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erin Apr 2014
all I want is for you
to whisper music in my ears
and sing reassurances to my heart,
let me know I don't have to
carry my sins alone (heaven
knows I have more than enough)
give me the strength to believe
that life is still waiting,
that the world is still filled with
passion and possibilities
show me that I can feel,
that I can laugh so hard
it will rattle my bones,
and show me that there are people
worth trusting
teach me how to live
without being cautious,
how to love someone else,
how to love myself
tell me that I'm both ocean and sky,
and that your skin aches
to be with mine.

oh what a relief it would be
to feel loved.
188 · Apr 2014
Untitled
erin Apr 2014
Bitten nails
and raw skin,
I've started thinking
about you again.
185 · Nov 2017
things I've lost on you
erin Nov 2017
40 bucks and my self respect

because when you call a month later
after shutting me out
to get high and **** somebody else
I still pick up and I lie to myself

I won’t go  back
ok, but I won’t do a line
ok, but I won’t get in bed
ok, but I won’t have ***

ok but, I will
ok but, I do
182 · Feb 2018
mercury in retrograde
erin Feb 2018
i needed to lose you to realize
i never needed you at all
161 · Dec 2020
Untitled
erin Dec 2020
"I'm sorry"
he says
"I can't stop thinking of you"
he says

believing him is a form of self-destruction

he puts his hands on your body
but you don't feel loved
you don't feel anything

he doesn't touch you afterwards
he doesn't kiss you
he doesn't care
if you stay or go

you go
you get in your car and
you cry into your hands

you know this isn’t love,
but then what is?

— The End —