Ericka SmithwonderbreadI am sitting by a window inside Panera Bread pretending to (blend in) be studious on my sleek Dell laptop and slowly sipping my watery…Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
Ericka SmithcocoonShe wraps me up in her Cocoon — loving fluids fuel my fire. I’m warm in her aura; hazel kisses placate me. This feels right.Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
Ericka Smithstar stucki mistook the twinkle in your eyes for paper planes taking off on a pitch black runway heading straight for my galaxy to look for a new…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Ericka Smithtwilight, comei find my voice in the space between twilight and “i miss you” texts at 3 a.m. in a blue bubble that time where the here and now becomes…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
Ericka SmithSafe Travels, My LoveI have yet to find the meaning in this silence we are both passengers along for the ride beside each other making no eye contact eyes not…Sep 21, 2017Sep 21, 2017
Ericka SmithseasickI have bellowed out enough sighs to fill the sails of this ship that I am blindly steering on a course uncharted destination unknown I am…Aug 23, 2017Aug 23, 2017
Ericka SmithRitualBrush my hair 65 strokes with a pink padded brush Walk my dog four times a day Make a pot of coffee that I end up wasting Water my garden…Aug 23, 2017Aug 23, 2017
Ericka SmithQuestionsI ask you Do you search for me in the aisles of the grocery store when you cannot find that thing I’d always get for you because I knew it…Aug 23, 2017Aug 23, 2017
Ericka Smithgrowthwhen the sun rises, I will use my hands as shovels scoop out and swallow earth graciousness and resiliency my soil in the hopes of making…Aug 21, 2017Aug 21, 2017
Ericka SmithSeven Year ItchWe still share a bed that’s heavy like a coffin with little to no oxygen Suffocating in that space between goodbye and good morning It’s…Jul 2, 2017Jul 2, 2017