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Erin Suurkoivu Jan 2017
How
Forests were torn down and
cities built because of surety.

How can your child's face
assure me of my future?
Featured along with other fine poems in my poetry collection, "Witch", available on Amazon or through Lulu.
Erin Suurkoivu Dec 2016
you are so enamoured
with the honey on her lips

you don’t realize that mine
taste just as sweet
Erin Suurkoivu Dec 2016
It is her spirit
you fell in love with.

Be careful
not to crush it –
shards
beneath your heel –

shattered glass remains
shattered glass.

I held up the mirror
just to see
if you were as unrecognizable
as me.
Erin Suurkoivu Dec 2016
and it isn’t so odd that
we become each other’s
caretakers, as like
children, we reach for love,
as if we’ve never endured
a long winter’s night alone,
hope the last matchstick
lit in our hand.
Erin Suurkoivu Dec 2016
A sky, pale after sunset,
is darker than a blue one at midday.

It’s your light I love,
shining from your smile.

Innocence has such light.
I’ll face it head-on. Sweep away

the shadow of my years
with your golden laughter.
Erin Suurkoivu Dec 2016
Stuffed on chicken wire,
no rooster in the yard.

I’m practicing magic
while the lawnmower rides.

Funny that,
said her valentine.

They hadn’t yet learned
there’s so much to know,

her body opening
like a rose.
Erin Suurkoivu Nov 2016
ordinary life halts
when there’s a power outage
(especially in the country)

no shower no bath no TV no
Internet no fridge no stove no
oven no flushing no music
no reading (no lights) no dishes

no distractions - just silence
the in and out of breath
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