During this silent, refreshing, night, The moon shines down upon us. It creates a spotlight, As if we’re putting on a show, But it’s only us who are ...Read more
Erika

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute, we read and write poetry because we are members of the human race." -Dead Poets Society
First Post, Super Fan
A place in time You are not a good line. You scribble in between her stanzas Making her words unreadable and misunderstood. You erase the words you w...Read more
Our paths seem so close As if they were meant to merge and cross But trees and other vegetation had grown. The stars seem so perfectly aligned But t...Read more
(For Salem) I've found myself hopelessly entranced by many I've spent days of my life dedicated to them Sometimes months. Although I still remember a...Read more
The slow transition from winter to spring has begun. From the shivering cold just last week To the warm and breezy winds this week. The weather is c...Read more
Please tell me this isn't fading away We are so close Yet so far. Our journey hasn't even started However I'm scared the boat will leave with us at s...Read more
I met my younger self for coffee. We both arrived 10 minutes early. She wore black leggings and a long sleeved purple shirt with stars. I wore baggy...Read more
(For Salem) Your eyes radiate warmth When the sun shines over them a golden hue rests And when I look into them I'm reminded of a warm spring day wh...Read more
Hey Sorry this is a lot to try and say I've been contemplating if I should even tell you But at the end of the day I think it's best to; I am deeply i...Read more
Last night I got to run my fingers through your brown locks As you laid in my lap, playing some kind of phone game. You looked so peaceful. We watched...Read more
(For Holly and Izzy) It was a crisp winter night But you still had your window down In the backseat I played music in the passenger While she drove I...Read more
Sometimes I wonder Would life be easier if I could conjure A belief in you? Up there high in the sky I could look up and cry And ask why. However t...Read more
The sound of the mourning dove The feeling of spring morning With dew on the grass. There’s a cool wind That compliments the warm morning air. Walki...Read more
I can’t get you out of my mind You’re a parasite I can’t get rid of. You control and contort my brain In ways I don’t understand. Why am I so focuse...Read more
She thought she was over him But god was she wrong. The way his hand brushed against her's Made sparks fly up her arm and to her brain Golden and fir...Read more
I walk the halls Endless painting among the walls They show a story That I sometimes can't recall. I'm alone here The only fragments of what I once h...Read more
I feel as if I'm suffocating Under the pressure to be good I want to make everyone happy Yet I'm damaging myself in the process. I'm stuck, I feel as...Read more
(For Holly) She's a beam of light. One that comes after a rainstorm. If you look closely, you can see the rainbow of happiness she creates. She par...Read more
All I want, Is for it to once be me. It's been how may times? One, two, and more than three. I've started to lose count. Why is everyone else allowe...Read more