Eric Tang Poems

We had a dream last night,
and we had the sins all right.
You were who you would not be,
but still I played along like a bee.
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When we're alive our sanity is ruled by the judgmental conscience
When we're alive we live to free the obligation of meeting the expectations of others
When we're alive we live as a sheep, scared to stray from the herd for even a moment
When we're alive we live as a moth diving into our graves to the eternal flame we call love
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The taste of desire is especially strong as night falls
The savor of bittersweet is now that I can’t withdraw
I long for your caress...
a touch so gentle that I once forsake
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I held onto my sanity as those words threaten to spill

It’s like walking on wire hanging above the deadly hill
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