Erica Winter
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Wishful ThinkingA Poem by Erica WinterI wanted to be your comfort every nightI wanted to fix you when your heart would acheI wanted to take in every word you sayI wanted to kiss your body .. |
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MorningA Poem by Erica WinterWoke up this morning soberIn the groggy intoxicating hold of sleepFor a brief instant, I swore I was in your roomBlankets at the foot of the bedWrappe.. |
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Lock And LoadA Poem by Erica WinterI welcomed the day with a cup of coffeeStrong, but not as strong as I used to have itNo whiskey, but a year ago, there would have beenI never liked th.. |
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Define RomanceA Poem by Erica WinterI asked you to define romance.I can't remember word-for-word what you'd saidI can however, freeze and replay the moment you replied.Your feet were bur.. |
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FailureA Poem by Erica WinterStuck in a rut twenty three feet deepOne for every year I've failed on cueDirt falling in at a steady paceEveryone with their lives figured outThey co.. |
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BottlesA Poem by Erica WinterThe soft glow of the TVIlluminates childhood photos on my wallTwo beer bottles sit alone on the nightstandI'm drunk enough to find humor in two things.. |
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ContactA Poem by Erica WinterIt's an insatiable need for human contactWhen I find myself hating solitudeI mean, not simply being alone in a roomAlone at heartMy soul longs for com.. |
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ConstellationsA Poem by Erica WinterPerched on knotted driftwoodThe wind howling past meToes buried in moist sandLost in the allure of the black briny bayEndless constellationsAll I thou.. |
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Fifteen DaysA Poem by Erica WinterFifteen daysSince I learned to gather these shards of soulScars in tact, and love with all I was capable ofA leap of faithMy mind drunk on the wineMy .. |
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The Deep End, 2005.A Poem by Erica WinterJuly of my fifteenth yearon vacation with my fatherSomewhere on the East CoastFaded photographs rest untouchedin one of the many shoe boxes out of rea.. |
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