http://slow.writerscafe.org/Purepoetry The original writings of author Bethany Woody en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776041433 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I play your twisted gamesto earn some forgiveness,and the whole world watchesto stand as silent witness.It all comes over me,a slave to a nightmare dream,it's the end of everythingand now I stand to bleed.I'm a failure it seemsand you're the bigger man.I've played this game beforeand lost every hand.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/1196228/ Feels like I'mwasting my days,living under the shadowof mistakes I've made.Feels like I'mbreaking inside,leaving little piecesof me behind.Feels like each timeI stand, I fall,and that somewhereI'll lose it all.Feels like I'mwrapped in guilt,and crawling thru ashesof the life we built.Feels like it c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/979523/ You made it rainall over me.Brought nothing but hatefor all to see.Put me through another nightmare.Set my demiseand you don't care.So here's to the painhave another round.Here's to the painpushing me to the ground.You try so hard,hard as you can,All to proveyou're the better man.Fighting like .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/967986/ These arethe last tearsI'll cry,from blackmascaracircled eyes.Beautiful liesin the dreamsI cling toin sleep.Breathing deepthrough thesharp painof happinessis just a game.I'm lamebecauseI'mthe onlyone whoplayed.Hands splayedto catchthe bleedingand silentscreaming.Mascara streamingcircles arounde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/967801/ I can't hold on anymore,noone to pick me up when I am down.And when they fall,my tears don't make a sound.Were we evereven really real?Or was I justanother heart for you to steal?Keeping secrets, telling lies,you sold your soul.Now you can't fill upthat empty hole.That place insidethat I use to hold.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/967798/ After the war has endedand the ground is blood drunk,Nothing remains therebut the bitterness of one side's luck.One hand weilds might,carries out the master's will.The other knows only death,and the cruelty of the kill.A new kingdon rulesa land of darkness and shadow.A grueson glory, victory,and def.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/964487/ Feels like I'm the blindleading the blindto the end of the line.And maybeit's the begining of the end.Will I last another year,a month, a day,a minute?Try so hard to stay clearbut I feel further from myself.Everytime the truthgets broken,I'm the one to fix it.But it's all for something,I give for no.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/964260/ It's not supposed to hurt like thisbut it'll never feel the same.I've been left with nothingbut the memory of your name.Every word you saidcut to the heart.And the blade of your hatewas just a poison dart.You were too blindor just didn't want to seeHow all you gave was regretand stole all honesty.I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/963554/ Cut me open againjust to see how red I bleed.The pain seems endlessbut it's just what I need.Deal with this tortureI've gotten use to it's greed.Playing the scapegoatagain for your shame.Lifting on my shouldersthe weight of your blame.And in the endit's all the same, it's all the same.Lie next to me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/962634/ These secrets I harbourkeep me alone.Alone in a fightwith myself I can't win.And the only way outis through what I'm running from.So I try to stand upwhen it's all crashing down.And beg for a hand to hold me backfrom the edge I'm slowly going over.And I cry in silence,can you not see my tears?I am a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/962020/ Feeling mean todayblow s**t the hell away.Kick you while you're downwatch you slowly drown.Cut something inside you deepwatch the blood flow and seep.Reveal a monster full of ragelet it free from it's cage.Feeling cold today toofreeze and shatter you.Beat and make you achesee how much hate you can t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/961981/ I met you by accidentin my darkest days.That night together spentand I understood always.You took away the painput a smile on my face.Took away the sorrowand held me in your embrace.For years I lay down beside youwhen the day was doneAnd woke in the morning with youto a shining sun.But then you had .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/961979/ Whenever I cryyou dry my tears.When I am afraidyou aliviate my fears.If I laughyou laugh with me.And if I'm sadyou cheer me to happy.When I am lonelyyou sit at my side.And when I'm scaredyou show me how not to hide.When I am stressedyou comfort me.And sooth mewhen I am angry.When I get jealousyou of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/961970/ I know I'mcomplicated.And that youmanipulated.Have me howyou want me.Bent, broken, bleedingbreaking down is easy.Me falling downis your thrill.Pick me upwith little pills.Some dayI may fail and fold.Just stick myselfin a dark hole.I know I'mcomplicated.And that youmanipulated.Have me howyou want me... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/956087/ It's a little too quiethere tonight.The silence ofthis empty house,screaming ofpast mistakesthat weboth made.Can't take backthe awful wordshurled in hurtlike dishesagainst the wall.Like fistswhen the plate chip hityour face,or was itmine.I can't remember,too much timehas passedundera drunken ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/955631/ Times they changeand change and change.Can't help feelingjust a little bit strange.Look for a place,somewhere I can find,To leave the hurtand the pain behind.So muchthat I seem to take.And here aloneI seem to break.Tried to livethe best I can.Does that make menot enough woman?Not sure whatI'm runnin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/955625/ Wherever I stand,you're too far away.I tell you, "I love you!",and you have nothing to say.Try to show youhow much I really care.But it's so hardwhen you're not there.Again and againI give testimony.Beg you to stay,be my sancuary.I tell you,"I'm sorry."But you don't thinkI speak honestly.Don't want .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/955256/ Get in line,I'll be the first.Picture perfect eternityexpect the worst.Stand aroundfall right back down.I'm sorrydoesn't make a sound.No sympathyfor the crime.It feels goodto be the victim sometimes.A thousand wordsterribly said.Can't take them backwe're already dead.Got a destinationmade us pay to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/954874/ I write tonight to tell youthe things I can't explain.The unraveling,am I still sane?The breaking,and all the pain.I write tonight to tell youthe things I can't dream.The faking,and how it makes me scream.The taking,and everything it would seem.I write tonight to tell youthe things I can't feel.The .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/954372/ Think of a panic attack! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/954253/ Tore your kingdomto the dirt.Tore it tothe ground.Burned your kingdomtill it didn't hurt.Burned itall around.Hail to the kingfor noone else can rule.Hail to the kindnoone's a bigger fool.Cried for your kingdomwashed it all away.Cried for your kingdomuntill there was no reason to stay.Bled for your k.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952952/ Tactile photographsacross your skin, painted.Telling of the life that you have lived.Obligingly I read the story.Only instead of my eyes, I use my hands.Savoring each and every word. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952558/ Mother of the b*****d childrenwho play in the darkwith hollowemptyunbeating hearts.Provider of the sea of bloodwe drinkto quenchthe thirstinsatiable.Lover of the hellish beastthat feeds a needshe createdperpetuatedcarnality.Destroyer of all innocencewith red letter wordsspilled acrossthe jugularpuls.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952537/ Distant lover,hit and runto fuckjust for fun.Lashes inbetweencaresstake from memy very best.Use the whipget a tastea whif, a sipI am abased.Twisted sadisticwanting pleasuremixed with pain,a bit of anger.Paddle the love out of metoo close to youblow awaybrutality.All I wantedthe binds tiedall you wan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952196/ Walk out your doorinto the heart of lifelisten to words spokenby a man who's lost his wife.Listen to the children playwith fear and doubtbecause the balance of stabilityis what it's all about.Listen to the thingsnoone ever clearly hearsbecause they're too busyliving blinded by their fears.Take a loo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952100/ You've gone way out of line,tried to turn it all back on me.Not this time, I smell the lies,through the cigarette smoke you blew.Arrogance,in distant, hollow eyes.Guilty misery,and murdered memories.Were you everwho you claimed to be?Behind a perfect disquisewho I thought you were could be dead to m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/952091/ Thank you Eagle for the line in your review that provided the title for the piece. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/951333/ Leave the knife inI seem to like the pain.I keep coming back for itagain and again.Backed me into a cornerwith no escape plan.Can't see to find a breatheven if I ran.So leave the knife inI seem to like the pain.I keep coming back for itagain and again.Put me on the defense,turned my world upside dow.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/951325/ Please, please forgive mesomething's missinginside me.I sleep to dream of youbut wake without you there.If I bleed, I bleednot knowing if you care.Please, please forgive mesomething's missinginside me.I'd gladly sacrifice myselfwithout a second blink.I'd die to know you love meand tell me what you t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/951111/ Catch me as I fallinto the madness,So I know you are thereand that it's not all over.I know I can stop the painif I will it all away.Don't turn away from mebecause I can't hide my fears.Scream your nameand close my eyes.Don't turn out the lightcan't sleep, can't eat in the darkness.There's so much m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/951049/ Everything I needis all that you are.Can I show youwhat you mean to me?I want to thank youfor saving me.I must confessyou give me strength.Where would I be without you?After all these yearsone thing is still true,I treasure everydaywe've spent together.And everything I needis all that you are.Can I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949670/ So much left to saybefore you walk away.You know I will tryto do everything to change your mind.Get down on my kneesand pray to God.Take a bullet to my heartjust so we won't die.Don't wantto say good-bye.Can't turn back timeand take it all back.Everytime I think of youand everything we've been thruM.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949334/ Not strong enoughto stay away.Can't help running back to youlike a moth to the flame.Say my nameit doesn't sound the same.Look into my eyesI'm stripped of all pride.Surrendeding to youdown on my knees.Never been too proudto beg for you.It's killing methat you're away.And I'm so confusedI wanna leave.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949299/ Trying to make itthrough this life.Trying to make itthrough these lies.Are youtrying to break me?Tear me apartbit by bit.Trying to make yousee my side.Trying to keepeverything in line.Are youreally seeing me?Stare straightthrough me.Trying to getthrough this s**t.Trying to findhow it got like this.A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949292/ So much in the wayand you're always somewhere else.Feelings won't desert me,have we reached the point of no return?Feel you slipping away from mewhen all I live for is you.Please don't leave me,I'm vulnerable to your love.My eyes are blurryfrom tears calling your name.And the light is fading out,so .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949282/ Memories playwhile I'm left waiting alone.Each one a loaded gunleaving me full of holes.Wasted memories,Suffocated dreams,This could be the death of me.I love you,a poisoned message.And I'm leftsomewhere in the wreckage.Wasted memories,Suffocated dreams,This could be the death of me.Can't chase away.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949277/ I hate the things you've done to meand that I've done to you.I hate the lies we've both told repeatedly.I hate how muchwe've hurt each other.And how muchwe've worn each other down.I hate that there isno trust between us too.And that we can't believeanything said now.I hate that wequestion every.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949264/ Stuck in limbo,pergatory,watching all I wantslip between my fingers.Nothing to stopthe outward spiral.The ripple effectcreating waves I can't rise above.Everytime I get a solid griplife f*****g knocks me down again.And I lose a little morethan I can ever recover.How many more hitsbefore I don't get .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949257/ Don't know how to let it all goreminded of it everyday.It's weighed against the consequencesbut I can't live without you.Can't cut out my souland live with the gapping void.Don't know how to take controland wash away the fears.I made the mistakes in the first placeand they are part of me.Sitting rig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949189/ I created walls all my ownjust so you could tear them down.Locked myself deep inside of mebut you found me anyway.I walked around woundeduntil you healed me with your touch.Jumped off the edge of everythingand fell right into you.I was youngand so amazed,back in the good old days.I pushed you awaywi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949185/ You ripped me apartbut I'm still here.You broke me downbut I still hold you dear.I'm willing to fightthe hard fight.I'm willing to makeall the wrongs right.What doesn't kill youmakes you stronger.And I know I canhold on a little longer.I don't want to wakeunder the shadow of mistakes.I don't want to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/949177/ The first piece I've written in almost three years! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/946963/    I hold a jobBoth envied and despised.Yet the credentials it affordsAre often disguised.The hours are horrendousWith twenty-four hour shifts.The benefits hiddenBehind emotional rifts.There are no sick daysOr vacation time.And the pay I must tell youSh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/435719/ For my husband http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/413871/ Contradictions in personalities that make people who they are. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/410916/ Just some thoughts.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/410543/ Writen for a contest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/408183/ Don’t matter which road I choose,or if I win or loose.Don’t matter if I die today,or what others say. Don’t matter if I’m wrong or right, if I run or fight.Don’t matter if it’s easy or hard, if my heart I guard. Don’.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/408171/ Arousing awakeningBreathless brushingCaressing claspsDesiring dipsErotic eyingFleshy fingertipsGratifying gripsHedonistic holdingInciting insideJuicy joiningKissingLicking lipsMoving motionsNeurotic needsOrgasmic ohsProvoking pricksQuickeningRough releaseSensual s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/408005/ The specter of deathWatching over meIn my final hourSeeing all I must see. Flashing imagesOf years pastPlaying my momentsFirst to last.  Life’s beginningWith one sharp breathLife’s endingWith a note from Death. The spaces between,My mem.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Purepoetry/401591/