Eva Encarnacion

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

I know this wont work
Because it never does
But let's just pretend.
Tell me I’m beautiful
And I’ll tell you I love you
Only I won't be lying
Because in some weird
And probably unhealthy way,
I do.
But I wont ruin our fake romance
So I’ll keep my thoughts to myself.

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

Falling (Day 19)

I slipped unexpectedly,
and slowly,
and reluctantly,

I fell clumsily,
and painfully,
and incredulously,

I tried to deny
that I was falling
nothings changed
I still feel the same
but I was quickly
losing ground

I tried in vain
to catch myself
but I already knew

that it was too late
that the gravity
of reality had got me

and that I was falling
hard, too hard,
out of love with you

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

Chili (Day 18)

-Dad's dish-

Permeates through the house

ungluing
worms from books
potatoes from couches
zombies from computers

uniting
curious noses
hungry bellies
ready mouths

nourishing
wife
daughter
son

-his work here is done-

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

Uncle Doug (Day 17)

My uncle believed in aliens
UFOs n’ all he had boxes upon boxes
of articles in the halls it was the first thing on his mind
and the last thing on his breath and my mother couldn’t stand it
that’s he’d never let it rest he vowed to me he’d find them that he’d
become one of their own and that I shouldn’t doubt him when
he used his serious tone he’s been gone for quiet
some time now he left without saying jack
the
only thing
I wonder is
if he’s ever
coming back

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

When I Forget (Day 16)

I trust you, if I don’t think about the betrayal; I curse you when I do
I want you, if I ignore the times you didn’t listen; I avoid you when I
      remember
I need you, if I don’t recall the pain and embarrassment; I hate you
      when I relive it
I love you, if I over look when you threw me under the bus; I loathe
      you when I count the times

I forgive you, when I forget; but miss you when I don’t

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

A Second Betrayal (Day 15)

They buttoned their coats
and strapped on their smiles
but their red runny noses
betrayed them, unmasking the pain
that their balloons had been
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       by the people they trusted the most

Eva Encarnacion Aug 2013

The end (Day 14)

The end of the world.
But only as we know it,
for humans aren't
humble and often forget-
it's only the end of us.

-tanka