http://slow.writerscafe.org/Chicki16 The original writings of author Devan McKinley en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776172990 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 You can't just love her for today,And think she'll be okay,When you go and change your mind tomorrow. You can't just leave without a word,With any reasons left unheard,Her heart isn't yours to borrow. Now her loves' a higher cost,She knows that shes better off,Still that doesn't .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2100074/ When I love I give it my all.My every bit of everything.So when you robbed my heart,I wasn't left with anything.My chest a hallow pit,Reaching out to fill the hole.Searching and still trying,To dig up what you stole.Mascara goes to waste.Dark saline down my cheek.But just because I'm broken,That doe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2086926/ I graze your freckles with my finger tips.I get lost under you shadow and in guitar riffs.I turn away when you glance at me.But there's no where else I'd rather be.You pull me close against your chest.You arch deep to fit the rest.My fist is grasping at the sheets.So easily, you make me weak.And I a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2047263/ I'm excited to feel your hand in mine.And I can't wait to get wrapped up in you.To lay kisses on your cheek.My mind wanders on the things we'll do.I look forward to making you happy.To being your best friend in time.To hug you tighter on your bad days.And press your smile against mine.To rest my hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2044537/ Can I jump into those eyes,and just waste a little time?Escape the world for a minute.Let's get caught up in it.Compare the corners of our brains.You'll find that some things look the same.And the direction of our minds,When dreams fall out of line.Dark circles from late nights.The camera always in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2042221/ You see your mom as butterflies. They fill my stomach and my mind,Every time I think about you.Your smile makes me smile more.And that laugh you hate, I adore.Your eyes are such a stunning shade of blue.A freckle for every joke you make,I cackle til my muscles ache.The best part of my day is yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2041215/ How can one person give so much,and still be stolen from?When will enough be enough?It's getting easier to call a bluff.Maybe one day when you feel less tough,You'll realize your all alone.There's nobody trying to reach your phone.Maybe now you'll start to watch your tone.Maybe now the angers reache.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/2023963/ I’ve heard the echo,That rings in an empty promise.And I’ve felt the separation,That unlatches like a harness.I’ve seen the darkness,That gathers when your torn.And I’ve inhaled the memories,That linger on sheets you’ve worn.But what I thought I tast.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1972757/ There’s a candle flickering.It’s flame dancing all around.It’s cold, there’s no power,And I lay without a sound.The only thing that I can think of,As the clock gets close to three,Is how I wish that you were here,Lying close to me.My head upon your chest... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1972754/ How do I erase every detail that has been sketched into my brain?How is it that in five minutes you can deliver a months worth of pain?How should I pretend that there isn't a heavy, swollen lump in my chest from your "I love you" stain?How do I forget the feeling of your skin rested a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1963333/ Shooting stars don't hold magic anymore.Compliments don't change how I look at myself.These four weeks have felt like four days.I'm ashamed how I let you control my emotions.And how I let them control me.This time I really hope you stay away.I'm embarrassed that I trusted you.I feel like a fool for .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1963324/ The radio is littered with songs about love.Broken hearts, what it could be or what it was.And I'm just trying to get myself to work.But every station makes the ghost of our past lurk.I'm so tired of hiding in my bed.Trying to erase all the words that you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1957631/ I already tried to write away my pain once.But I guess there's more in me than I thought.I reached in my purse,and found the necklace that you bought.I tossed it aside, tried to go about my day.Saw our old picture,had to rip it and throw it away.Your shirt is still sitting in the corner.An.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1957616/ You took my heart,I took yours,Thought it was all a trade.But then you went and turned mine into a f*****g grenade. We fell so deep,It all felt real again.Finally had my lover,and my best friend.But now I'm a fool for thinking that your words were true.They stick like thorns and its hurting to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1956323/ I'll sit up and tell the moon,All about me.And all about you.I'll ask it if our stars have crossed again.I try to make myself move on.A few months pass,And the next ones gone.I'm trying to find that love in other men.I thought I felt it once before,But silly me,I saw much mor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1936398/ (Not a Poem) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1925405/ I tried to rekindle our flames.I used every breath on those coals.But as more time passes by,I enjoy watching it turn cold.You will never feel again,Feel the warmth that I've rebuilt.I hope when reflecting on this year,You heart sinks heavily with guilt.I naturally seek the best in people.I believe .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1871750/ I need a loving touch.A warm hand.A chest to lay my head.Because my mind's a mess.My mind, a wreck.I'm stranded on my bed.Affection is like a drug.And I'm feeling the withdrawal.It's such an underrated high.When I fall like this,Its hard not to feel alone.Fighting the urg.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1868036/ Our favorite scented wax,Burning in a jar.I wish the smell could reach you,However far you are.The flames are burning as bright,As the future we could of had.2 people, 3 wicks, 4 years.The memories make me sad.When something makes me smile,Or when something makes me blue,The .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1861230/ It's those long hugs.Where their arms cradle you,Like an extra rib cage.It's getting caught in the moment.Like your life is a picture book,and each day's your favorite page.It's "Get some sleep."Or "Here, let me help."Not having to do it all alone.It's feeling safe.Two hands made for yours.A pair of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1856852/ Do you know the feeling,When your hand spreads across a blanket, and you get a moment of bliss from what feels like the softest thing there is?That's how I felt when you kissed me.Do you know the feeling,when a puppy runs to greet you, happy to be getting the most positive attention and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1856555/ So why's it have to be like this?Why'd you have to take your lips,And press them onto mine? I should have expected this.I'll act like you're hard to miss.Did you think that we'd be fine?Just look at what you've done to me.Break my heart every time you leave.I thought you might ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1856549/ I'm just laying here.Feeling so damn empty.Trying not to fall into the sadness.My heart is telling me to cry,But my brain won't let me.The two combined is madness.There are big, heavy storm clouds.Gathered in my chest.A lonely thunder rolling.Longing for you,While memories .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1856547/ Clawing at the walls,Trying to escape.Its the screaming in the halls,That's keeping me awake.I've tried locking all the doors,But it always finds a key.Heart rate flying off the hinges,Take a breath, ground my feet.Now the room is spinning,My eyes can't focus on one thing.The.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1833321/ When we were little,Momma had all the answers,And Daddy knew just what to say.Now that it's ten years later,I'd like to go back a few yesterdays.We couldn't wait to grow up,And do whatever we wanted to.Well it's all a trap,And just like that,You realize you never had the slightest clue.Cause now Dad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1814661/ Well if strangers do show up one day,And act like they'll buy the place,I'll hold my breath and greet them at the car.And as they're looking at the acres,I'll tell them about the neighbor,That he's my uncle and his kindness isn't far.We'll walk up those four front steps,They'll say "It's quiet here,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1814658/ Carhartt in the laundry,Blue toothbrush by the sink.These are the things I notice,When I sit down and I think.Loose change on the dresser,Wrappers on the floor.You always miss the trash can,Sitting by the door.Little signs and photographs,Of you throughout my place.Even if you up and left,There'd st.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1814657/ I guess I knew,That she would take my spot.I'm not bitter,But it kind of hurt a lot.She looked so pretty,In your bridesmaid dress.I was trying so hard,Not to be a mess.I had tears in my eyes,Thinking "My best friend is a bride."And here I am.I'm three rows back, With my camera on.He said I do,And th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1814655/ She floats away on champagne wishes,Dreams of the lover that will make her the Mrs.Imagines her life dressed in Chiffon.Red soles on her feet, Louboutin. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1496606/ I'll be in the front row talking business with Tom Ford.Watching the latest fall line while champagne is being poured.Scents of Chanel and Armani fill the air.Now I understand when Daddy told me life's not fair.You can ignore your passions for a paycheck and a roof over your head.But when you turn t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1496603/ Momma says do what makes you happy.Daddy says do what's right.When you try to mix your brain and heart,You can bet there's gunna be a fight.Momma says go ahead, let it all out.Daddy says there's no use crying.When you try to mix your brain and heart,One of them ends up lying. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1496601/ You know when you do that thing?That thing when you look me in the eyes,Tell me that your always here for me,All honesty, no lies? When you hug me gently,And make me smile with a joke?Why? Why do you do it?Holding back my tears, and choke. Making me fall,harder and harder.Sailing away,fart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/1007323/ Cancer is a scary word.And an even scarier life.Never knowing what comes next,Or how hard you'll have to fight. I can't even imagine.Being in her situation.Weeks of chemo,and constant radiation. But from my heart,I know she will survive.She's stronger than she realizes,and can handle this .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/999090/ There are some days,I'm sure,When even the sun doesn't want to shine.Ever notice the clouds? And there are some days,I'm sure,That even crickets don't want to chirp.Ever notice a summer night without sound? I'm sure that someday,At some point,You will have that day... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/979954/ She must be strong,She must stand tall.She can't drop her knees on the ground,And fall. She's faught her fights,She's spoke her words.And she's been hurt,By somethings overheard. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/979953/ I combined lyrics from two different artists and made a poem bouncing from Bruno Mars to Rhianna. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/979950/ They calm the wind,They soften the rain,They alluminate mine,And have siezed the pain. They leak forgiveness,They confess any lies.They grow bold with play,And close, so tender each kiss. They show concern,They brighten with bliss.They always meet mine,And mine al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/975691/ I'm looking out this old window pain,and for a while it has been the same.But now I habe something more true. The better things would pass me by,And I bagan to wonder why.But now it all comes through. My dep green eyes would blur my view,Cause when it came to tears, Id cr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/972061/ Someone brings up your name.And I hide.The fact that I was with you...ugh.I wish I could deny. I don't know how, Or even why I stayed with you.I guess I thought it was love.I thought it was true. You're a liar.You're a loser.You're a cheater.You're a boozer.&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/965680/ Sunflower kisses,On your skin.And watermelon,Down your chin. Muddy feet,From a summer's rain.Evening grilling,leaves a ketchup stain. Sticky fingers,Toss a ball.Ring-a-round the rosey,We all fall. Mumma knows,That we remember.Our youngest summers,I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/963091/ Daddy wore a green suit,On the day he said good bye.I didn’t understand thenWhy it made my mommy cry. Daddy wore a green suit,All the way to where he went.He kissed me on the cheek,And said he'd be back when his time was spent. Mommy told me he'd be back,By the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/956870/ Here I am beside you.Snuggled all up tight.Wish I didn't have to leave.Wish you could spend the night. My hands are wrapped inside yours.A perfect girft, if you ask me.You make me happy when I least expect it.And thats how it should be. The way you smile makes me, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/956015/ Reaching for a star.I see your eyes.They're warm.And tied. In my heart.On my mind.From night, sweet dreams,To rise and shine. Did I know,That you were going to come?No.Becuase your not like most, but some. My hand.It no longer sways at my side.It.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/954403/ On a rose’s petal,He sketched my name.And that’s one way I know,That he’s not the same. You can’t let one person,Who may have made a mess in your past,Determine how you see others.Just what you look for in advance. He doesn’t act like it&rs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/952073/ Its amazing.The way you make me feel.You bring me to life,In a shyness so real. With you,I don't feel alone.I feel so happy.I feel so at home. Next to you,My heart burns hot.You have now filled,That once empty spot. When it comes to us,I don't question .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/948638/ Take these lonely hands,And unleash them in your heart.Swear to these soaking eyes,That we'll never fall apart.Kiss these silenced lips,And breath in my lust.Rest assure my worried mond,That its you that I can trust.Rock me,Gently.Hold me,Tightly.Please don't lose your grip.With both arms,Surround.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/942906/ I saw your face,In a blurred cloud of sleep apnea.And you smiled at me.Looked a while at me.You took my hand.And we danced along the moon light's glow.Your heart and mine,Caught intertwined. I kissed your lips.And you showed me temptation.You made me believe.Now I no longer grieve. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/942903/ The he loves me,He loves me not's,Are scattered on the ground.Yellow-golden petals,Fall without a sound.The seeds in the middle,Are half picked apart by birds.But they dont seem to mind.They sway without a word.Little kids play hide and seek,In the heat of a summer's afternoon.They hide behind their.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/942901/ His eyes.Those compelling brown eyes.And that look.That unlcoks those butterflies.Again and again.His touch.That soft, warm touch.And that feeling.Which arrises goose bumps.Again and again.His arm.The grip of it around my waist.He holds me closer.And that kiss.Oh how I replay that kiss.Again and aga.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/942900/ Today there is a silenced presence.An angel's wings are floating all around.Today the room is dark and grey.Nobody can seem to make a sound.The only sound, though, that we can hear,Is one we've already heard too much.Mourning hearts and wheeping eyes,His memory, a crutch.Though I know you walk wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Chicki16/942898/