http://slow.writerscafe.org/llama40204 The original writings of author Brandon Houser en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775921064 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 All my words sound like a prayerAll your whispers sound like confessionThough my instinct says bewareStill what lingers takes possessionI can't give you all the blameI can't give you all the yearningThough my senses dull the flameStill I can't escape the burning I'll let you watch me fall in re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131472/ Am I a worker who never stayed the course just to be implicit in all society's crimes?Or am I just a foolwithout the patienceto let the game run outon someone else's dime?If you give me a ladder,I'll pretend to climb.If you have the confidence,I'll steal your time.Am I a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131386/ You can close your eyesThere's nothing here to see Only echoes in the canyonFrom words someone set freeVapors in the slip streamDesolving in the sunWaiting in the darknessFor a muse that never comesYou can turn your backThere's nothing here to faceJust another endless highway.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131295/ In the unraveling of day,who among us will join the search for our tomorrow?Is a hunt that never ends, born of minds forever trainedto blindly follow?Lost in tremors here and now,can you see the future in the past?Can you satiate what lingers,when you're running with the fi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131203/ One from the notebook. Years ago I was in a church and suddenly became upset by the political atmosphere. And the marketplace outside the chapel made it worse. So I penned this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131184/ I held the lanternTo the worldI couldn't see the lightFrom the darkLike a searcher in the wildLooking for the flameThat has the matchBut can't find a sparkI held the lanternTo the thresholdYou can only seeDistant in the nightI saw falling stars that driftFor stones that g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131139/ This is one from the vaults. Written in 1994 or 1995. A little young adult angst. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3131069/ It's no secretWe all need to findA little spaceFor a humble mindListen peopleYou can spare some timeFor HumilityIt doesn't take a knifeTo make the cutOne door opensThe other one shutsYou don't have To be stuck in a rutFor HumilityYou don't have to be bluntOr be too .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3130759/ Sometimes, we all have to findEven the lighthouseNeeds a little ray of light http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3130663/ Perseverance calls the wavesWhen I want to drown in deepAnd leads to rivers flowingWhere the lighthouse current sleepsStuck in restless thoughtPerseverance turns my pagesLike a restless broken dancerTapping swiftly on life's stagesTo the song I couldn't singFor the words I coul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3130646/ What becomes of the eyeswhen you linger still?What becomes of the dancewhen you surrender your will?What becomes of the thunderwhen you want to feel the rain?What becomes of pleasurewhen you sing through the pain?What becomes of icewhen you're addicted to the fire?What become.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3130283/ Once was a timeWhat a time it wasThe Native Tribes ruledAnd lived for their cause Then came a fewWith crooked dirty hands Who pushed them awayAnd robbed them of land The land is still there Those who fought for it gone Lingering in the memoryOf our history's songOnce was a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3130019/ Grace whispers in the nightWhen you can't find your wayGrace holds the debtWhen you're afraid to payGrace sings the songThat doesn't have a singerGrace holds your breathWhen mercy wants to lingerGrace keeps you floatingOn every raging riverGrace holds that current For which.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3129994/ Here we are againThe feeling hits and sinksTaking us downWay down to the brinkWhat fools are weWe let the world stallAnd we crumble in the deep To build up these wallsI stand here a fighterWho knocks himself downA survivor who swimsWhile trying to drown Lord help this fool.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3129866/ Maybe something deep here but I was overcome to just be playful with words http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3129447/ I crawled out of my grave todayTo learn a new battle cryYou can't be six feet underAnd be eight miles highWhat's a soul to doWhat's a fool to saySo for the loving departedI crawled out of my grave todayI jumped off the ride todaySo I could learn to slow downYou can only go so f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3129241/ Fix the brokenSpeak the unspokenJust breatheInstead of chokingMake time for the present Don't get lost in the pastYou don't have to be firstIt won't hurt to be lastDon't sleep at the wheelOr travel too fastAnd don't waste your futureOn the shadows you cast. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128755/ To dance in the shadowswhere the current hums.Dancing to watch the fire risein a pen whose words are not mine.Yet I write.......And with each strokethe page is lava.The page is a strangerI will never touch.But still I write.......The pen finds curves I will brush Yet never tr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128585/ There is a manWho does what he canTo use, abuse, and lieDoesn't care who he hurtsOr who he desertsDon't ever dare look in his eyesIf it's you he may useIt's you who will loseHe will bring you down to his sizeIt isn't really fairBut he'll put you thereWith him in the liar's chairThere's a woman out t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128402/ Should IClose my eyes to make you seeShould IPush myself away to draw you nearShould I Go to sleep to wake you upShould IStand still to shake you of fearsI'll keep moving backwardsJust to move you forwardIf it helps you hereShould IBe quiet to get you to hearShould IGo in the dark to bring you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128401/ Though the world may be sitting stillYou may feel like you've had your fillWith it's constant shrinking willAnd it's nervous hollow chillI want you to seeThat you can feed off meWhen you still do what you mustBut everything still fades to dustWhile you run out of all your trustAs well as all your ea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128399/ Did you ever look at someoneAnd think to yourselfThey are a reflection of you?They were all that you were?Yet you only saw themIn the shattered glass Of a smashed mirror?Were they waiting on the changesThat were already working on you?If the changes were thereMaybe for them they were unclearDid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3128398/ I think it's timeTo lay down the cardsI never was someone To call the bluffThere comes a dayWhen you have to face the dealerStop the game and say you played enoughI don't have the will to keep on bettingI don't have the strength to spend a dimeI don't have the eyes to be a gamblerWhen I bet on .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127976/ Take my handBut choose the one you takeEach leads to another placeWith different gamesAnd different stakesBuy the ticketTake the rideWith no stage to stand onAnd nowhere to hide.Just listen......I'll try to make you seeThe good and evil things That you could beAnd tell .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127778/ Where are the ones Who suffered throughYour flight of fancySwallowed wholeInto a fountain of liesHidden on the wings A little tearInside a prayerWaiting nakedIn a dream that soon will die.Shadows only follow In a circleOf the home That you abandonedLong ago inside your mind.All the eyes upon youNeve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127552/ You can try to run awayBut you're always going to findJust several steps aheadWill be the visions of your mindYou can close your eyes so coldlyTurn around and just walk onPretending in your weakness You can only be so strongBut it's like you never leftThough you've gone a million milesAnd you counte.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127551/ Half of our livesIs a search for the truthWhile the next wordsWe speak are a lieMost of the dayWe pretend to be toughBut most of the night All alone we will cryMost times we refuse The help of a friendAnd grow bitter When they turn their backBut we know insideThat the greatest betrayerOf day and of .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127549/ It's 3am Where are you going? Constantly moving But no one is growing Forward is backward Down is up The answer is not In a half empty cup The riddle continues Who knows what tomorrow may bring We have to stop trusting In desperate, lonely things   The night it may call you Though you can't see.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127548/ Blinded in the light of winterSeeing only what covers usOr what the wind allowsColdness and bitternessIs easily feltBut what is real is What lies in understandingThat the truth is evidentAnd passing through the darknessAs it buries the oldAnd welcomes what is newA hidden realization In the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127544/ If I could takeAll of your tearsI'd form from themAn oceanOn which nobodyWould dare sailIt would be yours To flow free uponA currentThat never failsA waveThe never breaksFrom tearsThe world cannot shakeAnd waterfallsThat drown the sadnessOf years lostIn the whirlpoolBeing thereDidn't make you a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127542/ I don't want to pretendI just want to defendEveryone whose beenDown and outI don't want to fightI want all to be rightAnd never have to Struggle with doubtI want to reach for the starsAnd scream from afarThat life is much better Not worseBut firstI have to be right with myselfI want to bre.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127539/ Fire in me rage!Smoking heat devour me!Dreaming to be burned. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127065/ It must be hardStanding on a rock of pride That sinks in the dirt every time The world doesn’t owe you A blessed thing It can’t spare you a dime Yet you cry woe is me To everyone you can blame And push your problems On everyone else Cause no .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3127016/ Keep on pacingClimb the wallsDo your dutyYour duty callsYou're all out of patienceSo let it goYou're in top flight But you may crash landSo find your time In a grain of sandBut learn to hold on tightBefore it blowsThe directions you takeWill dig your holesJust keep pushing The hands o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126948/ Seasons changeWhen people don'tFeelings fadeWhere memories won'tThey only hideIn the end of the dayAnd the fall of the nightWhile mirrors breakAnd reflections stayEmotion stalksWhere shadows swayIn a backward windBlowing where it's never beenA clear road of wrong and rightNo place to die or fightOr .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126946/ The wind blowsNever knowing Who it hitsUntil they're goneWhile the world flowsAnd timeIt never quitsIt just moves onAnd we just sit And let it allPass us byDrifting on To other daysDown the roadAnd we don't seeOr hear the laughterFrom the criesUntil the windIt sweeps them all awayInto.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126945/ The doctor has the cureBut first you must acknowledgeYou're diseasedThe clown may have the laughterBut first you must acknowledgeYou're displeasedYou may grow to findThe truths you've knownAre not true, only fakerAnd the lovers that you cling toThere were never giversOnly takersYou may ask for safet.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126894/ Broken hearts. Everyone has had one. I was just a kid when I wrote this. Long since healed, and better off. But I kept the words. Any writer would (some of the time). http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126893/ Even at midnightSilence in itself Is a deafening screamThe sinister alley waysThe street lightsAnd everything in betweenYour footsteps are hauntedWith the very thoughtYou can't run fromThough you may be able to seeYou are still in the darkAnd waiting for something To set you freeBut the ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126892/ Winds of fallTake me for a rideAnd drop me where you mayYou know my allAnd where I hideAnd every word I saySo let me drift Without a care Into winter's armsWhen spring comes I'll shiftWith a loner's despairInto summer's harm http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126694/ Last poem I wrote. I wrote this 5 years ago hoping the words would fade, but they grow louder. I won't say who it's about. That's up to you. You'll get out of this what you put into this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126689/ I really don't want to describe these things. I want to leave them open to whoever reads them. I will just say this is my first. Wrote when I was 16. Good or bad, here it is. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/llama40204/3126686/