of ice sheets
splintering off the cliff edges,
hazardous mountain hedges
as the great gods, or what's left
of their slow beating hearts
quiver with resonating sounds,
light shafts cutting, traveling,
plummeting into realms of dark
where the eyes skittle, flicker
like a faint candlelight now
awoken like a mighty jolt of thunder,
these great, great old gods
or whats left of them, some
unheard cousin, another dynasty
twisted in their crackling ways
they shudder to a startling wakefulness
and my, my what agony will
unleash over the cold, freezing realms
as their sheets of ice recede until
nothing remains but a skeleton
devoid of the beauty which once
blanketed at their children's feet
Eriko Feb 2016
I dare you
I dare to breathe fire
To walk on glass
To feel the jagged edge
I dare you to confess
To admit
To cut and omit
I dare you
To do all the ****
You said you never would
But secretly do
To book a flight
To cry in public
To go running to the doorstep
With flowers tight in grip
I dare you to
Take the first step
To go skinny dipping
Under the stark moonlight
I dare you to be free
I dare you to fight after
Your deepest desires
I dare you to be
Who you always wanted to be
Eriko Feb 2016
The slight run of engine spluttering
Car exhaust washing the air
With white bellows,
Sharp, swooning turns
And torn yellow fields
Carved into golden hills
Blistering rubber in pavement
Momentum carry, thus far and free
Beautiful pair of blue
Glistening sky pinned beneath
The sunny glare
Idle, the passengers sit
While the car flies in great fit
Propel on, rail roads skidding
Grasp the wheel
Yet we sit in idle
Eyes roaming over the horizon
Tracing the yellow lines in direction
Windows rolled down
Like thoughts exposed unknown
Clean air ambush and snare
Our cheeks, our faces
Our hair blown in reminiscent flare
Sunlight blinds the past
Speckled roads glitter in suspension
No need to utter
The moment might simmer then sputter
Just carress the figment of time
And adventure flashing
Clarity and sublime
Eriko Oct 2016
I didn't become an illustrator by choice
the slip of words,
the heat of cheeks,
the clothing I adorn,
an illustrator, an imposter
a viel drifting in anticipation
for the yonder and all
what do I mean?
Eriko Mar 2016
I love
           Mysteries
                            Books
                                     Open windows
                                                                Rooms
                                                                            Pizza
                                                                                      My friends
I love
           The internet
                              conversations
                                                     Paint
                                                              Art


I love
                                 The growth pains
                                                      Still nights
                                                                Thunderstorms
                                                                             Blue eyes
                                                                                           Shadows
                                                                                                      Morning light
I love
                This body
                              My mind
                                             The past
                                                               creating who
                                                                                         I am today
I love
                Mistakes
                                     Adventure
                                                         Oblivion
                                                                               My friends
                                                                                                    Family
I love
                                                           You
I love
                                                                                                               Me.
Eriko Jan 2018
I wade through clouds and sea
through these souls note awake and carefree
eyes locking and hearing sporadic
we all feed envy and cruelty*
*and in return desire zeal and love
Eriko Mar 2017
maybe, perhaps with the heaviest glare
I am missing of an essential care
I've never sought to recover,
a dingy room lit with fireflies
and the most beautiful sunsets
without the sight to drink
within its margins,
falling through the grains of chopped wood,
of gnarled tree bark and wild white daises
feel the impressions of a breath,
the impressions of movement
floating momentarily in a golden shaft
of spring sunlight,
then only to be snatched
with green and blues
of a waning afternoon sky,
the impressions of laughter
and the impressions of noise,
the impressions of a tender touch
tingling after the love
sought without a glimpse
of knowing what's truly
there to hold a single, ever-changing
impression
In
Eriko Aug 2015
In
funny how we are*
taken to hidden spaces
*in writing
Eriko Dec 2015
do you know that feeling?
that feeling of an encompassed hush
fell over your mouth and eyes
and the thick fragrance
muffling the sounds
which whistles like
a deep blue sky?
like sitting absolutely still
with headphones in
yet no music is played
so that the world suddenly stopped
resonating clearly like
how it's supposed to be?
sometimes I fee like that,
most too often really,
like how I can't figure out
the distinction between
the shadows of two chapels,
or the steam coming off of
a very hot cup of tea,
sometimes I just feel definite,
and sometimes I simply feel
inconclusive
Eriko May 2016
Rippling red fabric
Chuckling laughter escaping
Into the frigid night
Falling dancing music
Sweat dewing at the temple
Aching feet and bursting cheeks
A head running with butterflies
Sweet kisses and white lies
Strong arms carrying the momentum
Such lovely calluses wrapped around mine
The tap of dress shoes on the pavement
Ricocheting petals into the nightly abyss
Carrying me far, far away
With the sound of laughter
And sweet kisses in my head
Silence enveloping but the puff of breaths
And a tidal wave of serenity
And where words wrap one another
With that of spilling hearts
And two people living in memory
Into infinity
Eriko Jul 2018
to fall into gentleness
to speak with a look
to sink with
a cosmic stillness
Eriko Oct 2015
a smooth sailing into the blissful lilac sky*
feel the gentle ocean kiss
melt on the splintered white fists
the emeralds which twinkle
within every teeth of riptide
Kings and Queens of the
smiling, singing brink
they wrap in a lovely embrace
as the honey seeps into their marrow
*like instinct
Eriko Feb 2016
A rush of blood
straight to my head
I think I see the ground
maybe it's shuddering
beneathe my feet
or are my arms are still
attached to my body
I can't tell, not anymore
not without your cologne
wait, is that music in my ears
earbuds hunming soundlessly
I think I have been daydreaming
I must have been
the teacher have been screaming
my name,
it's three syllables not
******* twenty six
pay no attention,
I don't stir any trouble
I am human too
resonance reoccurring confidence
a dazzling spray of mist
spur me someplace new
this institution is
bleaching innate good
School. Teach me to become another individual,  not a clone
Eriko Jul 2015
there are no instructions
I do not have any
just keep my eyes open
and ears ready to listen
I do not have instructions
just keep the days
rolling off of a silver platter
for me to fill
with memories and sugar
Eriko Feb 2016
for the love I crave after*
ironically
*seclusion is my best friend
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