http://slow.writerscafe.org/CaptDraven The original writings of author Jeremy Michael White en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776015436 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Lost in a labyrinthine decaying marketGuided along by a Winter Wonderlands changing colorsBlack snow forms ice beneath my feetEach corner a larger cluster of zeroes passes me byDark souls and blank eyes receding into numb existenceThey're following me, begging not for salvationThey want to silence m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1011137/ The poet sat down to think and writePulses in a glowing bubble of insightWarmth drifts from the distant fireplaceSinister shadows flee from his face Now here alone in the dark and quietUnusually free from his mental riotHe sips again from an ancient drinkLifts his pen and dips it into the ink&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1002885/ Started off strange with a little mystiqueLoneliness and pain wrapped in plasticHolding in and suffocatingThinking it is rightBut it'll only hurt you more Then after so long enslaved in silenceSanity's gone, Reason sits in blindnessScared as hell and halfway shakingThis may not be rightBut I ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001312/ So disruptiveSo self-destructive, yeahSo afraid to live and let liveToo shy to take and not give Stabbed in the side by a shiv Take the easy road outOn the path to the hard wayOnto the darker daysDescending sometimes pays Lessons from loathful lays But its all just like a tunnel&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001311/ Strolling along this foggy sidewalkGuided by the faint glow of streelampsChoking on the smog, still working hardCigarette has become a cylinder of ash - lost in thought Taxis pass by escorting folks through the city "Open" flashes dimly from an alleyway windowAlter direction and check it o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001310/ The great Rocky Mountain trembled and opened his hollow eyes  He trembled againand cried surging waterfalls down his mountainsideFlooding the Village of Stoics below Never have they seen such a sightTrue sadness and pain expressed by the RockSo they cried, too The great Sob .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001309/ Orbs of light drawing nearer from the thin realm of ideals in the skyFear of the unkown and illumination        fight or flight               would you dare run for cover?Where will you hide in the bottom of a barrel? Nowhere to go - -.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001307/ Standing in the Building of Life's lobbyBOOM! and it all comes crashing downCrushed underneath the debris Do you roll over and die?Never - push and squeeze to remove the weight Fierce determination - fire in the eyesNever quit, only stop when the body dies Sweating and sore but still .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001306/ Distant StrangerIt ain't been so longThat you have been wrongedIt ain't been so soonThat the red spilled off the moonAnd you've always cravedTo be among the crazed Haven't you cried?When your father diedYou found out he liedYet you ran and rideTo keep yourself pacified And only to rectifyD.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001305/ Pass the guns on your way out of the gateSay goodbye to this gated community of shipping boxes As the poison passes through the dollarYou are now energizedEyes roll back in the middle of a holler Everything is mesmerized Step up to the marvelous castle of ApolloPass through the entran.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001303/ ...and she said "I've finally found my wax statue    -posted in a dream But this is no real wax statue   -he is a freeze frame of higher Self Though I hadn't ever fully realized  -the water has begun to surface from under the sand" ...then she shall .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001301/ Three losses of differning causesSometimes what is needed are pausesIt takes its toll, the unexpectedOne must revive when feeling dejected Sing to the tune of a broken beatMile after mile on callused feetStep into the light and back to the normPrepared to battle the next storm Taken hostag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001300/ In my eyes a burning vision haunts every image in my headIn my skies the sun is brighter, but we like to keep it overcastNow you all feel the punishment, suffer the deadly tollAs we drain through the funnel, it's all over, there's no control No ControlOnly Variables Ever since the first co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001299/ Before I meet you down at the end of the roadThere are still things I need to do Just gonna take a detourJust gonna go explore (Just spread my wings and soar)There's so much more to see, oh what else could there beOpen door number three, see what's in store for me Travel on, just moving al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001298/ Alone, facing the highest of mountainsWhere the Gods deliberate on NatureCongress of Destiny and Senate of FateLove floats gracefully to the side, and smiles Simmered excitement draws toward centerSteps disappearing towards the Summit peakOverwhelming the essence of our CreatorsAloof in anxiety.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001297/ A crushing sense of painIs what the Earth feels nowGenocide act -- insaneWho? What? When? Where? Why? How? The colour of nothingDesert Earth reigns aloneThere's no life, not one thingOnly death's throbbing tone All life is over, not to come againEmptiness, nothing - wait- one to ruin abode.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001295/ A chance encounterWhat does it mean?Should it go further, what will it bring? That certain essenceFor so long I have missed Now slowly rolls in with a thunderdous mist In cinema fashionSo the story beginsIt's time once again for tragedy & sins I shall proceedWhether witty or .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001292/ I know a secret When I feel Love's pressure building between our lipsI know that I will never be doneWhen I get a floating feeling during the eclipseI know that I must go touch the Sun Floating, Flying, Laughing, CryingSoar out of the GalaxyStars are falling, Something's callingI don't nee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001291/ The HighwaymanThe WandererThe Back door man Hangin' loose down at the whiskey bar -throwing darts  --shooting pool Enthralling an audience of drunkards and girls with stories of years past the men excited by the tales of debauchery  and excessive liquid indulgencet.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001290/ Racing down the alley of eternal madnessMiles from the highway that will take me there Cruising to the end but not without a detourThis time I'm lost and straying further away Is there not a sanctuary?There's no end in sightDead end road, shadowed & scaryGhosts come alive in infinite n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001289/ Jagged edges of a mountain range like frantically torn paperThe sun resting on a peak of triangular circumpunctFlash for an instant the divison of light and darkAnd the road begins to twist under neon streetlights Crying out the windows like wolves to the joy of nightCity lights flickering to t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001288/ One finds Two - Two finds anotherTwo is wrapped up and it's starting to smotherSmother away all the visions One dreamedChoking on knowing nothing is at it seems It all works in circles, in cycles, and turnsAccepting the truth is key, but it churnsChurns away at the inside of OneFaster than ligh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001287/ Retrieve a pearl from the darkness of a sandEnter into new worlds, new life, new landFinally a welcome, a revealing, it comes outBut left without a droplet, drowning in doubt Receding into the use of illusionEvery item a symbolic allusionHiding behind metaphorical devicesChoking on flames yet c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001286/ Breathe, Breathe, and take a step backPrepare yourself to enter the Blackthe Black, it comes, in tsunami wavesBlinded again to desire and craves Fall apart, run away, so far yet so closeDwindling down and relying on the verboseIt's finally over, nothing to be savedSpinning around the funnel of .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001284/ Standing at the base of two electrical towers - Soaking up the unique current of each Two rough paths stretch endlessly before me - To a destination I may never even reach To choose a side based on uncertainty To free the inside of insecurityTo walk a path and take a chanceI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001283/ Enter the forest of majestic insightA closed door opens while a storm disappearsBurn, fuel the fire with eyes of Golden mightSensations abounding in the absence of years Surprise! Oh Surprise! The surfacing of wishesThe repressed crawls through, soon comes awareBalancing with Hope like a teeter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001219/ Does a poem need to be a sweet cocktail of symbol and illusion?Should the poet expose his pain and fend off a desire of confusion?The greatest art is simply known; It must contain genuine humanityWhether life be communicated as logical, depraved, or with insanity Could I cry in front of you?Sho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001217/ Scary and frightening this dark and bleak placeStanding at the wall and hesitant to move onShould I not navigate safely pain is to be feltBut this pain is necessary to move forward, yes Tip toe in and feel it beginPain washes over the faceStanding scared, let it beginFace to face with the chase.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001215/ The dream crawled out from behind its shadowReaching for light but hesitant to shakeTo shake hands with reality, with the worldLinger in limbo, the cracks turn to break No answer nor clue to the gold in YouBreaking through the red turns blueSimple breaths and the eyes sweet, tooSurf zone waves .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001212/ A hold it took on me and for long has stayedParallel actions to a golden memoryTogether is well, but alone I have prayedThat this come to life or soon discard me Reason, he flies, and lingers aboveI'm stuck in a shadow of feelingSurprise! This strange and different loveThoughts are evolving and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001211/ Awestruck! Hypnotized by the surrealAs the setting sun descends behind the apex of a mountainMy eyes are drawn irrevocably to the lucid, mango,luminescent dome exploding into the skyThe vivid natural scenery surfacing an emotion I can't seen to expressSo, okay, this is itThere is nothing left t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001207/ Lost in a thought - Between a hope and a dreamAn unexpected promise of unwarranted focus That which I've sought -Rips apart at the seamsConnected to the other and losing my locus Though it may not be pure ecstacyYou've slowly become my museIf it'd only bloom how I want it to beI still.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001206/ Work your feet like DancersSpring like a blossomed flowerYou may never have all the answersIn any minute or an hour This conversations ongoing--and it changes every dayLife goes on; it's not slowingBeing Process is the only way Cry the tears! Laugh the joy!Bottled up and over flowing .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001118/ This is a maze with some really high wallsEasy to get lost down those indigo hallsThink you've found the exit but it's only more stallsCue the loudspeaker; now the gentleman calls - "The wearing of new shoes is only a job.Pick up your feelings, don't leave them out like a slob.Why don't you lea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001117/ No sooner than I knew I was living on my ownNo faster than I could see I knew the confines of libertyNo clearer than the ocean did I drown in new emotionNo longer hazed in mystery was the answer to the misery Sauntering down the alley of eternal madnessFaire les vitrines and enter doors of sadn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001116/ Round 'em up! The dead, the gone, the lost, and the passsed A lunar eclipse, the sobbing angels, and the deep dream won't lastWhere in the search for it all did something come up missing?Cries, shouts, and pleas for help..But no one is listeningNo one is listening but everyone can hear. Write o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001114/ The fiery core of exaltation is expanding in pulsesleaking spotlights of energy through its shell of a cell Shell walls crumbling away like dead, falling petalsA moment of silence in the wake of a paradox Explosion!O, awakening of the righteous image within--explore so far as you may reach.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001113/ And then in the futureSo that only We now-Do go take a Deep bowAnd rip out our fresh suture And not that it shall matterThe Indent not only inventsThe course for future events-Is an Idea left to flatter The mind is empty in thoughtWhen the soul weighs heavilyThe morning call of "Reveille"I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001112/ Silent and calm in the dawn of the morningLoud as a bomb through the heat of the eveningMusky and raining as the storms are rolling inMeans the circus is about to beginSitting in the eye of a cycloneMadness circling all aroundHear the footsteps comingAnd see the voices runningRunning to the sky from.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001108/ This green marsh on the black sea6 and 7 spell miseryAt a hot rest stop on the side of a Flying highway �" nothing runsIn a contemplative stateYour body begins to relaxRecline down to an awkward slouchDismiss the s**t & slip awayWhile I’ve been debating with JesusAnd you&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001106/ Fast comes death on a morning hourOrders thunder from the towerTo the sounds your taste goes sourFor the man you are forced to cowerOne day you find a flowerNow you are feeling lighterYou could have knowledge and powerYou now crush this little flowerWho needs wisdom given to you?Gain it on your ownW.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001105/ Thundercloud growls over a domed cityElectric lines of hate illuminate the streetsStarving skies - Black as coalPicking at the diamondStarving lies from blackened soulsPicking at the diamondA single piercing bolt escapesAnchors to our spaceUplift - a struggle shiftThis is the Battle on the StiffIn a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001103/ I dont need this condescending tone from youThere has never been any reason to be throughUntil Now youve pushed me, Now youve angered meand I know what I have to doIs disappear and wait inside the shadows for youTwinkle in your eyesThink its no surpriseEnter your demiseSuddenly cry for heavens reply.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CaptDraven/1001097/