http://slow.writerscafe.org/shaun894 The original writings of author writerofshadows en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775984237 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 He stared into the glassy reflection of himself. Can’t really call it a reflection. It is so distorted by no it doesn’t even resemble the face he once called his own. Twisted a pain only imaginable through utter self loathing. His palm slammed into the mirror and he left it there as he s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/298785/ What has happenedWe have all diminishedOur unity is shatteredWe fend for ourselvesPushing over each otherTo be the first to the topThe innocent and pureSift to the bottomWeighed down by honorAnd dignityInflated egos lift unworthySharpened claws aid the greedyWhy can a rich cr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/229047/ We suck notAt the giving earthly teatBut go for the throatDraining herOf her living bloodAnd as we takeMore than is givenWe grow strongerAnd smarterAnd find new waysTo drain our worldly motherAnd grow fat and happyOur forgotten earthen comradesWhither with famineUntil we .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/229044/ There is an emptiness in meA vacuum that needs to be filledIf there is not enough lightTo fill this nothingnessThen the darknessWill gladly obligeThere is more than enoughTo fill up this hollow shellAnd burst its seamsAnd shatter its beingAnd engolf its fragmentsUntil it is com.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226390/ Passing through the darknessHeart beatingLungs pumpingMind racingDark thoughts spinning through my headTwisted thoughtsTormenting thoughtsRipping me apartIf I run fast enoughMaybe I can escapeThese plaguing thoughtsThat haunt me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226388/ i want someone i can holdwho will be forever in my armssomeone i can loveuntil my hearts ceases to beat for themi want someone i can care forwho will understand me like no one elsesomeone who will be there for mewhen no one else realizes i need iti want someone i can trustwho i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226387/ Please sing to me softlyI need a warm voiceIn the dark, lonely nightsPlease sing me to sleepSo I know im not aloneSing a song, of an angelSing a song, out of tuneSing a song to meAnd song will doHold me safe from myselfAnd all my haunting demonsUntil dawns rays touch me once ag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226386/ Why do I botherRomance died eons agoWhy do I keep pumping the dead heartWhy do I keep breathing into the dead lungsMaybe I shouldn'tMaybe I should follow society's exampleMaybe I should f**k my problems awayF**k until my pain goes awayF**k until my feelings g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226384/ Who can tell meWhere this darkness endsIt enshrouds meInsulates meCaptivates meAnd suffocates meAll my hateMy angerMy insecurityAnd my sadnessAll held insideTo keep me companyI can feel itBurning me outAnd chilling me to the boneAnd soon I will shatterLike the broken .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226382/ I dont know whenAnd I dont know howBut i think i fell in loveWith the one I cant haveIt is an agony to be near herIt pains me to picture her faceAnd it tears me in twoJust knowing she'll never be mineBut I cannot cut her outI cannot just for get herBecause losing her co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226381/ She is implanted in my mindWhen my eyes closeIts her I seeIn the silence of nightIts her voice I hereIn the loneliness of my roomIts her presence I feelShe is everything around meAnd everything inside meBut I have yet to reach out to herI do not know what to doIf I push her awa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226378/ It isn’t your bodyIt isn’t your bustIt isn’t even your perfect lipsNor your shining eyesWhat has truly captivated meIs the way you look at meEyes full of love for only meThe way your smileWarms my heartThe speeding of your heartWhen we lay togetherThe feel of .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226375/ Ice and windSlicing throughNothing standsIn its wayBlizzard's mightWinter's furyA frozen heartTrying to thawThe ice is thickAnd unforgivingIt needs warmthSomeone to healAll the open woundsHidden by the frostNumbed by the coldMaybe It's not trying after allSo it can hi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226374/ Take me to the placeWhere dreams goWhen they can't come trueWhen the world crushes them downI want to pick them back upTell me what your dreams once wereSo that I may find themAnd breathe the lifeBack into their wating soulsTo return them to their rightful placeHearts grow empt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226373/ I sit curled at the bottom of the tiny stallI cannot feel the pounding streamsI receive no warmth from the steaming waterI feel only the icy confusion burning through my veinsSuch thoughts should not be in my mindThe forbidden relation I yearn forUnderstanding I can't live withoutI sho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226371/ She is in meAnd all around meEverything I seeSpinning around meIs her or her causeI cannot feel the groundSolid beneath my feetI cannot see straightUnless it is at herEverything is underwaterAccording to my earsI do not know howTo get rid of these feelingsBut I'm not sure&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226369/ How do you pluck the wings of your heartHow do you bind your yearning soulHow do you tie down a free spiritHow do you suppress passionHow do you cheat lovePlease tell me; I need to know http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226368/ So used to hiding insideKeeping in the darkAway from the dayWrapped in secretsChained by liesBut you are differentYour sunny smileIs new to meConfusing and bafflingBut still it draws meYour warm eyesDrawing me upEnveloping meIn your loveWarming my core The pi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226367/ Don't settle for the average drinkGo for the girl with the pineapple twistA dash of thisA hint of thatAdd another shotShe gives me a buzzThat's sure enoughBut that's not what gets meMy girl has the pineapple twistThe certain somethingThat sets her apartThe sweet incentive for m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226366/ Single weak mindTiny frail limbsSoft thin skinnedI am a cascade of weaknessBending, beginning to breakUnder a tirade of trialsThe whisper caught in the windThe sail boat in the stormThe twig in the torrentsI am falling andMy parachute is the airThrough which I fallMy support.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226365/ No matter where you goHow farHow longIt doesn’t matter the space betweenBecause I won’t let goOf that old photo memoryWrinkled and fadedFolded and unfoldedTime and againWith the tear in the top right cornerThe old picture memoryI will treasure alwaysMy minds eye.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226363/ No such thingAs a good deedAn act doneBetters anotherDone to makeYou feel all warmAll fuzzyAll cozyDone to betterThe recieverAs well as the giverNo such thingAs a good deed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226361/ Like a bloody tearIt floats to the floorCarrying with itOnce more ounceOf lifeOf hopeOf dreamsCarries them downTo meet the many moreAlready dead and waitingDried on the floor http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226358/ Each smellOf this familiar scentSends me soaring againIn instant replayAnd in this cycleMy feet have yetTo reach solid groundLong after her absence http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226356/ I was always pretty sureThere was always that little inklingBut could never go all the wayNever say it to your faceBut now...Now I am certainAnd it doesn't matter anymoreI've sprained, broken, and dislocated myselfWithout leaving a single, salty dropI've been through mental and p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226355/ Why do your tears fall for meWhy do you mourn my passingYour beliefs tell youI am going to a better placeSomewhere you will join meIn a time far from nowThose tears are your bleeding faithYour trust in your higher powerIs now pouring outOnto my cold, pale faceAmazing how fragile .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226353/ When will it stopThis ever present fearBreathing down my neckI cannot restFor fear it will catch upI cannot hideFor fear it will find meI cannot continueFor fear it will run me downI cannot gain headwayBecause the harder I runThe closer it getsAlways catching upAlways right.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226352/ Between Forever and NothingNot knowing where to turnWhen all the sign postsHave lost there wordsWhere looking up fromMy own two feet andLooking to the horizonIs breaking all the rulesMore than willingBut more than frightenedReady to fight until the endBut losing thatWhich is .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226351/ Of all the people in the worldYou have my heart, completelyI wasn't even lookingAnd yet you found meI have been a better personBecause of itThat is why I laughWhen you doubt your inner strengthBecause you are my pillarMy supportAnd though I'm not GoliathI still have to askIf .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226348/ What moreCould I possibly wantThan you A night with you And more But that aloneWould be enoughIf we were freeFor that night with youNo fearsNo liesOnly usTwo hearts afire And in that nightWhere two souls conjoinWe lie togetherHeroes in our .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226346/ Empty footsteps echo of cold concrete wallsStone spires split the sky around meThrough these tears, rain begins trickles downThrough these tears, I see the end draw nearI find no solace in going aloneNo pearly white gates, nor damned gatesSimply a revolving door on a faceless buildingI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226344/ Snow falls in the winters midI see everything you never didLocked inside and warm withinYoull see nothing in your prison Though it may be cold and unforgivingIts icy beauty is calm beyond livingVenture from your safe domainFind serenity and remain The silver crystal gli.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226343/ What sin did I commitMy memory did omitSo savage and so vileNo way to reconcileAnd to whom did I do harmthe damage caused by this armWill I be damned for all timeNever to heaven will I climbNor to Hell will I ever fallTo live always, nowhere at all http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226341/ The acid on your tongueLays my flesh bared to the boneSuch painful words, like knives at my throatDid you mean to cut me downOr is it so natural to you nowYou, who now me so wellAnd use it to rip the skin from my bodyBare the soul to burn awayNot happy with just a broken bodyLaying.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226340/ This chaos born of absenceBares roots in two heartsOne is emptyAnd the otherI cannot findThe first one is mine ownAnd though its beat is weakIts flash pale in colorA heart still it isThe second heart, shadowed awayYou must be familiar withThough i know not of it anymoreYes it.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226339/ Closed inside strangling vinesOvershadowed by towering treesDwarfed by sage mountainsBut I've never felt so aliveNever felt so in tune with allWith myselfFeeling larger than lifeNever felt so freeNever felt like i belongAs i do hereIn this island paradise  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226338/ LusciousPassion fruitHumidDrippingHotWildBreathlessHeart poundingFantasiesOn Pleasure Island http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226337/ Alone in the darkIm all aloneA void surrounds meEngulfs meAnd fills meThis emptiness fills my heartMy conciousness is lost in darknessSwirling loneliness drowns all thought http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226335/ We now live in a world of painBut this pain goes unseenHere the weather is always rainAnd life is losing its sheenWe now live in a world of greedMoney is now sought over loveThe people's needs are paid no heedThe Vulture has replaced the DoveWe now live in a world where evil wins.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226333/ Imagine...if you can...You are a gardener...to the depth of your soul...And you plant a gradenSow the seedsFertilize the landBring forth new lifeYou devote yourself comepletely...devote all you have...To raise the perfect gardenRaisethe flowers slowlyShow them patienceS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226332/ What is this feelingThis pullingTearing at my heartThis pullingInto the abyssThis cold sweatThis iron spikeIn the pit of my stomachThis feelingThis...Fear?From whatOf whatThe abyss?The spike?No...Myself?Maybe... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226331/ such beauty in those shadowsechoeing forth from all manner of hearts of mena fading in the light and growing of darkpeople looking away from the pain of otherslooked down upon for theyre indifferencewhen they are the only ones who truelly understandsuch pain, such useless, pointless pain.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226330/ The earth shakes as another volley of shells buries itself in the adjacent hillside, vaporizing another row of advancing tanks. The planes that released them streak across the sky and make a wide angled return to search for more targets. I can barely see them through the haze of smoke rising from th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226326/ sitting in the coldshivering in the darksoft hands wrap a blanket over meand i one motionenvelope me in their embracethe face is shadowedfor nowbut a stange light comes throughto frighten the shadowswho she isi do not knowwhere she isi do not knowi do knowthat she is wait.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226323/ One of a series of 'Blinks.' Glimpses into the wild emotional roller coaster that is life. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226321/ Solitary agianst the horizonA backdrop of hills and starsAnd one sole eyeThe moon staring downAnother pairPointed highTo the velvet blackSprinkled with diamondsWatching stars fallIn countless showersSkipping across the darknessAll the whileTwo eyesTracking every movementE.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226319/ The dusk of manNight closes inAs the sun sets on humanityAnd all its scattered remnantsStand defiantly waitingWatchingWonderingWhat mark did they makeIn the scheme of thingsDid anything matterWill they be rememberedWill they be missed They stand readyTo force the sun.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/226317/ The tides of demesia corode the cliffs of my mindMy mind is a paradox of unseen claritiesA bird in a cageFreedom in a cellA blackwidows playground of thoughts inside my headThat which comforts is uncomfortable!I bear the unbearable!The point of life is fading in the distanceM.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/220569/ Memories long since missingOr maybe purposely misplacedBlocked out long agoCrashing back as the dam breaksBarriers ripping like paperAll that painAll that sadnessAll of it returningThose looming memoriesGrinning like the cheshireProving so coldlyThat you can't ignore truthYou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/220565/ I walk through the valley of the shadow of lifeThrough a forest of weathered stoneAnd forgotten namesLives long since lostBut listed in memorialSadly forgottenUnknownHow were they once rememberedFondly?Or was they're passing long overdueWho were they remembered bySo long ago.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shaun894/220563/