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 Oct 2015 erin walts
zks
travel
 Oct 2015 erin walts
zks
We're in a car going twenty too fast on the highway, and I don't know where we're headed.

Maybe the headlights will take us to a home where we've never lived or maybe somewhere where the flames aren't as shallow.

Rain has been beating the windows for at least four hours, and I can almost see lightning through all the cigarette smoke.

He says that he can see clearer than ever.

I swear ever since the radio lost signal, I've basically been able to hear the stardust in every shallow breath he takes. 

I can't believe all it took was a broken radio to see him for the kind of words he was meant to be.

The kind that rip apart a person's heart when they finally read them the way they were always meant to be read.

His name is just a noise, and his face is only skin;but the fault lines etched into his bones make me want to believe there are more earthquakes inside him than he thinks.

He makes me want to believe there's something more to life than his fingers wrapping themselves around mine as the car wraps itself around a tree.
Your tired little smiles
and laughs that live a half-life
before blossoming into sighs.
Your spontaneous songs,
sourly smacking notes
from your brain.
Your insane babblings
that whisper sweetly to me.
Your goose-like honk,
signaling the fast approach
of sleep.
Your utterly annoying
playful shrugs.
That's the **** I'll miss...
Nostalgia
Thine leaves art wilted, flying to and fro,
And thy limbs reach out as if in sorrow.
"Dost thou not remember what once was held?”
Thy branches crack whilst leaves into dance meld.
The moon doth rise as children’s laughter rings.
Through the night thy old hollow solemnly sings
Of twisted grins and melancholy wolf cries,
And how every man thee meet sadly dies.
But thy eternal heartbreak shall not wane
Thy every breath will be met with pure pain;
Death shall not return thee to its icy grip.
Forevermore, thou shalt bring people to Death.
Until the rope that hangs on thine branch cease,
Cursed to be known only as The Hanging Tree.
Happy Halloween
I looked into my father's eyes
and they were frantic, panic-stricken,
pupils blown and all.
.
I looked down to my father's hands
and they were trembling, unsteady,
they reminded me of home.
.
I focused on my father's breathing
it was erratic, irregular,
it probably reminded him of his life.
.
I remember him wheezing out
"I think I'm dying, this is it."
trembling hands pressed against his chest.
.
And I kneeled down in front of him
my knees steady and unshakable,
and I hoped he was jealous.
.
I remember I looked at him and said
"No, father, this isn't your death
it's simply consciousness"
.
I can still taste the sick satisfaction,
the sly grin as I reckoned,
that those were probably the same for him.
 Oct 2015 erin walts
Kylia
(A)crobat
 Oct 2015 erin walts
Kylia
Her image shuddered;
Streaks of ebony lightning against the backdrop of 
Cloudless, midnight blue
Muscles tensing, preparing
(A predator on the loose)
She pounced, back arched in 
Feline grace, emerald eyes reflecting the 
Silent spirit of a 
Battle-hardened warrior
Twisting turning mid-air limbs outstretched
Landing with a whisper, the
Imprint of her paw prints humming the distant song of a
Secret moonlit sonata.
Sooo...how was it? Constructive criticism will be much appreciated. I'm trying to improve on my limited vocabulary o.o

Also I thought it was interesting to challenge myself to write a poem beginning with every letter if the alphabet, so here's the first one. I've been really, really busy recently cuz my grades haven't been too good, so sorry for the unofficial hiatus :/

I LOVE YOU PEOPLE HAVE A NICE DAY! (Or night)

Also if you're bored check out my instagram @all.those.silver.linings where I've started another series (Daydreams) dedicated to all those thoughts that didn't make it to a full poem, and basically make my poems fancier and post them on a social media platform to share it with other people. Meh.

IF ANYONE NEEDS A LISTENING EAR, FEEL FREE TO APPROACH ME ANYTIME. Also I need friends, so I'm desperate.
Set it all to the side,
All the pain and sorrow you must hide,
Don't let the truth show,
Just smile and sind down low,
For he wants you no more,
And it hurts to the very core,
But to make him happy you must be a friend,
Who knows maybe you will be happy in the end,
Don't smile too much for the wrong message you might send,
He sets across from you,
You just smile because you don't know what else to do,
Your heart races when he smiles back,
But in his eyes something lacks,
He isn't sad or feeling forced now,
He is happy and you wornder how,
Then it hits you like a brick wall,
For a while that smile you haven't seen in a while,
You know that the only way he is happy is when he is away from you.
You run to the bathroom and cry BC thats all you ever do,
You look in the mirror and say the three words you never wanted to say,
"We are through" ,
Never again will it be Edgar and clay
I don't lie
To intentionally hurt anyone
It's completely the opposite
I lie to protect
The girl in the mirror
I can't let her get her hopes too high
Because there is this beautiful little demon
Called reality
He will wreck her plans
Cause her ship to sink in the torturous waves
And the sad thing is
She's got nothing to lose
She's got nothing to fear
But the girl in the mirror
Who gets in her own way.
 Oct 2015 erin walts
Xphaedos
I can feel things falling out of my pockets
Just like words I don’t mean coming out of my mouth
The sky glistens bright

The green grass slightly swaying

Both display beauty


The water shines clear

Causing thoughts to run wild

Reflecting nature


Piercing winds sound loud

Through the forest it does run

Chilling to the bone
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