http://slow.writerscafe.org/smilekathee The original writings of author Kathleen Burlas en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776106250 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 "Time heals all wounds." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1256382/ About a girl trying to move on, a girl trying to believe that she can. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1163252/ Just another short poem about a brokenhearted girl. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1163153/ Has time broke you?Or are you still the man I know?Seasons are changing, and so do you.You may hide, you may runDraw the line or be sublimeHurt me, bend meI wouldn't care at allNo grudges, no sorrowI'd be firm and do no hollerBurn bridges or cut the chaseI'd be blind, I'd be deafThis heart has grown.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1152666/ Nothing I say comes out rightI get tongue-tied when he smilesI stutter with the sound of his voiceWhat secrets does he have to stun me like this?All those nights we stay upHaving conversations 'bout nothing till midnightI smile thinking of this feelingA love foreseen with a bird's eye viewBut is thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1017681/ Another day has goneBut I'm still as solitary as beforeAlone with this feeling in my chestI hear the wind carefully whisper to my earA song so seemingly sad and slowLingering those tattooed memories in my headBut he doesn't seem to knowDoesn't even seem to care what his heart is foreWell he's perfec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/1017675/ "It's past midnight when I had a long late-night conversation on the phone with someone really special whom I thought had forgotten me already. 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" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/972264/ The wind blows on a shivering night of MayThe clock strikes and passes twelveBut under the snub of the moon and the starsAn innocent soul is wide awakeOn an overlapping view of light and shadowsShe sits with a burden renting her thoughtsAs she wonder why raindrops didn't fallShe pleads for rain to c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/970707/ Each day as I wake upI was like, "Another day again !"Another day to bear with my lonely selfAnd with my frozen heartI refuse to cry !I'm tired of getting hurtClosing this heart as an amulet of painGot no friends to shareNor a family to hold on toCan't even burst these troubles renting my heartLike .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968900/ In this case,My insecurities are heating upEvery time I look at herI see someone who's everything I'm notDespise how lucky she isThinking how better she does thingsShe's comfortable with her skinWith shining diamonds in her veinsSeems like she has the world in her handsOwning almost everything .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968897/ Inside the dark wide roomIs a girl in the cornerWhile all the others sleepShe stays up and thinksThis heartless beast Made a beautiful girl cryBroke her heart unevenlyWithout giving time to healUnfaithful, insensitive and blurThat's how absurd this beastly human isNo heart to care, no heart to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968893/ I was never a child of valorKept in my frozen heart Are ordeals of my pastI'm chained from withinNo courage to break freeBeen chained to these fearsIn the shadows I creepNo side to stand, no face to showChains of shame, hurt and painHow can I sustain to live?I'm caged and can't let goOn the noi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968890/ Months passed me byBut these feelings that I haveStill linger in my heart and soulHow can I resist?Feels like I've thrown myself to a pitFalling deep, sinking into the bottomHaving my heart buried aliveCan't escape this fateIn your love I'm falling deep !-Kathleen l. Bulas http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968327/ The yellow giant setsAnd so darkness invadesPondering in its shadowsAre little wishing dotsthey twinkle with the moonAnd ignite with their lightsWishing lanterns hangUp on the sky they shineI bend on my kneesWith a wish on my heartOh my impeccable wishing lanterns dear,Shoot my dreams high !-Kathlee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968324/ If there comes a timeThat I would see someoneWho's better than you, I swear I'd close my eyes !For this heart that I haveis nothing but like a mirror'Cause no matter How many times you break itWhen you look at the pieces,You'll still seeNo one but you.-Kathleen L. Burlas http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968321/ I laid my eyes on youHad your eyes meet  mineAnd at that very momentThe story then startedA magical feelingSo sweet, so charmingLike golden specks of dustBut you were never mineThat is absoluteMaybe we belong togetherIn another life and timeThe story of us todayIs nothing like those fairy tales.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968319/ Peering slowly at humanity's decadent existenceThere lies the known but unsolved mystery of loveEver wonder why we languish without such thing?Adrift its unknown logic is a dazed puzzle of lifeA fiasco of feelings daunting our innocent heartsBut across the blinding light is a silhouette of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968315/ One summer dayI've watched the sun rise up in the skyAns somehow witnessed how it sets its way downLike I've watched love come close then fade awayI've seen you believe in meAnd seen you trying to stayBut what good can it make?When I know you're not realI guess when reality steps in, the dreaming en.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968311/ All these years I've lived in this earthI've seen how people pay for the price of loveSuch waiting and hurting, such pain and sufferingMaybe Love is really that great and holyIt can't be bought nor be stolen awayfalling tears and breaking heartsStolen kisses and blushing cheeksThey all make up for t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968307/ There's no time limit for griefNo date for feeling betterHere in my own breakingI found valued companionsIn my own little vocabularyI refer them as tearsThey vigorously fall to my cheeksMaking me feel a lot betterHere on my own breakingI feel numb and discardedCarrying such unrequited loveIs nothing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968302/ In this solitary moment I long for somethingSomething that will satiate my hunger for loveThose moments that I'm alone with myselfI long for that warmth and tendernessThat for once I want to feel the magicThat magic of having someone that makes me smileAnd somehow make me cry at the same timeAll tho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/968297/ At the park I sit with a heavy heartLights sparkle as people pass byI felt pain prick insideThen rain started falling to my skinI stood on my kneesI walk with tears in the rainLike raindrops they accumulateIn the rain they resemble my painI walk, I walk with tears in the rain-Kathleen L. Burlas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/952873/ Today there's no doubtI'm letting the rain fall in my roomEverything is just so heavySo I'm draining it all in a rainIt falls, it fallsRain is falling in my roomI've got nothing to doBut to let the rain fallLittle raindrops swingIn a river of tears they fallToday it storms in my roomBut I'm telling .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/952871/ song, love poem, heart http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/952464/ I wake up from a dreamOh! more like a nightmareI get out of bed just to see them goAll my life I've lived this wayA solitary life in vainI have my parents but never a Mom and DadA child like me won't understandTheir business is killing meThey've been held captive by someone called 'work'It's br.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/952427/ He walks with swag His pride was his dignityLove was never his level For diamonds are in his veinsShe believes in solitude Her prejudice was her eyesShe doesn't trust in love For freedom was her willBut somehow love made his way Stroked these two with Cupid's bowUnbelievably, they're perfect t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951952/ The way he teases me is just so cute Those words had me giggling insideHe had me falling each day Like a dove he gives me hopeHe's a dream when I'm not sleeping And the lullaby that keeps me hummingMy teasing prince is like heaven He got my heart a little bit higherI'm floating on the wings of love .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951947/ He's unconsciously hurting me Those words that I saidHe tossed them in the air Ignored it like  it's invisibleHe just don't know  How much courage I breathed inIt wasn't that easy For me to utter those wordsBut just like an unwanted toy He didn't pay his attentionI smile for cover This pri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951873/ I was amazed by my sight Wishing lanterns in the skyUnder the stars they fly And in the darkness they glowThey lift my spirit high I close my eyes and make a wishWith hope that in heaven They'll send me my prizeMy faith is at sake As I pray for this wishSomehow, someway I'll wait for them to comeIn .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951481/ In my solitude I found himHe stood by me in my sufferingsGuided me in my journeysAnd never did he let me goHe was there when I had nothingI was drowning with tearsBut he rescued me in mightAnd gave me newly divide hopeNow I can see the lightBy his love I gain this valorHe blessed me with another day.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951324/ I stood and follow the lightThere was this  girlIn the mirror she standsWith a face I can't tellI looked away with fearBut when I glanced againI can see her look at meWith innocence on her eyesThere's a girl in the mirrorI wonder who she really isSometimes I wish I know herAnd the pai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951315/ Can this be real? Can this be love?Am I the person I was this morning?or have I fallen completely helpless?This crazy little feeling is knockingOn your doorstep I bring it inBut I don't even have the looksTo make you glance my wayI wait out in the cold breezeWatch as you glimmer in the darkIn your h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951302/ I had my fingers woundedStrumming such guitar stringsNo matter how hard I tryi just can't tune it rightAs impatience strucked meI had the strings brokenIt let out a loud soundThat banged my inside soulTouching those broken stringsI felt guilt pass my veinsThinking of those sweet melodiesIt could hav.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951295/ I was never free as a birdBeen chained to my fearsThe things I wanted to doI hide them in these wallsI had cried a salty riverThinking just weak I wasLost every courage to tryAnd I'm drowned in miseryThese fears inside my soulCreates the anxiety in meWanted to throw them all awayAnd be free on these.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951028/ Once upon my first year lifeI had a glimpse of loveMy innocent heart jumpedAnd feel for an Adonis dearThe feeling was totally newMy sleeping heart was awakenedThrough his everyday presenceI found my sweet inspirationIt was never a relationshipBut I miss seeing him smileThe way he captivates meIs jus.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951024/ Late at night I stay awakeSit in my bed with lights onI breath and take a penThen open my diary dearI'm amazed as I flip each pageDidn't know how much it costsLooking at those words I wroteI realized that it's been toughMy feelings I lay them hereWrite them inside my dear diaryI tell her all my secr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/951008/ I smile looking at them playTheir smiles make my dayIt felt like heaven by their sideAs I giggle with their laughsThey tease with such mockCall me with silly namesAnd play with no luckBut I love them still the sameThrough thick and thinThey're always by my sideWe've been in storms and fireBut still .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950988/ In silence I can feel the painThinking just how vague it isI hug my trembling kneesAs tears fall on my cheeksI shouldn't have looked at youOr should have just pretendedLike I blind girl passing byNot seeing the painful truthWith you I become transparentLike a fool you bend meYou melt my very soulLea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950978/ This is an essay inspired by Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Philippines' National Hero. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950966/ I used simple diction in this sonnet and a bit of informality [e.g Barbies] http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950942/ My friends call me supergirl Independent, tough and smartKnowing that I can get by Even without a boyfriend by my sideBut when I see you there Supergirl feels weakI'm lost when it comes to you My knees trembling like a quakeI can't do anything about it Seems like my powers are nothingYou drain every.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950538/ All those nights I lay awake thinkingPicturing the only love of my lifeThose times I think of you and meCan't do anything but make a sighFor I'm left alone in solitudeAnd all I've been doing is protectingDeny these feelings and lock them insideA lie for the sake of my boastful prideWhile a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950535/ It was my hand that he heldBut it's like it's my soul that he touchedI was captivated by the scent of his perfumeAnd with the music I'm brought to lifeIt's like we're dancing under the moonlightOn a clear sunny SaturdayHis presence is like a spellStunning me in my consciousnessAnd I can't get my min.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950528/ In this silent room I chase            those little daydreams in my headWith the dark musty breeze            I hear voices say your namePushing me to speak         .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smilekathee/950517/