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yo yo yo

hi, my name is erin.

i like long walks on the beach and

i mean i like long train rides and

i like long bike rides and late night talks.

and one time i pretended i was stuck in a tree 

and my mom had it cut down later

and i think that i'm the reason that my dog died

and it's kind of a long story

i like rainstorms and thunderstorms

but lightning scares me

and i don't really like milk and i don't know why that matters, but it does

hi my name is erin

 and my words are just trying to say what my heart can't

love poem to poetry

my heart beats louder than the voices of 2500 teenagers. 

and i've never felt more alive

hands shaking like a 7.5 on the richter scale. 

mind racing faster than usain bolt

but I can't get you off my mind. 

and I wanted to say thank you, and i'm sorry. 

because last year I bought a ticket to Paris. 

I didn't speak the language, and the locals intimidated me. 

and #realtalk I was a tourist at times

and i'm sorry. and I don't know what I'm trying to say, 

but the words I wrote never felt good enough for you. 

so i sat at a table for one, pulled out my favorite pen, and I learned to love you. 

you taught me that writing can fix most things.

and that the other things can usually be fixed with crying and comfort food. 

and I don't know what I'm trying to say but my head is running out of breath and my heart is slowing down and i'm running out of metaphors. 

but I wanted to say thank you, and I'm sorry. 

thank you. and I love you. 

i like to call this one "senior year"

Things haven't been going spectacularly, they hope to turn things around suddenly.

denouement

i've written these words far too many times,

and the lines are starting to blend together

and i read somewhere that it takes four minutes to fall in love with someone,

but it's been four months, and what if no one cares.

but i wanted to tell you,

that when i laugh i cry

and sometimes i scream as loud as i can when i'm alone in the car

because i want to know what it feels like to be so alive.

and when i was twelve i cried because i knew i wouldn't go to hogwarts,

and my claim to fame is that i got swine flu one time at lagoon (no lie)

and i love my dog more than i love cake

and i like to listen to my music loud enough to hear it beating with my heart

and i just wanted to say thank you.

because

i heard it takes four minutes to fall in love with someone,

but it's been four months.

and i love you 

xo,          

                             erin marie mcdonald

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pocketful of poetry - mindy gledhill

abc - alexander fairchild

lucky - kat edmonson

hello my old heart - the oh hellos

postcards - james blunt

helplessly - tatiana manaois

please dont say you love me - gabrielle aplin

catch & release - matt simons

stranger to love - charles perry

ignition (remix) - the wind and the wave

ghosts- casey abrams

(ill upload a link to the playlist soon!!)

love paris

my heart used to be so young.

my heart started crying the first day it heard about pain

it kept saying that "it wasn't fair, and couldn't they understand that it wasn't fair?" 

but nobody listened. 

and my heart got tired of speaking.

and my body could only handle so much salt

my heart started to shudder when it first heard about death.

the doctor said it was an "atrial flutter" and that my heart should stop worrying.

(but that didn't stop my heart from worrying)

and my heart started cracking when it heard about Paris.

and all it could say was

whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy

timed to its own beating.

but

our hearts used to be so young.