http://slow.writerscafe.org/saferwaters The original writings of author CK Kimball en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776051866 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Do you feel her? Do you embrace her like a warm blanket in the cold? She is all around. Colors collide in a symphony of explosive hues in the sky. She did that for you. Do you feel her? She surrounds you. She is everywhere and nowhere concomitantly. The sparrows sing a melody, a ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462452/ I control the weather. My tears are the rain. I created the world you know.Yet no one knows my name. I am the trees that fill the forests. I am the crow that flies too low. My touch created the sands. But who I am, seems no one knows. You pray to those who claim my fame. You de.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462294/ I am a depression loaf. Knead me into what is needed. While I lie here and wonder “What is the meaning of it all?”The meaning is never clear and the execution instructions have been long destroyed. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462236/ Copper eyes and down turned smile. He came back more than once in awhile. The tune he sings as he twists his ring, sounds like a haunting sea melody. Toes dipped into the wake as the water threatens to pull him under. It makes you wonder why the hell he did it anyway. Day after day, year.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462190/ Haze and phase was just a craze. - This air tastes of failure and meat.Lying back in fluffed cushions filled with sand. - The golden winged dragon chases on.Lights low, music up. - The poison pumps through my vein. The clock ticks in time with my heart. - Yours was still and your breat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462188/ I am still mourning. But not for you. I am still mourning. Who I once was. Who I could have been. And who we will never be. But I don’t weep for you. Oh no. I won’t waste one tear on you. For you were never worth my time. I weep for me. I weep for who I lost whe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462181/ This is not the ending. Nor is it the beginning.You are the beginning of the end.The penance from eons of sin. Seven signs and plagues, divine. Do you see the writing on the wall? Scrawled out, scribbled. Bright and wide. Laid out like some anthropomorphic mirage. This metaph.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/2462147/ The battleof good and evil is a story that spans pre written word. There’s always a fight, a constant struggle between a protagonist and an antagonist.  But whatdo you do when it’s hard to tell the line between what is right and what iswrong?  Who is goo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/1538662/ Love - What a crock. I knew from a youngage before I had discovered�" that love was a bullshit lie that was fabricatedto make f*****g less barbaric than it really is. Some say that I’m just jaded on love andthose people are the masses that walk around blindly believing th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/1538658/ Been used and abused - Every definition of the word .My heart can’t take beingshattered again. Should just back away now and live in solitude.From the moment I was born, theworld held me down. Nearly drowned under the weight of it all. Life love and the pursuit ofhappiness.-&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/1538636/ Stepping out of the water onto the sand I look around, breathing in my surroundings as if it’s the first time that I have seen the world around me. Like I’ve been in a coma for years and trying to understand my strange place in this worldThe sun is no longer up, but it hasn’t .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/1312111/ Not finished http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/1312100/ With the flick of the lighter in the grey cast room he knewshe was there. -She wasalways thereThe smell of her stale cigarette that she insisted on stillbreathing in creating a hue inside of her lungs similar to the one surrounding themin this roomnow catering to her billowy smok.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/998611/ Queen of Diamonds, King of spadesNever should have played.  King of diamonds, Queen of heartsDoomed from the start. Suit of Jack’s, Suit of JokersWere known for being mediocre All suits on deck for the war at handWho is the fairest in this.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/998086/ liars get what they deserve http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/997838/ a man not knowing if he's dead, alive, asleep see's/feels a woman that has journeyed with him through many lives but will never be his. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/997826/ My scars show brightin the faded morn light.I could never explain why they shown.I held my head low.And retreated belowwhere no one could see me there.I feared if he seen.My heart would then weep.My sorrows they sank to deep in my soul. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575514/ She lived a world of hateShe divided herself between her selves.She could not have imagined why this happenedIt may take her forever to know.Lying on the floorbroken and scarred.Gave herself to that man who gave scars. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575513/ Once was toldI will never be the sameThere's a fine line betweenReality and insaneLoved a manBut now he's a faded memory.Why can we not learn and let things be? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575512/ I tried to do the right thing.I wound up f*****g it all up again.I try to escape the self-loathing in side my mind.The questions pile upThat I can not answer.Should I live in the lie Or face the reality that is uncertain?I’m left to stand in the chin deep ShameAnd regretAgain. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575511/ I am nothingI am no oneI am who I wasLeave me beLet me dieUnattended pills are my friends tonight.He is nowhereShe is in someone else’s arms-The drugs are kicking in.We are nothingWe are no oneWe will beTonight is ours. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575509/ His eyes filled with water asHis toes sifted the sand.He held onto her for so many years.The time had come for him to let her go.She left him for another,We speculate his brother.I watched his lips quiver asHis almost almond eyes welled up. 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Looking at him, watching his every move.She could never look him in the eyes.His green eyes, so pure and full of life.Why could she not just let him free.She put her hands around his neck and squeezed.His body went limp and pale.His final breath was "I love you" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575500/ I'll love you till the stars forever fade.Nothing will change that because nothing can.you are my heart.My soulMy everything.To touch you is heavenly.Your skin feels like silk.My tongue burns as it touches your milky flesh.I can lay here forever and watch the world devour it's self. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575499/ I am weak and full of emotions.Can anyone save me from the never ending train wreck massacre.I need to be wrapped up in the arms of my lover.But My lover doesn't exist.I can only hear him in my head. Feel him in my heart. 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And my memory fails me to tell me the way back.I need you more everyday.Every second without you is another second I die a little more. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575489/ I wonder if I was every truly loved.From the dawn of time was anyone ever there for me?could I ever be loved. Or am I here just to whither away in a pile of self endless misery.F*****g stab me and make me whole again, by cutting me apart and pieceing me together again.I was your worthless pet butter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575488/ You told me one truth then two thousand more truths came forward.What is the truth and what is a lieThe space between your sighs and lies are quite blurred and filled with cries.Willyou ever be completely truthful or live forever...those thoughts untilthe day I make you weep for your heart to be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575485/ Unknown.You are in reach of finding the truth.The Lies have blinded you for many lives.I was baited by you and you had me almost believing YOUR truths.bent truths focused on harm and deceit.Your lips covered wicked games.Clouding judgment, forcing us all under your devious spell http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575484/ LoveHateand the tragedy that becomes.RemorseIn love and deathWar and freedomWe all have a battle to face.Face it headstrong and full force.Giving up is no longer an option. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575483/ I will never forgetBut must I forgiveYou left me therenakedfrailaloneI must now wash it away http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575481/ Brittle bonesAnd Salted woundsThe sting is deep and brooding.Fainted smiles and tattooed skin.Merely a fake in the land of moor.Keep stinging till I can see it clearly. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575479/ Years ago I loved you so.I held you close and did not let go.I can't be here without you much more.I want to know you and be there with you and the child we bore. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575477/ I try to give it all awayIn return I only get more.I cry to take the edge offI try to take the pain away.I Feel it more and more each day I live.The denial,The lust.The penetrating pain that seeps into my eyes and push every thought out until every orifice oozes with my mind. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/saferwaters/575476/ I fell for him. 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