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9.2k · Sep 2014
I am air.
eb Sep 2014
I am air;
I am everywhere.

I am the breeze in the trees,
I am the moving clouds above,
I am the wind,
dancing as I pass

I am air;
I am everywhere.

I expand;
I decompress;
I warm;
I cool;

I am air;
I am everywhere.

I am the breathe in you,
I am the swirling feeling in your stomach,
I am the oxygen,
encompassing every part of you.

I am air;
I am everywhere.

I am in the heavens,
I am in the balloons,
I am in the rivers,
I am in the reeds,

I am air;
I am everywhere.

I am invisible,
but I am there.
I am nowhere,
but I am everywhere.
7.8k · Apr 2014
Tears
eb Apr 2014
fall endlessly like raindrops to the ocean;
Like little soldiers, one after the other,
They fall just as the enemy targets them.

Why am I here?
Why do I tell you this?
Why do these fall in my face when my insides feel nothing?

Then again, what is a smile with happiness in it?
6.1k · Mar 2016
11 and up
eb Mar 2016
Like this.
Heart that.
Posted for 2 minutes;
I start to count.

Follow me.
Friend me.
More, more, more;
I am addicted.

Tag that.
Snap this.
Number conscious;
I am guilty.

Like me.
Love me.
Me, me, me;
It's all about me.
3.6k · Nov 2015
of her
eb Nov 2015
A look, that look, reaches my core.
Words.
Your words, still echo in the chambers of my soul.
I wish I could be happy in this silence
but it is you, it is you
I seek.
Your chaos calms me.
Your absence shatters me.
2.8k · Oct 2015
What is real?
eb Oct 2015
"This is real,"
said the voice,
"but no one can know"

"and no one will",
it continues,
"for no one knows
what is real anyway."
1.7k · Jun 2014
Pain
eb Jun 2014
Can't be seen,
Can't be touched,
Can't be smelled,
But it's there

Constant & consistent,
it grows.
Powerful & persistent,
it revels.

is everywhere:
In my heart,
In my mind,
In my daily life.


takes over life,
takes over people,
demands death,
demands people.
1.5k · Feb 2015
choices
eb Feb 2015
this                
or
                     that
                                        ?
1.3k · Jan 2016
In 2016,
eb Jan 2016
give yourself a *chance
1.1k · Jan 2016
Whispers No.1
eb Jan 2016
She said:
I'm ready now -
Ready to be
in love

He said:
Someday, soon.
You will meet someone
who will constantly
and continually
move you.

She thought:
Not you?

He thought:
Please
let it be
me.
1.1k · Mar 2016
i should sleep
eb Mar 2016
I should sleep;
birds almost chirping,
daylight threatens about
but my eyes do not droop.

I should sleep;
but my heart beats furiously.
I have not forgotten.

I should sleep;
even owls have fallen,
winds slowing down
but my spirit remains restless.

I should sleep;
but my mind won't let me.
I remember.
1.1k · Oct 2015
04 (If only you knew)
1.1k · Nov 2014
conversations
eb Nov 2014
you: what isn't when there is
i: what is when it isn't


me: who left when there isn't any loss
you: who stayed when too much is lost


her: when will you leave
him: when will you stay


us: how will this end
we: how will it ever begin

*end of conversation
1.1k · Jan 2014
She wonders
eb Jan 2014
Feeling the earth moving,
movements of the clock ticking.
Each second a century,
Losing her presence daily.

Seeing voices in the air,
Touching smells everywhere.
Slow and steady she must go,
High and fly like the black crow.

Losing against gravity,
No more Ms. high and mighty.
Jumping up against the walls,
There she falls and falls and falls.

"Is this dying?", she whispers.
Her words floating in the skies.
"What is living?", she wondered.
Her once persistent voice faltered.
932 · Oct 2015
03
eb Oct 2015
03
How did I                                  
    get here?                        

                                  How did we
                        reach this?
925 · Oct 2015
02
eb Oct 2015
02
How long
did the loneliness
keep you longing?
921 · Nov 2015
Unsent Apology (10w)
eb Nov 2015
I'm sorry I have feelings
that can't let you go.
For more unsent apologies: http://tinyletter.com/barelyemployed
921 · Nov 2015
We are
eb Nov 2015
in the moment
but also one step ahead of it
912 · Oct 2015
01
eb Oct 2015
01
Why* is it difficult
to be me?
Numeral Collection
897 · Nov 2015
05
eb Nov 2015
05
Why does this heart hurt so?
When in truth:
Why does my heart hurt for you so?
888 · Nov 2015
mistaken (10w)
eb Nov 2015
I had everything I wanted
-- I wanted the wrong things.
887 · Dec 2014
limbo (10w)
eb Dec 2014
i don't wanna be
in the in between.
825 · Feb 2015
red noise (10w)
eb Feb 2015
The buzzing in my ear won't stop;
ringing for you.
812 · Mar 2015
Loss
eb Mar 2015
Not knowing the right words
to express entirely how this feels,
I cry.

In the middle of the night,
as I go through the day,
whether its for work or play,
I stop.

When uncertainty isn't enough,
and every conversation is tough,
I breakdown.

Because there is nothing left,
and nothing will ever feel right;
For I lost,
and I am loss.
804 · Dec 2014
Did you?
eb Dec 2014
When I dream about you
do you dream about me?

When I think of you
do you think of me?

When I miss you
do you miss me?

When I loved you
*did you ever love me?
801 · Feb 2015
flow (20w)
eb Feb 2015
This is a decisive moment;
and I am not here.
Why do I keep moving;
in water that does not?
779 · Mar 2016
Bus 1492
eb Mar 2016
I feel the warm
morning sun;
The water envelopes my ankes -
as each wave melts to the shore, I run.

Towards the open, endless sea
- I surrender.
To her above
or is it below?

Her words echo in the chambers of my soul;
I know that look
- it reaches into me.
Maybe, with her;
Eventually, with her.
766 · Dec 2014
drip drop
eb Dec 2014
the pitter-patter of raindrops
she is smiling. she doesn't know
tomorrow, the rain ends.
763 · Oct 2015
this heart prevails (10w)
eb Oct 2015
No longer
imprisoned;
absolutely, purely
lost --
always suffering
Because we accept all the pain we can bear so others have less
755 · Nov 2015
clarity
eb Nov 2015
Hope fades as he wanders through the trees,
rains trickles down from the branches.
The storm has passed and the fog has risen.
Now everything is clear
And nothing is the way it was.
749 · Nov 2015
bubble
eb Nov 2015
how beautiful
it is to be alone,
on my own,
for i am
complete, wonderful
and without a need
to be loved
by anyone else
because this Light
remains real
especially without you
and your attention;
this is not bitterness,
old friend, it is grattitude
for leaving
and letting go
has been more than
I would have ever planned,
so, let the winds blow you
away, away, away
and the rains
drop, drop, drop
that will lead you
far from me
from us
from those you left
left behind
Remember, you more than enough. Your bubble is all you need.
739 · Mar 2016
demotivate
eb Mar 2016
Show up.
Do something.
Work harder.
Show up.
Make sense.
Matter.
Exist.
Die.
730 · Mar 2016
Fear is real
eb Mar 2016
Her skin is cold,
much, much colder than ice.
Her cheeks frozen,
unnerving.

Her eyes
deep, deep black
with that stagnant stare.
She blinks.
Only for a second, she blinks.

Her lips crack
as she speaks
- nothing comes out.
Darkness enters

Fear is real.
I face her everyday.
She stares back at me
I try to look away.

No escape.
Never escape.
Run, run
as fast as you can
701 · Oct 2015
Wake up today
eb Oct 2015
and breathe in,
breathe out;
remind yourself
this too shall pass
692 · Jan 2014
tactful rhymes at 1:30am
eb Jan 2014
In the darkest night,
I take flight.
In the brightest day,
I dance & sway.

Outside these walls,
everything is false.
Outside the coves,
stumbling on troves.

Nothing more,
this is a bore.
And yet,
everything is met.
spontaneous
664 · Jan 2014
12 & 1/2 strangers
eb Jan 2014
Dear stranger,
I want to say I like you.
I want to say I like you
like no one I have ever liked before.

Dear stranger,
I want to but I won't.

Dear stranger,
I can't be sure it's you I like
or the thought of you
that just won't leave my mind.

Dear stranger,
I just can't
let myself hurt again
after what she did to me.

Dear stranger,
You & I are
in limbo.

Dear stranger,
You and I are
at different stages in our lives.
And many more excuses
of the impossibility of us.

Dear stranger,
I can't be
just another girl
for you.

Dear stranger,
I won't because I shouldn't

Dear stranger,
I shouldn't
be involved with you
when you just had a break up.

Dear stranger,
I shouldn't
love you this much
when we just met.

Dear stranger,
I shouldn't
feel this way
for another girl.

Dear stranger,
I won't
because you probably
don't know I exist

Dear stranger,
I exist
**I think
Of the many strangers:
each one different,
all the same.
655 · Nov 2015
sound & silence
eb Nov 2015
Can you hear me?
'cause you're not listening
650 · Apr 2014
S t o p
eb Apr 2014
Your bouts of literary thoughts spewing all over do not make sense.
Your incapacity to formulate a whole and worthy thought has gotten the best of you fooling you into thinking that someone, somewhere is listening.

Stop.
Stop. you must stop.

Your insensitive belief that everyone is falling head over heels for your talent, popularity and deep sense is proving to be a lie. I say all this sincerely with hatred, love and everything in between because I won't be good enough for you.

So stop.
Stop. Stop existing in my world.
645 · Nov 2015
skin
eb Nov 2015
You are the sky in skin,
Every day I wake to you,
You summoned songs from air,
Each memory a tune with you.
You are the sea in form,
Eternity becomes you.
You send joy with each whisper,
Endless is my love for you.
You are the end to my beginning,
Explain to me why you left.
643 · Oct 2015
Fear
eb Oct 2015
hits me
before my heart beats the floor
I rise, awake, alive

there is always hope
throbs, sobs through these veins
I rest, forget, regret
626 · Oct 2015
Curious
eb Oct 2015
how you can let go
of the only happiness
you've ever known
626 · Jan 2016
uninvited
eb Jan 2016
within me,
a universe
exist; unique.

endless, everlasting
we once were -
and never again

let this be
a goodbye
out goes the we
in goes the me

let this be
the end -
you are
*uninvited
625 · Dec 2014
Untitled (20w)
eb Dec 2014
mood music playing
he sits there typing --
so do i. he doesn't know
i don't want him to go

**never
of love from a far
621 · Dec 2014
Memory: 1204
eb Dec 2014
moonlight shines
a conversation
splashing waves
a kiss goodnight
586 · Aug 2014
Grief
eb Aug 2014
breathes come,
numbness follows,
but nothing,
yet everything;
                         same but different

slow ringing sounds,
melodies overhead,
silent,
yet chaotic;
                         same but different

anger,
longing,
denial,
surrender,
                   ­      same but different

unspoken words,
sporadic gestures,
screaming laughters,
hugs and goodbyes
                         same but different
I will be sad forever;
and a day;
deeply
585 · Feb 2016
14.645414, 121.073174
eb Feb 2016
Whatever could it be
that has made me
this lost?
584 · Oct 2015
fluid
eb Oct 2015
as the night
an endless plight --
too afraid to fight
darkness shines bright

gush and grow
lovers in a row --
fly; fly on blow
hush, hush on the phone

escape every night
get high; get low
a quick midnight delight --
run; *
run on home
eb Jan 2014
Words left unsaid
thoughts floating overhead.

what isn't when there is
what is when it isn't


Dooms, glooms, buzzing
deadly birds gleefully chirping.

where is when there was
when is when there wasn't


Lost in a maze,
search, stare and gaze.

*no sense, nonsense
present tense, past tense
571 · Feb 2015
Morning/Mourning
eb Feb 2015
i don't want this anymore, it begins
I've lost count how many times it has played.
The day just started but I must have gone through the whole album thrice.
Her smile flashes in my mind. Its only a split second but the tears are already pouring
Why does this keep happening?

There are three notifications on my phone, maybe, that will keep my mind distracted. The first message is from my teacher he needs my palette by today and I can't afford missing another deadline. The next is a spam message selling me a car for 5k a month, I delete it immediately.
And then I stop, my heart skips a beat.
For a moment, I thought it was her number.
Why would she message me?

I'm still incomplete*, it ends
The song plays for one last time as the sun peaks through the blinds
and I get ready for breakfast and the long day ahead.
566 · Jan 2014
Endless longing
eb Jan 2014
When the tears just keep falling,
What do I do?
When your voice keeps calling,
Can I believe it's true?

When the wind is howling,
Is that you?
When shadows are trailing,
Could it be you?

--
A love ending abruptly.
11/15/11
554 · Nov 2014
Forgiving
eb Nov 2014
is letting go
is moving on
is a cliche romcom plot line

means giving up
means running away
means losing us

is all those things
is leaving my everything
is accepting nothing
is what I need
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