http://slow.writerscafe.org/PoeticGlow The original writings of author Vincent Cuccolo en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775520636 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A recent collaboration by Dina Darling and I. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1365687/ Yoursurgical steel digs in my chestHowcan I sleep?Howcan I rest?Whenthe thought of you bringsNoanestheticAndI find myselfDrowningin your tears SomehowI can hear him cryOverthe earthquakes of the worldAwaiting cloudJusta grey mass.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1332193/ Plunge through the memoriesWith eyes sewn shutThe bitter slumber takes it holdAs your name Mouths itself At the back of my mindSilent subconscious screams This bed has become a cliffI cannot escapeOn the aerie of your nightmareAs I’m picked bit by bitSlowly but surelyPlacating y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1306829/ Cede thenescience you holdFavoring methrough a black crystal ball A grin as wideas an ocean crevice Casted down bythe shortest stickBitterly tastingits end Linked is thisheartLoop and chainThat I wear soproudlyReady to passthe torchOf my f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1306257/ This is for a project I'm involved in, consisting of fairy tales gone dark. This is my interpretation of The Three Little Pigs. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1283265/ At what point doyou decide to live?To kiss away theknife of your mindAs it bleedsinto your coreCleaving yoursanity At what point doyou breathe? To inhale yourheartbeatSo as to remindyou There’s air inthis world At what point do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1245432/ A vignette on society/mankind. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1236471/ A dark story on our individual selves. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1226473/ Afull house farawaySlowlytaking shape Drinkin these azure eyes that welcome Handsthat prompt to let goWingsas white as snow Clutchnow onto your cure Throughlove your demons have bledSofind a feather bed An.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1193900/ Yourskin laced with mineAsilent affirmationTimeafter timeIdrown in this salvationBeautyso unjustSettingthe air on fire Themirrors beneath your eyesThecarnival of your soul ExhilaratesOvertakesme beyond control Welcomingthe brea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1193725/ I know sometimes I collide Into the better half of myselfEntangled by the roots of this pain treeTearing down my divine sky And every security you so unknowingly bestow onto meI know sometimes I should know betterWhen I toss and turn at night THESE VOICES I CREATE That pickpocket every hour And sudd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1193723/ My canvas in the sky whited outThe moment I said goodbye to myself Damned my refection with a sickened stareAnd kissed the salty lips of a strangerOf me Every empty promise madeJust a blackened reminderAn arrow shot straight towards the soul Flying on broken wingsHow I have triedTo hold the sunFor i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1193722/ Saunders nervously fiddled with his hands, staring down at the hardwood floor before him. Nearby, an ebony grandfather clock sounded gently, its pendulum swinging back and forth in perpetuity; the time read 11:59 PM.              .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1148344/ Hestared at the weightless pills in his hand, each Prozac enveloping the surfaceof his skin in a deathly white.             They called to him, the alluring voicesseemingly to reverberate out of the glass of dirty tap water in his oth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1138965/ What do you do when your pulse runs a marathon?When your body itches and aches with fear, and theonly way to save yourself is to scratch Every screaming, pleading pain right tothe very boneWhat do you do when every tally, every trial decoratesthese tired walls?When every mark just .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1122173/ Perceptions prison meThese bars hold no sympathyBut only discordI am where you decide I should be So set the stage where you want me The coat of arrogance is snugOn my naked, lesser bodyOne size fits allA fitted despair I am what you bra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1102195/ A quaking pulseA desert-dry tongueA famished satisfactionThis f*****g list goes on and on Dreams that never come trueOnly come undonePerfectly disappointingOne hell of a shot Temptation baits meThese wings have been assailed  So take me by the hornsBecause I’m not myself tonight.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1086895/ I confided in you Whispered those three weighty words An air-borne riskTargeted dead-center Heat seekingMind-blowingly preciseReleasing the panic Of my pent-up love Feverishly flowing On the swells of ecstasyI’m a love-addict craving your scene.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1062084/ Quick note: I am using the words "vanity" and "arrogance" in a reckless-like manner, I'm not necessarily trying to convey myself in an egotistic light, if that makes any sense.---------Vanity drips from the cup of arroganceA glass never fully drunkBut gorgedOverflowedAnd I keep coming back for more&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1039949/ There’s nothing left to sayNothing left to doFor even the broken record refuses to spinWords forever the sameCancel each other outNullify by second nature Yet he tries to convince himselfThat he was out of the wrongOut of the muck of his unending waysHe forced the changeShed his skin too .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1039946/ Time pestered meDisheartened my hopesCrumbled my dreamsTo no endMy bitter little friendStretching on tirelesslyWhile my odds for survivalGlare in betrayal I’m spentWearyThis marathon of exhaustionHas me by the soulBut leaves just enough life insideFor death to tickly-tease meA careful tor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1022537/ Audacious is the nightLet us douse the introductionsFor our lips have become soaring birds of preyVultures of loveThat have waited long enoughFor a moment like this I’m readily unkemptIncautious to the rulesSoiled in the wake of youWhile vulgarity chucks us into sweaty madnessThe bed conv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1021056/ This passion speaks volumesI’m once more a liability to loveONCE MORE SUBJECTEDLeft to face the tsunami of chanceHoping that fate finally gets it rightThis time aroundThe act that so desperately needsTo pull itself together I’ve grown tiredOf picking up the same piecesOf my tired, t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1017843/ The wanting feeds onitselfGraveDesperate Voids the size of theuniverseLay siege on his entirebeing  CrazinessPandemoniumA constant commotionA cry like no otherHopeless to fillWhen every voice wants thesame thing Time and time again&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1007025/ Like It or Not I trip over the same footstepsLook the other way with all my might,As another exit flies on byRefusing to deviateRefusing to move on,Because getting over you is a risk I don’t want to take These lips will remain puckeredDay and nightWhether you like it or notPassion to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1005700/ Relic memories breach the surface Repression surrendersCaves inThe crimson roses that cut my skin,Ten miles deep,The slam-dunk force that is you Haunted by the hellosWithered by the farewellsAs you live your life in sweet passivity,Uncaring to the apocaly.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1005350/ A collaboration by my friend Dina and I http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/1005347/ Indifference is a pillI swallow wholeWashed down with the putridnessOf incompetenceDistrust Emotions run dryBarrenDesolateThis dessert tongue swarming withThe tumbleweeds of disappointmentThe empty promises you left behindThis taste in my mouth as rottenAs a corpse It’s not what you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/998996/ Use meOne by oneThe needs you crave line upWrap snugly around the worldPaper towel worthIs what I’ve becomeSo do ripDo tear Crucified in the name of youThis crown that fits me all too wellPerfectly victimizedA portrait of painMONA LISA FROWNPainted in red Burlesque attitudesLaughing .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/996228/ Wickedness taps on the dullness of your soulThe calling you never disappointSincerity left for dead Cold and alone as you left itGetting off on Barbaric tendencies The better judgment you shot out of orbitThe stars weeping in painYour forgotten heart Your.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/995895/ You muted love without a warning.Unarmed, I braced for your attack;You said this is what you wanted,You swore you wouldn’t look back. You tore down what was pure.Harnessed, I watched you do the worst;You said my pleading eyes meant nothing,You swore you wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/982792/ You left me here, yet you took nothing.Why couldn’t you just take everything?Can’t you see that you’ve left me with something?The pain I feel without you. You left me here, yet I’m unsure if you even care.Why couldn't you just present the truth to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/980705/ When every voice scolded you to the ground, I was there to lift you away. When all darkness robbed your light,I was there to show you the way. When every teardrop made an ocean,I was there to throw you a line. When all you loved slipped from your ve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/980668/ Tranquilizing rejection hitsPinpoint preciseThe way you use that sniper’s scopeWasting no time to make me bleedThe love so preciously churned I kick the truthRight in the jewelsWhere the sun don’t shineGiving denial the coldest of shouldersYou clearly haven’t metThe ice age of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/980567/ The bitterness sticks like glue,Sews on to the better halves of ourselves;Vessels to misery,An eerie entertainment;Riding out dark acts until it becomes the death of us.Funny,How we are the weavers of our own fate,A delicate gold string,Yet we choose to hang each another with it,WE ARE OUR OWN EXCEC.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979837/ I lick the chops of promiscuity,A delectable disease Incurable,Irreversible. I devoured the apple in one gluttonous gulp,A lustful monstrositySo careless and free;INNOCENCE IS TRIVIAL, WHEN ONE CAN’T BE TAMED. I’m as wild as they come,Eating n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979667/ The mask is on, I hide my shame;But who’s to blameIf not myself,Here, in this audience of one? Start the music, The soundtrack ofmy affliction begins to play;Notes of darkness that drive out the day,Like a black wind. The ball begins,&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979467/ A poem about experiencing the joys of a new love interest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979255/ Rapture approaches.An unrelenting force,A playful surprise;The most perfect storm,Fueling the want in our desperate eyes. Let us at last feed these starved hearts,Let us at last give in to love. This moment our sanctuary,Our safe place;The haunti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979235/ My stanzas to a collaboration I did with my dear friend, Dina Darling! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979232/ It started with afling,It ended with a bang.With you,The loaded gun,And all the false songs you sang.Deceiving mecleverly,Preying on my vulnerability;No better smell than that ofThis desperate heart in need.Touching meeagerly,Heatedly meeting your poisoned lips I failed to see;Beco.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979229/ I can hear the distant words of our past,Melodies of rich ecstasy and pleasure tickle my earsin sweet reminder;I extend my hand, gently, to you.Won’t you have this dance with me?Live again in pure euphony? Just let the memories take control,Let them fill the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979227/ I hope he was worth it.I hope he was worth leaving me to dryIn this forsaken bed,This charred sanctuary where our love was made;Your irreplaceable smell,The marks of your assuring touch…They will never leave these sheets. Forever bounded to this devotion,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979226/ Whimsical dreams take flight,Soars over the yearnings of my mind. Desire eager and ready to go;This flame, a crimson-red,This wanting, a steady earthquake. You’re in my sights,Under the eye of my storm;This love I have for you a burden,A consum.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979117/ Cloud Nine can’t compareTo this feeling that you give me. A rush blazing from within---everywhere. The pleasantries, an all-consuming fire;I can hardly breathe,Yet, I relish every second of it. What more do you have under your sleeve?Just how will you captivate me next? You.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979114/ Fear.It’s everywhere I look---In my mind,Body,And soul.An unwelcomed entity,Slowly breaking me until I am no more;Hijacked of my will,Raped of all of my hope;A mere puppet,A helpless slave,Forever whipped,Always reigned upon. Fear.It’s uncaring---A heartless creature that desolates .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979112/ How could you not know just how much more I can take?When you yourself know just how easily I break… This love begs for a stand,A saving grace,A new beginning;But where do we start, if we’re always right back at the end?If we’re always looking down into a bottomless pitOf bit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979111/ Subtle screams scratch the surface,The fear that anchors these tired lungs.Dreams held,Found then lost,The restless crisis that strikes again.Paralytic doubts leaving me to sinkIn the quicksand of myself;It's all just the same dark scene,The same recurring dream,Sprinkled with nightmares.Numb to all.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979106/ Twisted was the kiss you left,A bad omen I should have foreseen;But that glimmer in your eyes had me lost for days. Hoping inside a hopeless promise,I waited for you,And you never came;But I refused to see the illusion that was your love,The desert mirage that teased my senses,The surreal dream.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979105/ Kindness shrivels in the wake of resentment,The patience I’ve held, rapidly fleeing.Anger possessing this fragile frame,The heart once warm, now frigid and cold. You’ve woken a sleeping giant,A cataclysm hungry for revenge;And your idiocy never tasted so good,This flipping of the sc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/PoeticGlow/979101/