there are rivers underneath my skin
moving past the rocks in my chest
and smoothing out the branches of my spine
that dip into the current.
there's a set of footprints on my palm
jumping from head to heart
line
but avoiding my life
line.
clear skies in clear eyes
follow gaps between fingers
follow gaps between teeth
follow gaps between hearts
follow gaps between thighs.
there are trees growing from my fingertips
and the still branches taught me about love
and how to feel what my eyes can't see.
roses fall into place
between leaves and thorns
and hands fall into place
between rivers and trees
and the cool palm on my shoulder
breathes into the breeze
telling me to keep drawing cassiopeia on my arm
even if i can't find her throne in the sky.
i'm still watching for the moon,
letting her pull me with the tide,
washing my rivers into the oceans
and teaching me about the clouds
that hold me as i fall asleep.
--erin
Showing posts with label i'm sorry it's abstract. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i'm sorry it's abstract. Show all posts
3.06.2015
1.16.2015
cyclical
my bones felt like glass,
but they haven't broken yet,
and
her eyes are growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
her lungs are growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
her faith is growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
my bones are made of plastic.
i can beat
and
i can breathe
while she grows
and shrinks
along with the moon.
she thinks her bones are made of glass
and she thinks she is the moon,
but she hasn't broken yet.
i haven't broken yet.
--erin
but they haven't broken yet,
and
her eyes are growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
her lungs are growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
her faith is growing
and shrinking
along with the moon
and
my bones are made of plastic.
i can beat
and
i can breathe
while she grows
and shrinks
along with the moon.
she thinks her bones are made of glass
and she thinks she is the moon,
but she hasn't broken yet.
i haven't broken yet.
--erin
12.08.2014
basilica
you're walking around asking
the wrong questions
because people are always talking
about my red heart
but i'm thinking about my lungs
and i think they're pink
and that feels more important today.
i'm a monument
and you'll be visiting for years.
taking your pictures,
cameras strapped around your neck,
arch support keeping you on your feet,
sandwiches in your backpack.
(everything here is too damn expensive)
marble smooth as i never was,
velvet ropes keeping you from getting too close,
but the gold glittering at sunset
is worth battling the crowd.
they'll turn me into collectibles,
miniature and plastic.
a piece of my lungs watching from a dusty bookshelf
with a smile they never questioned.
remember the color of the sunset.
find the sunrise someday.
your lungs feel like home.
--erin
the wrong questions
because people are always talking
about my red heart
but i'm thinking about my lungs
and i think they're pink
and that feels more important today.
i'm a monument
and you'll be visiting for years.
taking your pictures,
cameras strapped around your neck,
arch support keeping you on your feet,
sandwiches in your backpack.
(everything here is too damn expensive)
marble smooth as i never was,
velvet ropes keeping you from getting too close,
but the gold glittering at sunset
is worth battling the crowd.
they'll turn me into collectibles,
miniature and plastic.
a piece of my lungs watching from a dusty bookshelf
with a smile they never questioned.
remember the color of the sunset.
find the sunrise someday.
your lungs feel like home.
--erin
10.28.2014
missed hands
i'm afraid of forgetting myself.
i'm afraid of turning into mist.
i'm afraid of turning into mist,
and it feels like i'm turning away from the sun.
i'm breathing through my nose
but my mouth is feeling cold.
my hands are feeling cold.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid of falling when there's nothing to catch me.
i'm afraid that i'd still jump.
i'm afraid of becoming the mist that swallows me.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness.
i'm afraid that they're more connected than i thought.
i'm afraid that they will swallow me.
i'm afraid of becoming the mist that swallows me.
i'm afraid of waterfalls.
i'm afraid of becoming a waterfall.
waterfalls don't have hands.
waterfalls have mist and they turn from the sunlight.
waterfalls can't catch themselves.
i'm afraid i can't catch myself.
i'm afraid of what i can't do.
i'm afraid of what i can do.
i'm afraid of what the world looks like.
i'm afraid of what it doesn't look like.
i'm afraid of what i want it to look like.
i'm afraid of not having hands near me.
i'm afraid of having hands near me.
i'm afraid of proximity.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness.
i'm afraid that i don't know what either word means.
i'm afraid that they're entwined.
i'm afraid that they've wrapped around me.
i'm afraid that they are mist.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness
i'm afraid of you and stoniness
i don't need a hand to hold.
i might need a hand to hold.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid that i've forgotten.
i'm afraid that i've turned to mist.
i'm afraid that i don't have hands to hold.
i'm afraid that hands pass through me.
i'm afraid that i make them cold.
i'm afraid of being cold.
i might need a hand to hold.
i'm afraid of the mist.
i'm afraid i don't have hands.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid of my mist.
i'm afraid my hands are mist.
i'm afraid your hands will miss.
i'm afraid of you
i'm afraid of me
i'm afraid of the pain in the lines on my hands
i'm afraid of hands holding my heart
i'm afraid of my heart trapped behind the bars of my chest
i'm afraid of giving it to you
i'm afraid of your hands
i'm afraid of my hands
i'm afraid of the mist
i'm afraid of my hands
i'm afraid of the mist
i'm afraid of the hands
i'm afraid of my mist
missing hands hold missing hearts
walk into the mist walk into me
walking away
walking alone
watching alone
wasting away
being a stone
falling away
--erin
i'm afraid of turning into mist.
i'm afraid of turning into mist,
and it feels like i'm turning away from the sun.
i'm breathing through my nose
but my mouth is feeling cold.
my hands are feeling cold.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid of falling when there's nothing to catch me.
i'm afraid that i'd still jump.
i'm afraid of becoming the mist that swallows me.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness.
i'm afraid that they're more connected than i thought.
i'm afraid that they will swallow me.
i'm afraid of becoming the mist that swallows me.
i'm afraid of waterfalls.
i'm afraid of becoming a waterfall.
waterfalls don't have hands.
waterfalls have mist and they turn from the sunlight.
waterfalls can't catch themselves.
i'm afraid i can't catch myself.
i'm afraid of what i can't do.
i'm afraid of what i can do.
i'm afraid of what the world looks like.
i'm afraid of what it doesn't look like.
i'm afraid of what i want it to look like.
i'm afraid of not having hands near me.
i'm afraid of having hands near me.
i'm afraid of proximity.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness.
i'm afraid that i don't know what either word means.
i'm afraid that they're entwined.
i'm afraid that they've wrapped around me.
i'm afraid that they are mist.
i'm afraid of youth and loneliness
i'm afraid of you and stoniness
i don't need a hand to hold.
i might need a hand to hold.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid that i've forgotten.
i'm afraid that i've turned to mist.
i'm afraid that i don't have hands to hold.
i'm afraid that hands pass through me.
i'm afraid that i make them cold.
i'm afraid of being cold.
i might need a hand to hold.
i'm afraid of the mist.
i'm afraid i don't have hands.
i'm afraid my hands are cold.
i'm afraid of my mist.
i'm afraid my hands are mist.
i'm afraid your hands will miss.
i'm afraid of you
i'm afraid of me
i'm afraid of the pain in the lines on my hands
i'm afraid of hands holding my heart
i'm afraid of my heart trapped behind the bars of my chest
i'm afraid of giving it to you
i'm afraid of your hands
i'm afraid of my hands
i'm afraid of the mist
i'm afraid of my hands
i'm afraid of the mist
i'm afraid of the hands
i'm afraid of my mist
missing hands hold missing hearts
walk into the mist walk into me
walking away
walking alone
watching alone
wasting away
being a stone
falling away
--erin
9.15.2014
[counting raindrops and wellsprings]
[we start light until the rain starts to fall.
heavy follows.]
and the glamour hasn't faded from my eyes,
even if we've stopped spelling it with a "u."
and i am the "u" in glamour and favourite and colour and clamour
and the "o" in ostentatious and obvious.
and they showed me that falling stars aim for my eyes and i let them in
and that falling hearts aim for my chest and i let them stain my favourite shirt.
[and the drops hit your window pane]
"it's the new trend, haven't you heard?
broken chic. bonus points if it's your own blood [i]"
[the river swells]
and they tell me that i can say blood [ii] as many times as i want
because it never goes out of style.
blood [iii] that smells like iron and dirt,
and someone lied when they told you your chest breathes roses.
YOU BEAT BLOOD [iv]
[torrential downpour]
rushing dropping falling lying
about humanity
and the ruby blood [v] between the lines on every page.
[thunder louder than your mouth]
bleed [vi] into the lines like ink.
the general consensus:
"call it love, call it hate, call it joy, call it pain,
you'll always bleed [vii]."
[lightning hits the ash tree]
humanity bleeds [viii].
there is no glamour.
it's raw, it's gritty, it loves dirt in your wounds.
[and the pain won't wash down the street
with the fallen leaves]
and i am the "u" in wounds and humanity and hurt and run
and i am the "o" in blood [ix] and mortality.
and it takes ten to fall apart.
--erin
[because the rain fell like blood]
[x]
heavy follows.]
and the glamour hasn't faded from my eyes,
even if we've stopped spelling it with a "u."
and i am the "u" in glamour and favourite and colour and clamour
and the "o" in ostentatious and obvious.
and they showed me that falling stars aim for my eyes and i let them in
and that falling hearts aim for my chest and i let them stain my favourite shirt.
[and the drops hit your window pane]
"it's the new trend, haven't you heard?
broken chic. bonus points if it's your own blood [i]"
[the river swells]
and they tell me that i can say blood [ii] as many times as i want
because it never goes out of style.
blood [iii] that smells like iron and dirt,
and someone lied when they told you your chest breathes roses.
YOU BEAT BLOOD [iv]
[torrential downpour]
rushing dropping falling lying
about humanity
and the ruby blood [v] between the lines on every page.
[thunder louder than your mouth]
bleed [vi] into the lines like ink.
the general consensus:
"call it love, call it hate, call it joy, call it pain,
you'll always bleed [vii]."
[lightning hits the ash tree]
humanity bleeds [viii].
there is no glamour.
it's raw, it's gritty, it loves dirt in your wounds.
[and the pain won't wash down the street
with the fallen leaves]
and i am the "u" in wounds and humanity and hurt and run
and i am the "o" in blood [ix] and mortality.
and it takes ten to fall apart.
--erin
[because the rain fell like blood]
[x]
9.11.2014
rhyme, not reason
lights fade .
laughter dies . . . .
love follows .
hate lies .
. . .
kiss your palms . . ' .
touch the stars . . . . .
watch the skies .
watch the skies . . .
. .
now is then
then was will . . . . .
close your eyes . .. .
lie so still . .
:
kiss your palms . . .. .
touch the stars : . .
it's God's will . . .
it's God's will . .
. .
quiet hearts . . . : ..
shaking fears . . . .
always stopping . . . .
stealing tears . . .
. . . .
kiss your palms . . .
touch the stars . . .. . .
hope appears . .
hope appears . .
. . . .
lips pressing . . . .
eyelids shut .
cheeks warming .. .
asking what . . : . .
. . . .
kiss your palms . . . .
touch the stars . . ..
heal the cuts . . .
heal the cuts . .
. . . '
pinpricks .
blinks . . .
falls . .
shoots . .
thinks . . : ..
walls . . . .
winks . . . .
boots .. . . . . . .
walks . . .. .
wicks . .
stalks . .. .
ticks : . . .
talks . .
sticks . . .
stones . . .
bones . .
box . .
bruises . . . .
palms . .
palms . . .
palms . . .
stars .
stars . .
stars . .
stars . . . ..
. .
.
. . .
. . . .
. . :
. . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . : . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
.
.
kiss your palms and touch the stars
touch your heart
kiss your eyes
kiss the lovers
touch the night
touch the night
touch the light
--erin
[star field idea stolen from this post, btw, because endymion fell is incrrreeddiibbblleee. let's talk about how good her poetry is.... it's very good.]
laughter dies . . . .
love follows .
hate lies .
. . .
kiss your palms . . ' .
touch the stars . . . . .
watch the skies .
watch the skies . . .
. .
now is then
then was will . . . . .
close your eyes . .. .
lie so still . .
:
kiss your palms . . .. .
touch the stars : . .
it's God's will . . .
it's God's will . .
. .
quiet hearts . . . : ..
shaking fears . . . .
always stopping . . . .
stealing tears . . .
. . . .
kiss your palms . . .
touch the stars . . .. . .
hope appears . .
hope appears . .
. . . .
lips pressing . . . .
eyelids shut .
cheeks warming .. .
asking what . . : . .
. . . .
kiss your palms . . . .
touch the stars . . ..
heal the cuts . . .
heal the cuts . .
. . . '
pinpricks .
blinks . . .
falls . .
shoots . .
thinks . . : ..
walls . . . .
winks . . . .
boots .. . . . . . .
walks . . .. .
wicks . .
stalks . .. .
ticks : . . .
talks . .
sticks . . .
stones . . .
bones . .
box . .
bruises . . . .
palms . .
palms . . .
palms . . .
stars .
stars . .
stars . .
stars . . . ..
. .
.
. . .
. . . .
. . :
. . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : . . . : . . . .
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . .
.
.
kiss your palms and touch the stars
touch your heart
kiss your eyes
kiss the lovers
touch the night
touch the night
touch the light
--erin
[star field idea stolen from this post, btw, because endymion fell is incrrreeddiibbblleee. let's talk about how good her poetry is.... it's very good.]
9.02.2014
i really don't know what to even do with this, let alone what to call it.
chests fluttering like eyelashes
birds' wings
following eyes
following directions
nickels in an ashtray
ignored
ignored
like
ashes falling into ashes
always ashes
always
about burning
about breaking
about broken
words falling short
binding
books
binding
wrists
binding
hearts
to the hood of the car
crying rose petals
crying blood
never see
never saw
never will
nerves
in fingers
nerves
in actions
nerves
in tongues
keep speaking
keep words
keep moving
pulling out hair
pulling out eyelashes
always coming back to eyelashes
lashes to ashes
rings around our cheeks
rings around our cheeks.
--erin
birds' wings
following eyes
following directions
nickels in an ashtray
ignored
ignored
like
ashes falling into ashes
always ashes
always
about burning
about breaking
about broken
words falling short
binding
books
binding
wrists
binding
hearts
to the hood of the car
crying rose petals
crying blood
never see
never saw
never will
nerves
in fingers
nerves
in actions
nerves
in tongues
keep speaking
keep words
keep moving
pulling out hair
pulling out eyelashes
always coming back to eyelashes
lashes to ashes
rings around our cheeks
rings around our cheeks.
--erin
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