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Erin Lewis Jun 2014
Lift off!
Feel the pressure on my chest
Ears popping as we climb west
The big city fades
Crisscrossing, curving city highways
Turning to mere lines, grey against the green
Still rising
Past the first layer of white misty cloudy
Emerging above the cotton candy mounds
Gentle pillows, pale against a brilliant blue sky
Soaring through the air so high
I feel like I'm on top of the world
Erin Lewis Jun 2014
I never understood
How love could be a sin
How I could be disgraced
Just by holding your hand

But a man with a woman
Can beat and cut and curse
And still the church will bless
A union with this or worse

No, I don't understand
How our love could be a sin
Erin Lewis Jun 2014
The days go slow and fast
At the same time
College looms at the end
Of the tunnel
Though I'm still not sure if
I'm terrified or excited for the change

I have a girl
I wish I could fall in love with
But I can't forget the fact
That I'm leaving.

I want the summer
To disappear
so I can get to the parties
The adventure
The college girls
The college boys.

I want to leave behind
My bad reputation
My bad relationships
My bad memories...

I want to learn
I want to grow
I want to be wild and crazy
I want to break through
All of my walls I've built

But the days drag by
The more I think about it
And my heart breaks
The more I think of leaving my sister
And I can't decide if I'm terrified
Or excited for the next day to come
thoughts running through my head
Erin Lewis Apr 2014
They tell me I'm beautiful
But what good has that done
I'm surrounded by people
And still so alone
Erin Lewis Apr 2014
I should have known you
Were too good to be true
And now I'm left alone
Erin Lewis Apr 2014
There's so much flying
Through my brain right now.
I just want to write it all down
but I can't seem to phrase
all the words I'm trying to say.
there are tears
and fears
and longing.
I'm so lonely
But I won't let it show.
So I just smile and joke
and I laugh just for you
And give you a hug
When you seem down too

I wish I could love you
And you don't seem to see
How I'd do anything for you
Hell, I'd part the Red Sea
I just want to hold you
Fix what I did wrong
But I know that won't happen
so I have to be strong

But I dream of you at night
Singing lullabies and melodies
Holding you under the stars
Walking along the sidewalk
Showing everyone how
Lucky I am.

Still it's all just a daydream
an empty wish
That'll never come true
And as I write I realize
honestly all I think about is
*You
Probably makes no sense, but I needed to write  down what I was thinking about. It was driving me crazy.
Erin Lewis Apr 2014
I can't talk to you in person
Can't talk face to face
It's too much of a risk
That you would see
Unshed tears and longing
Hidden in my eyes
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