http://slow.writerscafe.org/SomberEyes The original writings of author Somber Eyes en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776022589 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I know I'll never win a PulitzerAnd I'll never win a Nobel prizeBut is it really asking too much to be somebodyBefore this body dies?I'm not getting any younger, I have fewer years aheadThan those that I have left behindNow, is it really asking too much to be somebodyBefore I run out.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1206547/ Our words used to be relevant and people used to careNow, every time we take the stage, I look out, and nobody's thereSure, there may be a few people hanging out at the barBut I can't find anyone who still considers us a starI guess we waited too long, we're too far past our primeAnd I'm just anothe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1203917/ Tell me, can you see me?  Tell me, do you care?The way that you are acting is as if I was never thereBut what you've never told her, what you and I both knowIs I was the one you shared your bed with not too long agoBut now, you won't even look at me, you won't look in my directionWhat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1200191/ I gave you everything you wantedI gave you everything you needI held you when you needed comfortingI held you when you had to bleedI kept you away from all the needlesI kept you away from all the painI'm the one that kept you clean and soberI saved you time and time againAnd now .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1197234/ I started out with nothingbut a hope and a prayerHoping someone else will see what I'vealways known is thereA little voice that will not be silenced, nomatter who's aroundA little voice reaching to the sky, justwaiting to be foundWhenI got the call, I wasn't sure that it was realOv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1194616/ It's about time for us tosay so longIn a few short hours, one of us will be goneIthurts to know that this is our last dayI wish this all could endsome other wayLookat all the battles we've been throughAnd we made it throughunscathed, both me and youEvery week, we would push eacho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1194612/ I know that you think I'm beneath youIt's in your eyes, it's in your voice, your words, everything that you doI try to block it out 'cause I hope for the best in those I meetBut you think differently, you think my place is on the ground under your feetI'm looking for someone to take me bac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1189024/ I think of 1992To me, it seems like yesterdayBut when I look at the calendarI see it was so far awayAll the time that has since passedWas swallowed in the blink of an eyeAnd time for me has not progressedI'm stuck there, and I don't know whySome times were bad, but most were good.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1181172/ It all started so fastI should have known it couldn't lastThe passion that came on so strongFaded just as quickly, now it's goneOnce the passion dissipatedYour love for me turned into hatredAnd every day, I try so hard not to cryWhen I see the truth in your eyesYou always find some.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1181166/ Hello, DarknessMy old friendDid you ever think that IWould come to talk with you again?When I was goneI thought I'd found my homeBut no matter who I spent time withI still felt all aloneI spent time one-on-oneI spent some time with groupsBut all that time, I felt more lonelyT.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1180766/ I see you walk away from meI never thought that you would leaveI thought you would always be thereYou walk away with your head held highAnd though you feel like you just diedYou act as if you just don't careBut I can see the tears in your eyesEven though you're trying not to cryA.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1180478/ I watched as the dark clouds gathered overheadBlocking the sun, bringing darkness insteadOut with the sun went the warmth and the lightLeaving us cold in the dark of the nightWas it caused by Mother Nature or was it by man?Our obsession with destruction, I do not understandWe build the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1180476/ I heard you call meBut it was only in my headYou spoke so softlyAs you held on tightly to the threadThese threads of life, unraveling my tapestryI'm being torn apart by all the feelings deep inside of meI'm being pulledIn every directionAnd the eye of this hurricaneDoes not offer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1180472/ It seems that we met at the worst possible timeWe were living on different sides of the lineWe tried to fight our feelings, but they continued to growBefore too long, it was impossible not to let them showThe way we looked at each other, it was clear for all to seeThe feelings that I had f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1179702/ I know you wanted so much moreI can see it on your face every time that I walk through that doorIt's so easy to seeAll your hopes and dreamsSince the day we met, you've watched as, one by one, they fell apart at the seamsAnd I know that you blame meBut what can I say?You know I never.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1179696/ Look at the way that she shakes her hipsLook at the way that she licks her lipsBut she's not just a sex kittenShe's a person, tooLook at the way that she shakes her buttLook at those legs and look at that strutBut she's not just a sex kittenShe's a person, tooDoes she get you all h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1179694/ I see days of greySomber shadows, tooAnd every night is dark and coldWhen I can't be with youNow I think to myselfWhat a terrifying worldThe pain erupts withinAnd it brings me to my kneesThe lightning and the thundercloudsDescend upon the treesAnd I think to myselfWhat a terr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1179687/ With each new day that passesThere's one less that remainsAnd every day that I wake upBrings a brand new painPain of unending solitudePain of isolationPain of insecurityPain of trepidationWhen faced with awkward silencesI just don't know what to sayMy mind is vacant of all th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1177994/ When everything I know has faded awayWhen there is nothing left for me to sayWhat can I do with my remaining days?I'm a Technicolor figure in a world full of greysI stare at the walls that trap me like a cageI write my somber thoughts down on the pageAll of the thoughts floating 'round.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1177989/ All those times you pushed me downRoughed me up, threw me aroundThey changed me more than they shouldAll those times you broke my heartRipped to pieces, torn apartHurt me more than anyone else couldStill I loved youI trusted youI never even thought to walk awayNo matter how much .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1177980/ It's 4:37 in the morningAnd I'm still not in bedI'm not tired, and I can't sleepThere's too much going on in my headI'm trying to figure outHow to make it through another dayI'm just trying to figure outWhat I have to do to find my wayIt's 8:37 in the morningAnd I feel my eyes cl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1177975/ I got lost inside my own head againI was lost for yearsHiding out from all of the monstersAnd all of my fearsI was afraid of everything around meI was afraid of everything that I could seeI didn't know if I could be worth itI was convinced that I'd always be worthlessI told you tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1177973/ Baby, please tell me, why are you with me?I cannot see anything through this insecurityBaby, please tell me, tell me why you're hereI cannot see your reasons through this blinding fog of fearI'd like to think that, somehow, I am worth itI want to think that, somehow, I deserve itI must.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1174897/ Do you really think that Iam stupid?Do you think that I don't have a brain?You might dowhat everybody tells youBut I can't say the sameDoyou really fall for product placement?If someone buys something,will you do the same?Do you have to follow every new trend?Well,I don't play that g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1174890/ I'm trying so hard toorganizeAll the thoughts in my head, all the truths and theliesBut they all get jumbled aroundAnd the truths end uplost, only lies can be foundWhyis it so hard to see the light?Why does it always have to be afight?I'mso sick and tired of this war in my he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1174887/ I've heard so many peoplesay that they don't like a songBecause it doesn't fitinto a mold, and I think that's wrongIt doesn't matter howthe music may be classifiedThe only thing that mattersis how it makes you feel insideDon't tell me you don't like somethingbecause of the hole y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1174883/ Chased by my fears everydaySanity's slipping awayHopelessness is coming throughInthe words I speak to youYousee the cloud above my headYou have no umbrella, insteadYoustand with me beneath the rainAs I cry out all the painAsthe tears fall from my eyesYou comfort me through al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1174878/ The man may not be gone, but the legend (and his mind) sure is... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1170950/ Ninety thousand milesawayAt least that's what it seemsI'll never see you in thefleshOnly in my dreamsEvery time I extend my handYoualways disappearI don't want to hear the truthThat you werenever hereIdon't know where you are right nowI don't know where you'vebeenI know that we w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1170489/ I know it's hard whenyou're feeling downYou look for a friend, but no one's aroundYoufeel so low, you've been sad so longYou can't find the strengthto carry onYou don't have the strength for one more tryAllthat you can think of is to give up and dieBut when you reach thebottom and there'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1170485/ I don't know if there'sanything I haven't said beforeI think that I've said everything,maybe even moreBut still, it seems there must be something Ishould say to youBecause you haven't stopped doing the awfulthings you doImay not see you doing them, but I can see the signsYou can co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1170482/ I wish you'd let me help youI wish you'd let me inI promise I won't hurt youI just want to be your friendI know what you are going throughThe things you'll never tellI know because I've been there, tooI know the pain too wellI cannot say I've found the cureI don't think one exi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1170479/ Why do you look at me withthose daggers in your eyes?It tears my heart to pieces, it breaksme down until I cryAnd when my tears start to flow, then beginthose morbid thoughtsBut you already know, and this is whatyou've always soughtAgirl who's on the edgeSo that when you come to he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168991/ I wake up one more timeunderneath the dying sunAnd though this world is big, I stillhave nowhere to runIt doesn't matter where I go, I am always withmeAlways at war with myself, split personalityPartof me wants to move forward, part wants to remainPart of me wantsto be numb, part w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168987/ I feel my life slowlyslipping awayI feel it draining faster every dayAnd no matterwhat I do, no matter what I sayThere's only so long I can keepDeath at bayIfeel his cold breath as he's breathing down my backI feel in mygut that he's ready to attackHe's been waiting patiently since.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168984/ You're toxicYou have atoxic airYou're looking at meAnd I can tell you just don'tcareYoudon't care that you make me hurtYou have no problem treating melike dirtYou're toxicSo toxicPoisonto my veinsThe reason for my painYou're toxicSo brutallytoxicI want you, and I can't stop i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168979/ It doesn't matter what I sayYou're going to do what you want anywayYou don't listen when I try to plead my caseYou just scream at me to get out of your faceNow I stand alone againIt's another fight that nobody winsJust one more battle, and we boldly cross the lineSomehow, I know that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168977/ I wake up and I rise from bedDisjointed images are floating in my headI don't know how I made it through one more nightBut I wonder if I'll be alrightI shake my head and put my feet on the floorThe same thing I've done ten thousand times beforeBut today, somehow, it doesn't feel the sa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168512/ I tried to stop, but I'm too weakThe pain builds up and needs releaseI tried to find another wayBut the pain is here to stayThe only way to make it goIs to let the blood drops flowAs the blood runs down the drainIt takes with it all the painI'm not trying to make scarsIn fact, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168510/ Reflections of the man I amAnd the man I've beenMirror, take a look at meCan you tell me when?When the sadness first appeared?When these lines first formed?When the face you see before youBecame so forlorn?Mirror, look beneath the surfaceLook beneath the skinCan you see into my.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168506/ You've been yelling at me all day long, into the nightI sit here and I take it, I know it's useless to fightI've already been down that road, and it's a dead endJust a smack across the face as you maneuver every bendI feel my eyelids closing, then a stinging in my eyeYour ring splits my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168500/ I see the man that I oncewasI see the man I want to beSuch different men, they'reworlds apartAnd neither one of them is meThepast that I can still rememberIs like this cold and darkDecemberFilled with forlorn imageryThings I do not wish toseeAnd feelings I don't want to feelSo clos.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1168495/ Some possible endings to a relationship http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1077411/ I'm waiting anxiously as a warm breeze passes byMy vision fades away as your hands cover my eyesYou whisper softly in my ear just two words -- "Guess who"But I still recognize your voice, I know that it's youTime may have passed, but I did not forgetThe memories did not fade to black after you leftT.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1077029/ I hear the footsteps abovemeIt's like they're treading on my soulBack and forth all dayand nightTo keep me down in this holeI'mjust waiting for my momentThen I'll make my moveI have towait until the time is rightWhen everything falls into the grooveInthat moment, there will b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1077028/ You tell me I'm afailureThat I was never good enoughYou tell me that I'mworthlessAnd I never will amount to muchWhat's the source ofyour angry wordsI never did you any wrongBut you blame me foreveryone leavingI'm the only reason they're goneIaccepted all your hateful wordsMy ego to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1076630/ A short, rather dark piece that came to me while looking at the dark grey sky. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1076464/ Something that came to me after watching the movie "What A Girl Wants". http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1076279/ A funny little thing I wrote when I heard of a broken water main. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1075846/ Sometimes, I just can'tbelieveHow this pain builds inside of meA single comment madein jestTears me apart, then I'm a messIam standing on the edgeLeaning forward, beyond the ledgeAsalways, nobody is thereAm I fooling myself thinking somebodycaresEverybodywas here yesterdayB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SomberEyes/1075843/