http://slow.writerscafe.org/DeelishDiscordia The original writings of author Deena Miller en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775991224 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A girl, a boy, a dark lit night... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/505975/ Save me from my sordid pastWith stolen words and bad romanceWaiting for a spell yet castTo end this horrid dance. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/505972/ Here I stand before you A lost and naked soulA work in shaky progress, A being that’s not whole. I’ve shown you all my scars,I’ve bared for you my fearsThere’s nothing left to show you,And I try to fight the tears… .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/505969/ Myheart aches like a thousand woundsIcan hardly hear above the soundsOfmy deftly beating heartAndfrom the startIknew it was you.Youhelp me throughMydarkest daysMymind, it playsThestealthiest tricksAndso it picksYouto be my all... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/505964/ Tick tock, the clocks a' tickin'Teasing us with promised timeAll you've come to love and hateWill disappear on a dime We fool ourselves into lulled thinkingThat time is on our sideBut Time is a cruel mistressAnd while we sleep, she glides She strips .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/414583/ All’s fair when lovers partI knew it wouldn’t lastSo many stolen moments spentIt all went way too fast… So much for our plans to see the worldAll that's left is strife.All we had is done and spoiledand just like that, on wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/414582/ A free write; written with little editing... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/327350/ A free write that came out while pondering life. Not my usual style, but I liked the way it came out. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/327348/ I hunger for somethingFood cannot abateI thirst for somethingMere drink cannot quakeI long for somethingHopes alone cannot achieveI dream of something incredulous--It’s one cannot truly believe…My life is a unending conundrumof opposing contradictionsI have no ho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/292872/ An erudite discussion about Christianity. I realize a lot of people will think I�m an atheist, but I�m not. You should be able to look in your heart and know [if a religion is] right--and no book or person in the world should be able to tell you otherwise http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/230403/ Life can close just like a door, Hiding memories not seen anymore. Open the door, Breathe in, breathe out, That's what life should be about. Taking time to smell the flowers; With no clock, no watch, To count the hours Of days past, Of mornings gone Of nights that left Brig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229851/ What is this emotion Controlled by the head, Not the heart, that tore me to pieces Part by part? Is it so hard to know, Too misty to see- It's not the outside that counts But the inside of me? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229850/ Thoughts go racing through my mind as I think of you. I come to find your selfishness abrasive and your emotions elusive, so I have come to the conclusion that I'm in love with an illusion of the guy I used to know. Doesn't your true self show when you look in the mirror? Or, is it.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229848/ I am introvert,I am wrong;You are covert-Does it make you strong? Does it give you satisfactionTo have me kneel at your throne?Once again the VictorBut one that rules alone. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229847/ What is the meaning of life,why am I here?to drift through life so endlesslywithout    a    single    tear?Or, better yet a million tearsto ease away the paintime and time again I cryand    still    remain&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229845/ Since the day we went our separate waysI've never been the sameEvery time I hear our songMy heart contracts in pain. How could I suppress the memories,The tenderness of our embrace?Your touch, the sweet desperationCan never be erased. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229844/ Our hearts placed on the shore to dryWe've put them there, so lostbroken slivers thrown about-A detrimental cost. The tide's returned,The moon is black,I see you again, And I go back... Back to days of eternal blissWhere things were perfectNothing amiss.I as Cinde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229843/ I’m blown away by your vivaciousnessAnd how you live your life.You aim so high, You seem to flyAnd become one with the skies.Aren’t you afraid of falling?Of tumbling into the abyss?Angels and saints do no wrongBut stay in a state of bliss http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229841/ ss you can tell, I love Alliteration :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229840/ A Shakespearean Sonnet http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229838/ When I look into your eyes,I see how enormous the world is---All words are lost to me…My eyes are floodedAnd my heart fillsWith undying rapture.We create our own languageWhere kisses replace vowelsAnd soft caresses become consonantsAnd all mortal worries cease to exist. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229837/ Graduation is deliverance,Euphoric, unencumbering,Graduation makes me feel like A bird leaving its nest…Scared, but knowing it’s for The Best.Without graduation, I’d lose all motivation.Without graduation, My whole educationWould be for naught.Graduation is a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229834/ You’re not real, you’re fake And as real to me as plastic…Or Prospect Park Lake.If I can see this,And admit it’s true,Why can’t I gather the courageTo tell you we’re through?Is it that I like the idea of you,And not you for yourself?But what i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229830/ He walks up to meAsking for a hugI hide in my coat,He responds with a shrug.Then, we sit, and he turns to meAsking about my day.I tell him, and it went on from thereUntil there was nothing to say.I look at the floor,He looks at the sky.He asks about kissingAnd I don’t r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229829/ Caught in a sea of griefFloating off the shoreMissed the boat by inchesDarkness, forevermore.Alice fell down the rabbit hole,But she got back out,Is it too late for meTo lift my voice and shout? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229828/ Perfect for the singles on Valentine's Day! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229826/ You tie your tears to dead balloonsDrifting in the skyAs the world revolves around youYou stop to sit and cry…Self pity’s a welcome guestAs you cry for times long passedWith no one to hear youHow long can melancholy last?In a world filled with laughterYou fill it w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229825/ As I bid good riddance to someone, Adieu!I stand back, and memories start anew.I can’t call out to say goodbyeStill thinking how time passes by…Yesterday we were wild and freeThinking how great our lives would beToday you’re leaving, all askance, Not even tryin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229824/ Walking down a winding roadI don’t know where it goesWith a raging river besides itCalmly how it flows!Journey onward!A fork has been reached—A decision must be madeAnd the river breachedThe left or the rightWhich one should I choose?One or the otherIt seems I w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229823/ Can you be my anodyne?My heart contracts in pain.But every time I think of youMy hearts feels whole again.Can you be my lullaby?I cannot continue sleeping.All night long I toss and turnAll thoughts of you are leaping.Can you be my valentine?I’ve made you a red paper heart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229819/ Who said love was easy?I find it not a gameWhat’s the point of “winning”When I’m always left the same?To win the game, you must fight fairAnd let the rules be knownThe cheaters cheat, the cowards bendAnd the seeds of destruction are sown…So what&rsq.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229812/ If it could all be different,If it were all the same,Would I still be meIf I never felt this pain?If you would only tell me, If you would only sayEverything I want to hearYou would make my day!But, would you still ignore meAnd fail to hear my plea?If I could only tell you,T.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229811/ I pull close to an ember that will not burnNor emit its heat for meI’d cherish every spark it had—Let it burn for eternity!The fire beckoned invitinglySo beautiful, so pureThe fire that had the penchant to harmHad also the nascence to cure…And cure it did, this.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229810/ I thought I had it all figured outI thought I had it downBut here you come inside my worldAnd turn it upside downWhat once was lostIs now again foundYou call my nameAnd I turn around…Your eccentric sunshineHas clouded my visionBut being with you seemsA very wise deci.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229808/ So many wordsBut they won’t come outI want to say them to you—Let it out in one shout!The way you make me feelNo one ever has beforeYour sweet kisses, your tender caressesLeave me yearning for more…The words build upAs do my feelings for youThe more I see y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229795/ When Love lifts her heavy headAnd stops to take a sighI look at her and want to scream“Why won’t you curl up and die?”“I’m sick of always coming to you—I’ll no longer be your slave!”As soon as the words have left my lipsI’d follow.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229794/ If absence makes the heart grow fonderAnd you’ve been gone so longWhy am I suffering so muchAnd why does this all feel so wrong?My heart doesn’t feel any fonderMy heart is anything but fineWith your scarcity, my heart has become heavyAnd has set itself to pine.Oh seve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229793/ Just Damn it All!Damn those bright green-hazel eyesThat took me by surpriseAnd swept me off my feet.Damn the StarbucksWhich made you laugh And made you hold my handDamn the snow,Which made you take me home earlyAnd made us kiss in front of my lobby.Damn Prospect ParkAnd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229792/ Screaming, shouting“Love will endure us!”Seeing, breathing The air all around us…Dreaming, schemingKeep believing, forever us.Hearing, movingThe earth will swallow us!Feeling, touchingNo more will be us… http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229791/ It’s been too long…...Since I've written a blog...since I’ve written a column...since I’ve gotten laid...since I’ve gotten something from someone...since I’ve gone to class a full week...since I’ve gone anywhere new...since I’ve attemp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229790/ Tortured anguish fills my soulAnd I feel myself losing controlOf my thoughts and actions.The funny contraptionsThat I find myself trapped inLeaves me thinking of what has been….Why’d it have to end like this?Without a hug, without a kissI am left here to reminisceAbout.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229765/ I bleed from a wound that shows no holeNor leaves a nasty scarThe pain I feel,The damage you dealtLeaves the biggest wound by farHow can I say I trust youWhen you stab me at every turn?Me leave my life in your hands?I’d sooner let it burnOh trust in me you sayYou Jezebe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229761/ It started out with something as silly as a posting...And ended in heartbreak.All the memories, all the good times Are more that I can take.I’ll never forget that day we metIn the heart of Union SquareNow it seems as though we've never met--As though you'll never care.Was i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229759/ A poetic synopsis of one of Shakespeare's best plays... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229740/ When boredom strikesIt cares not your age or creed;It picks its victims mercilessly--Purely driven by greed.Boredom can render the most intelligent manCompletely stupid and uselessIt can f**k up a deadlineIt can make you listless.What is the cure for boredom?It really depends o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229723/ My heart slowly breaks in twomy body always aches for youWhy can't you really stop and seeThat what you kindly do to meIs a blatant shameless crime?Oh, if you could just be mineAnd stop this needless pain!Whenever we talk againThe feeling does subsideBut then you run and hideAnd .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229721/ Words are wordsWhispered promisesAnd nothing elseThey can be promisesOf riches and fortunes,Of things to come.Or sweet words from a lover post coitalOf wonderful places visited in a warm embraceAnd of never leaving your side.And what a wonderful thing that is.But of courseCaugh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229719/ Somewhere over the rainbow…What a wishful song.It reminds you of all the wistful fantasiesOf childhoodOf the adult wishTo return to innocence.When were we truly innocent, anyway?We came in this world a clean slateAnd were rudely awakened by a firm smack on the bottomIs tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229670/ She smells of cloves and sadnessOf roses and dejectionWhat a peculiar scent she has.She never smiles in picturesOh, but she smilesAlways half heartedAnd marked with melancholy and mysteryHer coy looks and come hither glancesDraws the unsuspected inHer world aflame with sadness and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229668/ Love is a sacred arrowWhich catches me astrayThe pain (the sweet sorrow of it all!)All but carries me away.Reality bites us hardAnd so's love the sameI've loved Madly, Deeply, TrulyAnd never was whole again.Someone help me, someone save me!From this rabid, savage beastLove; y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DeelishDiscordia/229667/