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249 · 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
247 · Jun 2014
I've been thinking
erin Jun 2014
I've been thinking a lot lately about death
and how I used to think it was lonely
but maybe it's more of a returning
than a leaving
and immortality would be the loneliest of all.
I've been thinking a lot lately about life
and how things aren't really supposed to turn out right
but we let hope get the better of us anyway.
I've been thinking a lot lately about you
and that look you gave me last November
when you told me this crumbling world
still had a promise of light
(and that's all I really needed to hear)
how you contain so much life
and I want to hold on to that a little while longer.
217 · Apr 2014
Untitled
erin Apr 2014
Bitten nails
and raw skin,
I've started thinking
about you again.
216 · Nov 2013
Sometimes I feel
erin Nov 2013
Sometimes I feel like
I'll never
get out of here.
And maybe I'll never
find what makes me happy.
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.

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