http://slow.writerscafe.org/David_ The original writings of author David the writer en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776041584 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When the lights go outAnd there's no one else aroundDo you like yourselfOr do you pretend like you aren't thereWhen you see yourself for who you areAre you still staring, or do you look awayAre you happyWhen you can't believe you're someone elseWhen my eyes are closedThere are parts of me I can't ig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1893820/ Sinking in the same old quick sandBathing in the same old filth The sun's light washes over my faceAnd I still sink no matter how loud I screamMy eyes are blind with naive hopeI know better than to believe Yet, I still try to pry my way outBut I don't know what I'd do if I ever made itA wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1881558/ You walked into my life like a hurricaneI didn't know if falling for you was okayBut I did it anyway, and I never looked backBecause I'm too far in to ever turn away from youThe lights went dim when I first saw youYou were walking, and the crowd faded awayThe spotlight hit your face as if you had fa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1879675/ Look at my wide hipped girlAnd her thick skinned thighs She keeps me warm at night She holds me so close to her With her thigh high socksShe makes me misbehave And she knows how to fox her way aroundWith her legs wrapped around my neck Look how she moves those curves She's a wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1867846/ I can tell you a story from stars long fallenAbout a boy who loved a princess sweetlyBut foolish he was to think anything could grow from himselfIf you didn't know, nothing can never grow from a nothingThat's who he was, a nothing conceived in hateHe fought to find his place in our rugged worldHe wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1867756/ Melting and melting and meltingI feel this feeling once againAll that's inside of me can no longer be chainedAnd I'll have to let it goFalling and falling and falling againNo matter how high I climbI will always fall victim to who I am once againBut I'm cursed to never figure this outFingers pointin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1866658/ My body is a sacred labyrinth that leads to somewhere I've never beenEvery crack, every shatter will only take you somewhere deeperMy eyes lead to the empty shrine where I would keep my soul, if I had oneAnd the veins on my arms will take you to my empty throne room where my heart used to ruleI gues.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1866205/ The dust settles on my missed opportunitiesAnd the wind dances on top of my list of regretsBut I howl the progression of society, come to crumbleThough I remain to watch it all happen againShe gave herself to me in my disgraceI pulled her from smoking rubble, but II was just another mess yet to come.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1865884/ I'm destined to walk a line of chaosMy role in this world is but simpleEverything I touch burns and I am to leave a fingerprintOn the course of human events, on history, and on this fragile worldThe universe birthed me from fallen angelsOur plane of existence could not hold the stars backI've a wick.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1865875/ I've got a pair of stitches on my backThey're still tender from when my wings were taken awayAnd they were replaced by these horns on my headJust to remind me of the thrill of the fall  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1865326/ I never saw myself as a saviorBut I am told that I have saved people like myselfAnd I never saw myself as a leader of menBut I am told my actions serve as an example for other men to followI'd never believe I had powerBut I've been told I could change the worldSorry isn't a word in my vocabularyBut .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1865017/ The dull drums bang in the scene of another warSome say it's over money, some blame higher powersGripping my gun close to my chest, I am ready to marchIt seems the war fought in morality would not concern this nihilistI don't want to kill another man for his beliefsBut I don't mind if it's him, or m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1864996/ Real TalkI can't ever find the right words And when I do, I put them in the wrong order I always have ideas butI don't always have the confidence to share them So I sit quietly loathing The wide halls, white brick walls That's when I start cursingCurse these wooden tables, a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1862493/ Line up to dieYou were born for one momentIt doesn't matter how you got hereReady for life's one certaintyPrepare to fallThe ink of our bodies is not permanentAnd the words we say will be forgottenAs the tale of our lives grow transparentTrue meaningIf there's no end, why should we even beginTomorro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1860099/ Forgive me for my gentle sinI said I'm nothing but filthy Wash me, wash my eyes, wash my soulBut the dirt will never come offI've seen a world I can never forgetI've come to know a-whole-nother lifeDigging up the feeling of freedom in the dirtWhich all lays between the distance of you and ITher.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1860085/ I picked her up from a little worldEveryone knew everyone in her small townHome grown, home brew kind of vibes buzzed liesHome sewn clothes, and humble abode paradiseI was a playboy in a complicated placeMaking big plays for hustles that never workedI was a mess wrapped in debt, and dipped in greedB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1860079/ From between the binding halls of high schoolTo the cold concrete streets we see ourselves crossingThere are always shadowsThere will always be those cold corners no one noticesThese shadows hide things "normal" people don't want to see"Normal people" won't acknowledge these shadows because they don.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1851852/ I've got these two hands, and two feetBut I can't seem to keep a hold of where I'm goingTime is slipping away each swift passing momentAnd so am IIf my story ended tonight, who could tell itI was raised poor, saw wealth, but I never saw myselfAnd that's where I'm atNever seeing myselfAnd this old du.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1851850/ There's a nowhere I find myself tangled inHanging between perishing and paradiseWith my neck in a noose and my hands on a crossAs my heart's caught in the chains of a far away loverI wish I could dream of freedom but I'm too busyThe cold lonely air setting on my shouldersAll I want to do is see that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1845554/ I wake up on Monday morningsLight up last night's cigaretteLike the flames of last night's memoriesAnd all I can think of is that little townI put on clothes and my cologneI fix my hair, and practice my smileBut all I can see is the man I want to beNot the man I amRegardless I put on my bootsTime to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1845537/ It started as a taste test Now I’m drowning In her lips, in her hips In her eyes, in her heart A little sip of love Now how can I sleep alone My body shivers and itches When I go a day without I’m in love with I’m addicted to I’m lost in Her I ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838111/ There are many stories told Heroes remembered in gold But what about me Will I even be noticed when I go We still talk of empires built tall Cities safe behind their own wall But I come from no such place Oklahoma has real pretty dirt though Kings boasted foreign jewels And mad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838109/ I woke up late and my headphones won't workMy bones still ache but I'm used to that I just wish I could have woken up a millionaire And I wish all these people just wouldn't stare I'd cut my hair but I can't find the timeAnd I'd change my name but it's all the sameI have a love hate re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838106/ This isn't a scene It's a tragedy Completed with running mascara And broken ties that tied two souls This isn't poetry It's a means of art Crystal colored tears And color drained expressionless faces This isn't in your headIt's running through your spineChills and goosebumps .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838102/ Will you miss the skin around my hand Will you remember the scent around my neck Or will you forget all the good times Discarding me like last night's dream When you walk the long way Will you think of when I walked you home And when you feel the wind at your back Will you hear my na.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838098/ Girl, you’re a walking day dream With stars in her fiery eyes And the seven seas in her hairWith the curves of an unsure road Your lips taste like simpler times And your skin's soft like cotton candy But a dream is pounding To the beat of your arrival You walk the line betw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1838088/ I use these words and wasted inkTo paint the beautiful apathyAnd to make you feel the stinging beautyOf the ups, the downs, of my worldI use the time I've been givenTo give others the time I wastedTrying to learn the hard wayWhy we live for todayAnd I sacrifice for my artThe art form of saying what .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1837734/ It's four in the eveningThe sun is out, the clouds awayMy mind is free to roamAs my boots step upon fresh cut grassI love the leaves this time of yearAnd the weather is so invitingMy jacket hugs my bodyThe wind waves helloI'm walking my shadow todayTonight I'll cuddle with my headphonesTomorrow, who.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1837732/ If I was ever a superhero like SupermanOr more courageous like Batman My superpower would be not caringBecause is the day ever in danger if you don't careIt's hard to follow, it's hard to learnBecause it's a lesson that'll burnBut the only way to be happyIs to just not careHave you ever failed .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1837720/ Spend all your time making moneySpend all your money on time with those you loveSpend all your love making up for lost timeAnd it leaves you hanging in the fires of mortalityDiamonds sitting on the gold ring you boughtThe sun shining on her smile you broughtYour focus is distracted by our gentle cur.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1837719/ A million piecesBaby, I'm a glass muralShattered in town hallA million piecesI used to mean somethingI served some purposePeople thought I was somethingNow I'm a million piecesSo here I lay on a chapel floorYou came strolling through the doorWe both need put back togetherWe're both a million piecesA.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1836734/ I'm my past's spitting imageStaring down my mistakes made againIn my eyes you can see the shameBut in my hands you can feel the prideI'd never admit aloudThe things I think of myselfBut I'm as ugly on the surface as insideAnd there's too many things I hideWe all know I can't changeBut only I know I'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1836728/ They tell you to play the cards you've been dealtIf that doesn't work out then you can always beg for changeAnd they tell you to grow up and get over itBut what happens when the things in your head eat you aliveThey'll see you on the street corners and act like they're sorryBut they just think it's .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834996/ I remember the days when I dreamedI was going to be so big it seemedWith the whole world at my feetAnd the stars laying high aboveI used to never listenAlways in and out of troubleBut the days I had to comeHave laid cracks in my faithI never believed in anything but myselfBut that's an old story, la.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834992/ When the world is silent and stillAnd you take time to just breathe aloneWhat is on your mindAnd what do you missWhen the busy streets are busy no longerAnd the city lights go darkWhat is on your mindAnd what do you missWhen nothing seems like it existsAnd your whole life feels like it's pausedWhat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834574/ "You have a serious attitude.""You need to fix your attitude.""Your attitude needs a serious adjustment.""Your attitude is so childish, and it's going to get you nowhere in life."Have you ever stopped and just thoughtYou ever notice a word that's said a lot in your lifeMaybe it isn't said so much in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834571/ I woke up with stars in my eyesI fell asleep with the moon at my feetAnd now I'm daydreaming with the bestTransparent daisies, glittering cagesI've been on the yellow brick roadAnd I've seen KansasIf it glitters, it's poisonBecause no one ever falls for the ugly onesAnd you know what they sayThere's.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834562/ I'm engaged, getting married soonAnd I'm almost done with schoolI've got a good looking jobThe money's good, I guessI've got a few friends, we're not closeBut I don't have so many enemiesThe early fall breeze feels sweetSo does the earth between my toesNow I've got more answers than questionsBut I'v.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1834556/ Fears flood the lands of an aging worldAngels fall and demons crawl to a meeting placeWhispering words of the ending we'll all find outOur lives the final act in the play of human eventsPigs wield backhanded justice in the streetsAnd gangsters cry in the smoke of the aftermathHalos are being given o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1832862/ The sign outside smilesThe building towering for milesYou can't make heads, or tailsBut this place holds untold talesThe walls out front whisperAnd when you enter, the air's crisperHere's the halls of the rooms filled with murderersYou can tell the plain white walls are the torturersDon't act scared.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1829716/ There's a lot of pillsA pill to cure youA pill to numb youA pill to make you anewAnd there's a lot of pressureTo be someone you don't knowTo be yourselfTo live in a foreign languageTo breathe better airNot to mention the drugsTo release youTo help you focusTo energize youTo make you forgetBut where'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1829714/ I'm going seventy In a thirty five Just to fall at your doorstep Humble and unafraid Just a humble guest Nestling in your heart I refuse to leaveThe warmth of your love Love is such a gentle thing Until it begins to tear you apartYour lips on mine It's a feeling I've been c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1828502/ I'm so sick of being right But nobody listening Everybody carrying on Fighting, worrying I'm so sick of saying the truth But being the bad guy For something everyone agrees with Don't throw stones in a glass house And here I am Raw and proud I don't care if you crucify me I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1823209/ Somewhere betweenAdrenaline and death I find myself hung Abused and confused Human or beastI can not say But bleeding I amFrom all the goodbyes Wrists together My head hanging Begin the sacrifice Ready for the ritual If you want me Here I am Stone me to death Or b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1821075/ I'm a dirty devilNo good, not half badI've got horns that say go awayAnd fangs that say I'll biteI wear these suitsTo impress peopleThat I actually hateTo lie to myself about being a loserAnd heyI don't want to burst your bubbleBut we're all dying some dayI'm not ready; are youThe things I doThe thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1820255/ Her name is KaitlynShe's fifteenAnd tonight she's all aloneJust like I amJust three hours awayIn car time that isGod, I wish I had one of thoseBut I can't pass the test so farI have a lump in my throatSome coal in my heartBecause she's my best partBut if only love was easyLove is a lemonYou work har.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1820254/ I want to be an entrepreneur"What does that mean?"I get that question a lotI always say I dunnoBut one day I thoughtAnd I thought about itBecause thinking about itWas all I could doI thoughtAnd I thoughtAnd then I thought some moreUntil my brain was bleeding from thinkingImagine a shipSink.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1820247/ When I was growing upMy family worked for every scrap of foodAnd nobody got alongBut hey, we all made dueMy mom took to drinkingAnd my dad never sawHe was work work workWhile I took blow after blowBut I stand a little tallerI walk a little tougherI don't have sunshine in a bagBut I got a strong back.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1820246/ You're a hundred miles awayA few thousands breaths awaySome million steps awayA forever ever ways awayTonight I'll fall asleep aloneMy heart beating on the pillow next to meBut my head's in TexasDreaming dreams of youHey, KaitlynI'm coming homeTo youScared and woundedWith the world tuggingOn every o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1820153/ I feel you running through my veins As I breathe you in my lungs And all your chemicals My mind at a stand still The sparks of your fingertips Spark the fire in my heart That lights the electricity of my eyes As I stare into yours I'm a junkie I can't live without Your gentle.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David_/1816742/