“The sky was so blue I couldn’t look at it because it made me sad, swelling tears in my eyes and they dripped quietly on the floor as I got on with my day. I tried to keep my focus, ticked off the to-do list, did my chores. Packed orders, wrote emails, paid bills and rewrote stories,but the panic kept growing, exploding in my chest. Tears falling on the desktick tick tickme not making a soundand some days I just don't know what to do. Where to go or who to see and I try to be gentle, soft and kind,but anxiety eats you up and I just want to be fine.”
Charlotte Eriksson“I want my life to be the greatest story. My very existence will be the greatest poem.Watch me burn.Love always, Charlotte”
Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps“I seek the city because there is nothing sweeter than not being alone in your loneliness.”
Charlotte Eriksson“I’m still lonely and it’s a glorification of something I’m not finished with. I don’t want to be distracted from my work by other people, but the absence of it all distracts me from my work and that’s why I run towards the city, to get a little glimpse of it.”
Charlotte Eriksson“I’ve been trying to stay real and true and proud of who I am,all those ideals of how to lookI’ve been trying not to care.But I’m still holding my breath, I ‘m still watching every step.I’m still tip-toeing away, when I’m getting to ashamed of myself. I don’t want to be your letdown,I’m scared like hell I’m not enough.I don’t wanna beyour failure anymore.— The Glass Child, Letdown”
Charlotte Eriksson“My home will never be a place, but a state of mind, which I find through my music.”
Charlotte Eriksson“Are you in love? What makes your heart beat faster? What do you want people to think about when they hear your name.”
Charlotte Eriksson“This world can be quite wonderful once you let yourself be a part of it.”
Charlotte Eriksson“It doesn’t matter how many times you leave, it will always hurt to come back and remember what you once had and who you once were. Then it will hurt just as much to leave again, and so it goes over and over again. Once you’ve started to leave, you will run your whole life.”
Charlotte Eriksson