http://slow.writerscafe.org/n0t_a_poet The original writings of author n0t_a_poet en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775974867 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I am exhaustedfrom pretending I am self-sufficient.Like this body,this brain,this whole loud interior,does not lean.I kept saying,“I can do it alone”.Until it sounded like a rule,instead of a choice.There is a friend.And then, there is my friend.And anyone who .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/n0t_a_poet/3130626/ Like trying to weigh smoke  with open hands.  I only know I’ve changed  because I can’t hold  what I used to. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/n0t_a_poet/3122656/ A poem about contradiction, morality, and the scream that refuses silence. It asks what it means to be good when bloom and ruin live in the same hands. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/n0t_a_poet/3122505/