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Maria Etre Dec 2020
Forget I love.
Love, I forget.
Maria Etre Apr 28
I placed a
"We're closed" sign
over my heart

It weighed on it
b
U
t

It's about time
we do some
spring cleaning
D&G
Maria Etre Dec 2020
D&G
For us,  
we get the hand* of it
&
we get the hang* of others
Maria Etre Aug 2019
At this age
I still haven't figured out
how to become the life-connoisseur
everyone else has seemingly become
Maria Etre Dec 2018
If I see it
then it is

If I hear it
then it is

If I taste it
then it is

If I read it
then it's
a different
story
If I see what you see, and they see it too, that doesn't mean I am crazy!
Maria Etre Apr 2019
The second I fell for you
gave me a glimpse
into a lifetime
National Poetry Month
Maria Etre Jul 2017
I stood there
naked in front of you
exposing my mind
laying it on paper 
in the dim lit room 
stripped from
all the limitations 
that my conscience 
lays on me 
like a heavy wet blanket
silhouetting my curves
separating me
from bashfulness
and my true nature
Maria Etre Feb 4
I feel dumb
because
the blood isn't
making it to my brain
it's rerouting itself
to where
it's pumped
and I
feel
light-headed

*falls
Maria Etre Nov 2015
There is one time
a discovery hit me
like sunshine

It was as clear as day
when there was no way
it could easily by me, sway

My posture straightened
and my senses heightened
"why didn't I do this before?"
Oh, because I always saw it as a chore

But what defines a task
when all you've done was remove the cast
that was rotting your insides
piece by piece watching your aura subside

When all you had to do
was give your routine a cocktail shake
by being as unique as a snowflake

By posing those thoughts
naked and raw
with all their flaws

It's just as simple as the verb "be"
with all its complexities
making it even more
****
Maria Etre Mar 2019
I have come to accept
that a writer who
creates on paper
is not the same person
who walks on Earth
Maria Etre Feb 2018
Even the atoms
explode                
when
thoughts
of you
and I
collide
in the
space
Bet(in)ween
Maria Etre Jan 2020
Why are you still dressed
when I am fully naked in front of you?
The tense feeling of knowing they're hiding something when you have already given them your all.
Maria Etre Jan 20
You
confused
my pencil tips,
they used to write poetry
Now, they doodle in lines in bewilderment
aimlessly drawing the words in sketches of an amateur love
DJ
Maria Etre Jun 2020
DJ
The mind was always background noise
in a soundtrack played by the beats of one's heart
with lyrics from conversations
inspiration from hyperventilation
and palpitations
Maria Etre Jun 2017
Great things
come to those
who don't assume
for the mind races to
conclusions
that reality
has failed
to yet
embody
Maria Etre Jun 11
Here's to the
"relate"
in
relationships
A relationship isn't just between partners, it's between friends, siblings, colleagues, strangers, lovers, and non-lovers alike.
It's the connection that gets lost in relationship
Maria Etre Feb 2019
The heart has become
foreign to the knock
of love on its doors
It stored a doorbell
Maria Etre Oct 2018
I r
     e
         l  i  e  d
         on you
for inspiration
then I realised
(it was) so(me)where
else
all
a
l
o
n
g
Maria Etre Aug 2019
I read the same line twice
and surprised myself
with two endings
Maria Etre Jan 21
He kissed
my flower


























































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tattoo.









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*you naughty minds - smirks
Maria Etre Nov 2019
I heard a song
and it made me want to fall in love
to jump into
the unknown
where my lover and I
are poisoned
with chemicals
that dilate our pupils
increase our heart rate
paint the world a better hue
reach ultimate euphoria
and ****** to a mental state
out of this world

It could be for a minute, a day, a year
maybe forever
It could be a passing thing,
a misunderstood stare,
a "I wanted to tell you but I never did" moment
It could be now, him, her? You?
It could be in 20 years, or - 10 years?
It could be waiting for you, just when you leave work today?
across the street, waiting for the elevator, tomorrow morning,
It could be in a different country?
It could be...
but a heart misses a feeling
just like the body misses a touch
and the mind a soulmate
Maria Etre Apr 2019
Dragging a bad situation
is like being stabbed in the middle of your collar bones
and slowly sliding it down your chest...
Maria Etre Apr 2016
I feel that my body is melting
and blending in to the ground
this weak feeling is the death of all things colored

This drained sensation
settles in the bags under my eyes
and creates its own nocturnal colors

This pale color paints my skin
with a yellowish hue, from my face
to my toes

This feeble aura
attacks me in the worst states
causing my head to twirl and rest to one side
burdening my eye lids with weight
that sleep and only sleep understands

This sleepless image
that made its way to my legs and body
had found a void to fill
and core to call home
paving the way to insomnia
oh please NO..

This..
Maria Etre Jan 2020
I tend to question niceness
for I always met it
dressed in something more like
slyness
Maria Etre Jul 2017
I have read and seen
written and tasted
all the letters
in a cocktail
of words
with the after-taste
of meaning
the effect
of a poem
and the resonance
of a
hangover
Maria Etre Nov 2015
It rained
everyone was drunk
on the idea of cuddling
and love

Especially when it gets cold
the merciless wind
surprises your skin
all alone
with no one to hold

It rained
and every one was drunk
on coupling
but I
I got trashed
with the rain
all alone
walking on the sidewalk
gulping every strand of rain
falling for the cold
creating a relationship
by myself
with
every
drop
that touched my skin

I got intoxicated
with the freeing feeling
of freedom

I wrote on damp paper
with shaking cold hands
"Thank you"

and watched as every droplet
traced its path
down my piercing locks
Maria Etre May 26
It's not what is left
it's what's meant to be
right?
Maria Etre Aug 2017
You can fight
yourself
for all the mistakes
that stitched themselves
in your past
but you can also ally
with the aftermath
that molded you
into that sculpture
you are today
Maria Etre Nov 2017
Today
I closed my
ears
for
I don't want
to listen
to the beats
of my
own heart
ED
Maria Etre Dec 2019
ED
This is a mental battle
I wish I can drown in *****
Maria Etre Mar 12
I never ate my emotions
I starved them
That's also an
Emotional Disorder
Maria Etre Feb 2021
Falling in
is easy
But

How does one falling out
when falling requires gravity and all I want is to do the opposite...
to climb out
claw my way out
from the void that ****** me
into
toxicity
Maria Etre Oct 2021
It's the kind of heartbeat
that pushes you forward
Maria Etre May 2017
It took
an elevator ride
to realize
and notice
the ups and downs
of regular days
and that's a good thing
for my darling
you have not
stagnated
yet
Eli
Maria Etre Aug 2018
Eli
Eloquence
doe(s) not always
conve(y) what
(M)ostly (pa)rts my mouth
remember
(t)he (h)eart is
reall(y)
the most
articulate of
all
"If I Could Give You My Eyes" Series
Maria Etre May 2018
In the currency of emotions
heart break and
heart gain
always
lead
to
c
h
a
n
g
e
Maria Etre Mar 2016
It breaks my heart
to know
that I broke yours

I kills my lights
knowing that I dimmed
yours

It blows my logic
out of proportions
knowing that
I stomped on yours

It eats me up
from the inside
like leprosy
knowing shattered your vision
of me

and you know what?
it simply effaces me with every breath I take
knowing that your
perception of me
will and remains
the same ...
Maria Etre Feb 2018
For some reason
our "happily ever after"
tends
to replay our
first encounter
over and
over   ........ and over....
                      over......and over....
                                                   .... over.....
Maria Etre Dec 2016
I have never felt
this humiliated and betrayed
by my heart

It looked at my life
and beat that strong thud
that sent my foot
pushing down on the ground
in staccato
telling me "enough"
Maria Etre Aug 2017
I am a sealed
envelope
licked by
past promises
that have found
a home
in the corners
of my frame
Go on
cut it open
liberate me
I dare you
Eve
Maria Etre Aug 2017
Eve
Just like a flower
take your time
soaking up
the brightness
of the sun
and bloom
into a ripe
mature fruit
seducing
the Adams of the
world
Maria Etre Apr 2018
Why do we
always question
happiness?
Maria Etre Nov 2015
You exorcized
my being
by leaving me harshly
through every tear
that left my eye lid

I felt it escape my physical form
from my toes through my nose
the shaking and the wailing
it was worth it

I was exorcized
I was relieved
from the demons
infecting my brain
I was lightened
from the ******* burden
that pulled me down
hell was no longer a fear

I was beyond that
I was in limbo
with a demon in my head
a virus of no antidote
spoiling my insides

I was exorcized
I felt at ease
and yes
it was
when
I cried
Maria Etre Jun 2016
Your kiss has shown
me fireworks
even with
eyes
clos
ed
Maria Etre Mar 2018
Flimsy
forevers
fortify
feeble
fantasies
Maria Etre Apr 2018
My heart
feels like it ran
a marathon
while
I am
in my
s
e
a
t facing
y   o   u
Maria Etre Oct 2017
I fell through
the circles of hell
and the further
the more
I fell
the more
fire felt like warmth
struggle felt common
and hell more
like home
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