http://slow.writerscafe.org/Daniel70 The original writings of author Randall en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775975460 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131731/ who knows?was there a start?was there and end?was there even an in between?who really cares?i'm tired!you lost!but you have your logic!and i... have my heart!we will see who is happier!who will have what in the end!you with your cold heartless logic! or me surrounded with my heart! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131574/ hell, sometimes you can leap too far.landing in front of the gates of hell.the devil certainly has a smile on his face today.guess he's glad to see me! maybe he remembers the last time we met,and i spit in his eye!he thinks he's got me this time.i'll smile at him, and spit in his other eye.then.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131569/ Two months that's all it took from start to finish.Strange, things started out smooth, soft word gentle songs shared Words exchanged to believing ears  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131400/    I looked upward towards the hill. I saw your new dress flowing in the wind. It was being worn by a cross, I looked for Jesus, I couldn't find him. I remember you gave your new dress to the neighbor lady, just because she liked it. And then you put on your old one, saying you really didn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131089/ willows hang like snakestheir limber limbs, are bull whipswhen snapped by young boys. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131080/ They say they always come in threes... Death that is...But today I am talking about stamps...I started with three...The first I gave when I was eighteen...The second was given at twenty seven... I have but one left, once it's gone...You've asked for the last one...Well, of course you may h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3131064/ I came to you wanting.You sent me away still wanting.There are dreams,which can never be fulfilled,by one dreamer.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130904/ did it have to go that way, you say.it started out nice and smooth.who knew... and so it goes.I thought different from you.but I convinced you to love me.just by saying... I love you.do you really believe that.but that's what you told me and so... it goes.you would think I'd be walking away,but.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130896/ Do you love her? Was asked.With all my heart......yes...... with all my heart!My love feels like the very first time I loved!It must be a miracle....... to have love twice!Feeling in your heart...... both felt as the very first time!   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130843/ Am I the sea that you love?The sea that you sit by, wishing to swim.Come... me` fa`ilte tu` to enter me.To float upon... knowing you need no port. I am your port for all seasons.You may feel my gentle waves... soothing your body.Make me whatever you want.Shape me around you for protection.Let m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130838/ Sometimes I don't think you understand! Or maybe it's me that doesn't understand!I am about to take the biggest leap of faith, in my life!You seem to think it is nothing. Perhaps that is the way you self protect.But it still tears away a part of my heart.I know you don't mean to harm me, b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130774/ one day... i was starvedthe next day... i received riceon me... fortune smiles! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130677/ your silence is deafeningsilence... is never an answerits... but a method to destroy another's heartsilence destroys its own heart! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130613/ Moon pies, pass the moon pies!Chocolate or banana moon pies?When your high, high, high!  Someone said, pass the Bong!I thought they said pass the thong!You thought the same, as you looked at me smiling.Oh... to be seventeen again!High, high, higher!Your red hair dancing in my face!I do lik.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130596/  heart floats... across seas.floating to shores... yet unseen.looking... for one love.finding one... waiting for love.two hearts... floating across seas. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130590/ cherries drop to groundthe sun heats them to softnessgiving the birds food. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130587/ I stood on the edge looking out over your world. Believing that if I moved, I would fall! Fall to where? Fall to there! You have me believing you, if I moved, I would fall.What power do you have over me?To bewitch me into thinking that way.I stand on the edge needing you!Wanting .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130583/ If I were an Englishman... disguised as a Frenchman... and had a rowboat. I would invade England..., plunder her chalky cliffs of dover.I would then corner the market on chalk for school blackboards. Foolish you say! I heard that blackboards are making a comeback. I would take ro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130448/ A heart may float across the sea.To shores... yet unseen.Looking for another to love.Finding... one... waiting! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130424/ If I came to you..., would you know me?Or would you send me away?If I came to you..., would you show me?Would you bring me..., to your heart?The first time I came to you..., you were young!You let me in most willingly without a single (?).But this time..., yes..., this time, will it be the same?Will.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130385/ God almighty, don't walk away!Don't give up!Not now...were so close...almost there!Please, oh, please!God almighty, you're the reason!The reason I am here... The reason I stay!Don't walk away!Don't give up on us!If you give up, you'll lose me... I'll lose you!You can't walk away...losing a love so p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130279/ Your silence is deafening!Silence... is never an answer!It is... but a method to destroy another's heart! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130252/  I stood there, and stood there.Waiting for you!  You came... I went with you!Or did you come with me?No matter... we are together!That is all that matters!https://youtu.be/vU2hPIwqbTk?si=qanrYtnucdHvlMG4Steven Curtis Chapman: "I will be here" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130178/ I do believe I've taken the hardest path to you my dear!Why did you have to run up the hill like Jill?My name isn't Jack and we're not related.Why did you run from me?Do you still have that bottle of Merlot?You haven't drank it all have you?I'm in need of some... to undo the confusion in my head.I h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3130102/ Death can land... lightly upon us.Sometimes it lands... heavy.But it always lands... no matter.Built yourself strong... to receive it.It will come ...to crush you!And the one's... you love!Try as you might to defeat it.It will win in the end.But before that time comes.Live!... As if death doesn't ex.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129987/ Don't you dare break my heart... Don't you dare! Know that I have given it to you!Don't you dare... turn around... trying to give it back!I won't accept it... no I won't... So, don't you dare!Don't even think about walking away... Don't you dare!Don't try to hand back your spoken words... Don't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129865/ I remember when I was five, six, seven, maybe even eight. The common punishment... was the switch cut from a giant mulberry tree. Now I really don't recall what I did, nothing terrible I suppose. So, the switching was just an attempt to set me straight on the right path for life.My mother was in cha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129792/ You are the light at the end of the tunnel... I seek!Your light gives me my bearings... needed to go forward!Through the tough stretches I may face... you lead me!My eyes stay fixed on you... through it all!As I reach the end of the tunnel... and the world opens!You are waiting for me with a smile.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129743/ Someone told me, never write in haste.You should take your time to think about... what you write.They were so right!Anything... I've written in haste without thought without using time.I have failed...You may think you don't have time on your side.But you do!......Otherwise, you will spend twice as .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129716/ You fly about just missing me. First, you are on the left of me then the right.Sometimes you fly above me. When will land in front of me?  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129642/ on second thought.why do I have to save all the worms?because, i want to go fishing!  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129640/ the worms, the worms.the worms are drowning!as i ran down the sidewalk, shouting the worms are drowninglooking for a bucket to put them in.trying to save as many as i can.the rains came forcing them from their dirt.how many worms will drown today because theysought safety on the sidewalk with i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129627/ Someone asked. How do you know you love her?I could only answer with these words.Because I break down whenever I think of her.I can't imagine... not loving her.  Tears flow...while the smile on my face brightens. The thought of her is why...........I know! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129499/ "Just a little fun." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129449/ I will build a house upon this land. A small house, you understand.But a house that will forever standon this new land. I will raise food in a garden, small.I will share my labors... with one and all.I will turn away no one who hungersor thirst... they shall eat and drink first.No one will.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129331/ You break my heart.I wait all day.Just to hear tell... a moment... of your life. But you rush away... leaving nothing.A few crumbs perhaps... discarded from your hands.I bend to pick them up... thinking....I was once a proud man.You fight me at every turn.Ignoring what I have said or written.Pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129325/ I sit and watch the light from your window.It seems never to darken.I've never seen you.Only...... have I been blessed with your words.Your soft voice drifting through the air, from your window.Someday... I will be at your door.I will not knock...I will not enter...I will lean against your door.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129254/ I was driving past a cemetery today. I noticed two roads leading into it, maybe out as well. One was named Heavens Way, the other Harvey's Way.I think I know where Heavens Way Road leads to.But it leaves me wondering where Harvey's Way leads to.Harvey does start with an "H" you know.It lea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3129113/ It doesn't matter.I know I daydream.That's what matters! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128953/ To everyone who reads this, I don't pretend to know everything. But I know this...Never try to break the spirit of a child that resides in the heart of a man... What you will have is a Man that will hide that spirit and heart deep within his chest, never seeing nor caring to see the light .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128924/ "Sometimes you must write it backwards to understand why. It doesn't make it right. It may only explain why." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128892/ I know what I want, I exclaimed.She's beautiful, a real woman's physique.Why, she's intelligent, Kind and compassionate.She inspires me!She makes me look at life standing from a different place.You say she has faults.Do you mean like others?Well, I've seen none, but I didn't look for them.I don't ba.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128845/   This is the last time around.  I know it......You know it......Will you ever tell me why?Why can't I have you?Why can't you have me?It's a simple asking.Round an around we go.This is.... the last time around.Let's make it around together...... 🤍🏳️&#1.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128809/ The first addition of a motorcycle tourist... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128694/ Barrett, my grandson.I would be proud if he became a Marine as I am.But sadden of the things he must learn to do.He is but four years, with a wild but gentle soul.Perhaps if we work hard for peace.And he earns the title of Marine.He will not have to use what he must learn. Only standing guard, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128655/ I think I'll just go home, I am tired, really, I am.It seems like it's no use trying anymore.I've tried enough already.For some reason, it just doesn't seem to matter.It seems to be, never enough.But I tried, and that might be all that matters.Yes? I think I'll just go home and rest.And see if .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128611/ Why I've fallen for you. You leave me confused, like the village idiot walking in circles with a smile on his face. You wonder why it's always a circle with a smile.... Because it always leads me back to you...... I'm not the smartest man, but I love walking in circles .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128422/ "Sometimes I write for me.Sometimes I will write for you.Sometimes I write for all of us.But most times I write for me,which always leads to (you)."Randall... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128337/                http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Daniel70/3128333/