http://slow.writerscafe.org/MarilynOhMarilyn The original writings of author Marilyn My Bitterness en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776094687 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Open heartOpen mindOpen as sheTries to openA Fickle heartAnd fickle mindWatching you fallExtending her handTo be rejected in allWanting nothing moreThen to be at your sideWhile In truth she knowsThere's such folly in tryingValiant and strong she remainsHer resolute will shall not be bentShe continue.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/970916/ It's like laying in the sunshineAnd feeling as it warms your faceIt's like cold wet rain dropsOn that sweltering summer dayIt's like feeling the radiating warmthTucked deep under the sheetsIt's like knowing foreverIs more than just a possibilityIt's like everything you've ever wantedIt's like everyt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/917296/ This is how a Coward says, "I love you"This is how a Coward says, "I care"This is how a Coward says, "I wish, I just wish, I could be there"This is a Coward, hiding behind a screenThis is a Coward, hiding behind wordsEach letter bears a space for a Coward to shrink behindThe Coward trembling and wri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/793287/ I'm not sure what I am supposed to be filling these lines withWhat do I write down that will help ease the noise in mind?What are the right words to express the tension?The yearning?The loss?The acceptance of a past forever gone?I wish I could write one poem that would encapsulate all I feelBut when.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/653323/ The beginning is from a song from Death Cab For Cutie named Transatlanticism. The poem doesn't begin until the 7th line, but without that part from the song it doesn't have the same impact. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/635579/ Did you ever realizeThat I had dreamsAspirationsGoalsThings I wanted to doPlaces I wanted to seePeople I wanted to meetDid you ever realizeI threw them awayFor you?I grew upAnd put those dreams awayIn a boxWhere I could look at themOne day far in the futureIn a boxThey would sit waitingPatiently Or .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/606683/ Is this the day         I walk away                 Walk away                      From you?     &nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/605805/ Not a day has passed where I don't mention your nameYour consonants and vowels on the tip of my tongueDancing and playing word gamesSpelling misery for my cerebrum http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/597971/ The title came from the song "Brielle" by Sky Sailing. I don't own the song, please don't sue me. I have no money. Thanks. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/578320/ Dear Resentment,                Leave your house key on the table, please. I wish this to be brief. I no longer want you in my home. It's time for you to leave.You have overstayed your welcome, and are no longer wanted here. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/558124/ All bubbles forth like a witch's brew in a cauldronThe words rise to the surface and pop And burns the skin which darkensThe light in the room that exposes the truthThat hides under the bed and the shadows and youThe pressure is rising with the heat in my headThe venom is racing and escaping with ea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/539412/ Electricity sparking and arcing through my blood, the offspring of lightening and powerFeeling alive and reaching the skies, I step back and take a mighty leap forwardI grab a hold of a lightening bolt and soar through the clouds at a hundred miles per hourI ride it across the grey night sky and wat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/538198/ What if I were to reach out to you, would you meet me in the middle?Extend your hand to meet my fingertips and graze them just a little?I wish I could remember more about you, but it's all gone.All I have left are memories of an 18th birthday spent in your arms.A trip to your house, where your siste.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/530770/ Barren carcass of matter and mindIs looking for a new way to dieCreativity lacking, certainty crackingTakes to the skies in downward flight http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/514768/ I knew I smelled it on youRum and Whiskey cologneIt permeates through the airAnd reveals the truth so clearYou think you're so cleverThat I'll bend to your willBut this day will be differentBecause today is the day I’ll walk away, walk awayRun away, run awayScre.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/513447/ A ring, dusty in a boxRemember how much it once meant to us?Now I see it, and close the doorIt hasn’t meant the same since you left beforeYou made a decisionOne that I struggled to understandBut regardless I followed youAnd obeyed your command“I do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/513446/ If I could go back293 days and countingAnd countingI would take backThat night of reckoningTo save my sanity293 days and countingAnd countingYet I can't erase the painLike he erases all hopeOf happiness in lifeIn 293 days and countingAnd countingI blame himEach and every of the293 days and countingA.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/501427/ Because I refuse to believe I am inherently evil. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/480602/ |/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/476795/ I am holding your cheek in my palmPressing it against your tender fleshUsing my thumb to brush away the tearsI know I've caused and deeply regretAdmit it not but I know you are achingI know your disposition to act strongBut know I only want the best for usEven if that means I must be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/463898/ You may just have to live up to that promiseIt's sad but trueBecause when I think back to beforeI hardly remember youI have met so many people since thenMany vie for your positionOne in particular sticks close to meDo I accept his proposition?I don't want to hurt you whenI hear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/451997/ As I stare into the bleak white ceilingI question if you're feeling the way I'm feelingThe minutes begin to melt together with hoursAnd the depression, my soul it even devoursI want so greatly to pick up the phoneCall you and tell you You're Not AloneYet in fear of reproach, reproval, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/442717/ A poem in seven words. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/437784/ I see you bleed in elements Iron to be exactYour question on how I know this?That is my knife in your backAnd my hand cupping your throatWhile my eyes watch you chokeAs yours turn cloudy and blackSo I want to apologize for the intrusionI really only wanted to seeIf it's true that v.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/433169/ This poem will be a work in progressUntil the day that I dieBecause love is everchangingEver captivatingAnd it's all mineYou ask why my poetry is sadHarsh, angry, and cruelWell the truth is, that's all i've knownAll i've been shownUntil I met youIt seems like a dreamFrom so lon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/425742/ Were you expecting a spectacle extraordinaire? A show to wow and fill all the seats with no room to spare? Well here it is, I hope you are well prepared. Because I'm about to turn it all out, this is swear. I'm the epitome of narcissism, a lust prima vera. With a personality as dry and c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/425060/ I press my fingertips to your cheekYour form beautiful and RightI feel the coldness of deathSlip right into my soulAnd rob me of all of my mightI could stand here and cryScream out to God, Why?But I know that won't bring you backSo should I even really try?I will pound my fists.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/423352/ Is this something I should be saying to you?With urgency regulated with deep concern?Perhaps I should be screaming this, Until it bleeds through my eyes and burns all in turn.Or maybe this is all foolishness.A byproduct of my petty egotistical natureAll I know is that this is killing me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/423341/ A companion poem to my love's haiku. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/415499/ This anger and rageBoils deep in my coreEverytime I see a smirkI want to see no moreI smile and waveAnd put on this intricate pretenseBut inside lies a viperReady to spit venom in defenseAnd although I try to containThe beast that lives insideIt seems as though certain people.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/413244/ O envious sinnerSo proud, so strongI beg an answerWhat went wrong?You knew of me wellYet rejected my waysAnd expected blessingsAll and the sameI only wanted to helpBe kind and show loveCompassion and mercyAs taught from God aboveI forgive you in truthYet still feel th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/413236/ The black hole on which all of me once stoodThe epicenter of my body, mind, and soulHas evaporated into sheer nothingnessAnd is hibernating through the coldIt has closed up so tight on itselfTo maintain a constant warmthAnd protect a glorious emberAlways torrid in it's hearthRead.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/412084/ I climbed the MountAnd sat next to a Great TeacherHeard words and discoursesCome straight from the original PreacherI wept with sorrowAs I knew I had sinnedA life of instant gratificationIt's pleasures now thinnedAll these wasted yearsTears that need not have been shedAll out.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/399157/ I never wanted to hate youNever wanted to hate the blue dayOr the sun shining on my faceBut everytime heat rises inside meI hide my face in disgrace Such beautiful things caress my skinAnd all of it just makes me cringe But this is retribution for my sinsFor all the thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/276273/ This heart of mineNot of gold, but of pain,With little or no consequenceHas lost its beautiful shape Because of the beating by your handAcross the pavement scraped Tears no longer collect and fallFrom these dry eyes of mineFilled with nothing but regret andBottled agg.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/273503/  Horns pointed to the heavensCrimson blood pours from skinTorn and tattered from yearsOf a beautiful, unrighteous sin Watching the sun set belowA sky of airbrushed glowA beauty so surrealUnlike anything I know Oh! If someone loved IAs they love the sun in t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/261397/ Dear child,so young and full of graceWhy don't you smile?Why don't you show your face? What has the world done,To make you so cold?Where is the laughter?Was it your soul that was sold? Pain and strifeHave become your middle namesI want to steal it allAnd throw it .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/254419/ silly little girlwith everything she can loseand way too much heart  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/254418/ Smile for the prophetLaugh for the childDie like a martyrIn hell burn defiled     Who are you really?What makes you tick?Why when I see you,It makes me sick? You're perfect             ...in es.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/254414/ Breathe inAnd call that numberMaybe they will find youBefore I doAnd if notThen maybe she'll seeWhat she's doneNot to youBut me Because this physical bodyIs just a hinderance to a dreamOf soaring above the worldViewing all things beheldThrough the eyes of t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/253832/ Because the words never loseMeaning through timeAnd stolen kisses beneathBright sunny skiesI love you has wonA whole new meaningThe tension and the terrorOf hearts so fleetingBut this butterfly's wingsAre held in motionBecause flying awayIs an unimaginable notion http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/249056/ Nag, Nag, NagI know that is all you hearBut I just can't keep from                                     &n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/234948/ I wish I knewhowtofeelinsituationslikethis Or what exactlywastherightthingtosaytoyou Maybe if Icouldjustkeepfromstumbling On all of thewordsthatiwantedtosaytoyou I feel likeiamtrappedinthosegreeneyes That threatentoenvelopemeintoanewworld&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/222758/  Because confusion is my middle nameAnd playing games is my forteTrifling matters of lust untouchedYearning for a life of something sane     http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/219639/ An act of admonitionFrom my part to yoursMake a decisionSettle these scoresDon't drag me down, Don't\d\\\r\\\a\\\\g           &nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MarilynOhMarilyn/169103/