http://slow.writerscafe.org/outrached The original writings of author Rachel Myers en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775986544 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Oathkeeper whenI only wantMy oathbreakerI'll be a kingslayerMy bolting bastardReek-ing havocWinter is comingAnd you want toHold the doorFor the red ladyWho may bringYou back to lifeBut I have dragonsThat will light This fire againI'll be unsulliedBy this attemptAt treasonWe'll have a Trial.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1836742/ Maybe I’ll get Alzheimer’sJust like my grandpaAnd then I’ll finally forget That you and I existAnd that we onceExisted togetherOr maybe I’ll get a Reality check insteadAnd realize “f**k you”Which is certainly Less complicate.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139622/ When you took me outTo dispose of meYou didn’t put me In the trash canLike I begged you toYou put me in The recycle binSo I could beUsed again http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139620/ Come on skinny loveJust last the yearWe didn’t even make itTo the ides of marchAnd they didn’t warn meAbout the fourth of FebruaryAnd I can’t be aroundYou peopleBecause you’re pretending You still existBut you don’tExist .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139619/ “Tell me this is the bestEaster you’ve ever had”“It is”“Promise me you’ll alwaysremember this”“I willI have to go”And I grabbed your crotchAnd then you stayedAnd Jesus rose that dayAnd so did our bodies.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139618/ I am wary of things that begin in the winterBut I want my feelings for you to bloom like it is springI want our bodies to retain the summer heatI want us to be alive in the fall when the leaves die http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139616/ Our relationship wasPremature ejaculationThat you didn’t even Feel guilty aboutAnd instead of cummingYou focused on leavingWhen you should have Just rode it out http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139615/ I had itI sort of had itA fist clenched tightAround a ropeHanging from a cliffI was almost to the topBut then I came across A pair of scissors That was shiny and newAnd I was enthralledSo shinySo newThat I didn’t noticeHow sharp those scissor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1139614/ It’s the who can be HAPPIESTWithout one anothercontest.  No one is winningBut you can have theprize;Being alone.  For you seeI will move past thisand find REAL HAPPINESS And you will be STUCKWith happiness birthedfr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1025379/ Every night I findmyself talking to the same Three boys One Interchangeable whomeans nothingAnd never willWho gives me theattention I deserveBut never receive from Two Who tugs at myheartstringsAttached to thebutterflies in my stoma.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1025373/ I kissed a prince and he turned into a frogSo I bothered him like a flyAnd he swallowed me whole. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/1024271/ I had one of you beforeand then anotherand anotheranotherYou’re all replaceableevery last one of youso go ahead and ignore my callsgo aheadgo aheadI dare you http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982621/ Rescued from the sea of loneliness http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982619/ I struggle a lot with depression and anxiety. For a while it seemed to be getting better and during that time, this poem happened. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982615/ I went a little astray in my life at some point and that's when I wrote this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982347/ I think this might be an apology. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982269/ Inspired by true events. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982229/ Don’t tell me you're the glue I needwhen you aren't even tapeYou’re just post-it note adhesiveand you barely stick(around) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/outrached/982211/