http://slow.writerscafe.org/DonnaDelongM The original writings of author Donna DeLong Matthews aka Gold Pen Ghost en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775985924 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My final submission on a site I have been a member of for many years is shutting down. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/2156755/  When We Meet AgainShadows In TimeMaybe you didn't doall that you shouldBut I know you loved usthe only way that you couldOur life was not easybut neither was yoursBack then what you neededbehind so many closed doorsI wish things had been differentand not taken to such lengthsBut by you my mold.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/1263504/  Slow Dancing With The MoonThere are songsthat should have never been sungThere are starsthat never get a chance to be hungThere are roads walkedthat should've never been trodDid I mistakenly thinkto have been laid by GodWhen one is still and listenswith a trusting open heartHow does one knowth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/1263500/ This Girl Is On FireOh the freedomOh the reliefMy soul untouchedby the happiness thiefWith decisions madeand confirmedSelf pointed where I always belongedI turn my back uponthe pain and disappointmentThis heart will carryno bitterness or resentment.I draw a fresh breathdeep with in my soulWith .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/1263497/   You Are My Sunshine Those beautiful brown eyes are now forever closed No future will they ever see no truth to be disclosed An act I can not fathom a loss I'd hate to bare A precious life taken by one who could not care I feel our Lord is with me as I cry for justice .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/761778/   Seaside Dreams I stand at shores edge the waves calmly lapping When memories come of time we were sharing We walked the oceans shore holding hands and making memories Little did I know how quickly you would cross forbidden boundaries The ocean is the place where.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/699645/   The Years of My AutumnOh I knew there would come the timeOle Mother Nature would catch meand rudely jerk me from my prime Oh I ran so fast the keep in frontBut her vicious head did rearYa know its really not as badas I had so long fearedThe eyes have lines that wer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/699225/  The Best In Me    Was it fate or just destiny's call That led me back to where I'm most comfortable of all Over the years You tapped upon my heart Pulling me back to where I made my start I drifted from place to place just looking for my own N.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/682426/ Follow Your Heart I give to you all that I am All that I will ever be I pray you care for my heart ever so tenderly I ask that with your past me you do not compare As I stand before my heart and soul naked and bare We all must learn from the past but that must be w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/680566/ Roses Are Red My Love At waters edge today I am once again found It is here where I find my only solid ground In my life to those who have come and gone and those who chose to stay Many life's lessons I have been taught that remain with me to this day Loves that came a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/678915/ Winning Winning isn't everything, so the race is what counts. Its how we play the game of life that amounts To go thru life passing all that walk this land Is not near as important as stopping to lend a hand What is given returns ten fold This little proven fact is of pure g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/678349/   Hero  I come here night after night Always seeing the same faces Am I looking for love in all the wrong places I sit at my usual table and order my usual drink Here Sir, as the waitress sets it down and I thank her with a wink The room is dimly lit with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/677809/ Twinkle Twinkle I Wonder How You Are Twinkle Twinkle My little hidden star Not a day goes by that I don't wonder how you are I've been told Your not my concern This my heart will never learn You are kept hidden as though a prize to be won You are in my prayers when ea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/672401/ Maybe Oh so much to understand what is said does not compute How you wear your words just like a cheap suit. So much time has passed with nothing any nearer Betrayal reasoning not any clearer But this I know for sure standing alone is better than deception that cuts to the b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/669878/ Because We Dream... With all of God's creatures He gave us dreams The ability for our minds to dance upon moonbeams To spread our dreamful wings and just take flight Will bring each of us a sunny day from the dark of night To wander beyond the harshness of each day Just reac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/668648/ Who I Am... I find it so odd that many like me for me Yes the me you refuse to see. For years on egg shells I have walked Each word is guarded when I've talked I always had to worry About what I wear For fear of getting the disapproving stare I don't understand the need in t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/668441/ Or Maybe... Its so hard for me to believe that all is hopeless That nothing can change except to regress Or maybe.... Are we to sit back and figure all is lost There is nothing "I" can do Oh what will be the cost Or maybe... We think the hungry will never be fed The unbeliev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/666880/ Today’s Promise Tomorrow's Dreams   As today you unite with hearts full of love Dreams of the future only blessed from above It is by God's loving grace that has brought you here today Follow Him and His word and together you will always stay This .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/662299/ I Choose To Dance This past year had dealt such mighty blows With so much of life well that's how it goes One can choose the past and become stagnant and old Or reach into the future and live or so the story is told. I choose to move forward leaving in the past Those who choos.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/661169/ I'll Be Fine  Oh what mighty blows you gave 2010 While they were not all bad it seems so few battles I did win Family lost thru death and separation Friend and love lost leaving behind such destruction With egos deflated and trust totally broken It appears once again I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/657183/ The Empty Christmas Table I sit at this empty table of memories with loved ones so dear Remembering the love and laughter that rang out so clear Burned deeply in my heart is each and every face Never to be forgotten the love I so embraced Today my heart is he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/650338/ My Way   I really don't understand the mistakes I continue to make I try to be true to all that I meet yet some insist all of me they take I'm old and tired the fight is just too great In everyone's life comes the time of checkmate  Time again Ive pulled myself .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/646763/ In The Windmills of Your Mind   Where do I begin Where do I belong As I aimlessly drift among each note within the melody of this song Your absence so hard to bare as the loneliness will heavily fall It is but a short time now our only contact will be a call How do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/642897/ We Never Say Goodbye That dreaded time is too rapidly approaching Just the thought of your absence oh the tears are freely falling The joy you bring when close by my side Yet when absent life is a difficult stride The life we share is so precious to me Time spent away .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/640765/ When Enough is ENOUGH   With those who refuse to listen there are lessons to be learned Life's road can be quite rough with it's many twists and turns When a child takes an adult stance The harsh realities will emerge No lies or half truths will be given That has neve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/634043/   Stand Strong ღ KKD ღStand Strong Oh my precious Love days away are so very long Nights even longer I try so hard to stand strong Life has a way of obscuring the sunshine My greatest hearts wishes now can not be mine When weakness over powers and ta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/633657/ Manny and Teresa my heart breaks for both of you Manny I was so very honored that you requested me to write this My love and deepest heartfelt sympathies to both of you and your families. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/631237/ One Tin Soldier  The riches of this mountain the buried treasure is our Freedom We are hated so severely because we are a free kingdom We stand tall and proud because of who we are In the nation of nations we are a shining star An example we must be joining hand with eve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/629978/ Decisions I come to a point in my walk of life do I go left or right How is one to decide neither road with an answer in sight I know what I need and desire neither has ever been a secret Vocally both are expressed but in the end its always a forfeit I have to weigh what I can liv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/628688/ Loving You is Fun Oh Baby what you do has never been done before You my love have cancelled every past score The joy of each new day I greet with such anticipation Your love upon my heart is such a life changing revelation Before so afraid to open this battered heart o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/627203/ Precious Moments Oh the stolen moments in time are so very precious to me The see-you-soon leave me lost as a ship upon a dark sea The parting kiss is so bitter sweet leaving me wondering when The warm embrace on parting when will I feel again The specialness of us I pray to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/621838/ Maybe Tomorrow I don't understand and not sure that I ever can Something held so precious ripped from my life again They were but a toddler and babe when first held just out of my reach I sat at a distance to say goodbye my voice not allowed its speech There was not allowe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/620806/ It's The Little Things I sit her among the shambles of my life yet there is a bright shining light My Savior, extended family, friends and you holding me ever so tight No matter what is thrown my way I will have the strength to make it you see for when the dus.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/619644/ Dedicated to my precious Grandchildren http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/619396/ Hold Me Close... Tell Me What To Do My Precious Savior Hold me Close From my heart remove this pain I really don't understand what could now be their gain I have backed away as I was told to do with lips still and heart broken. Yet the haltered still spills as a da.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/618820/ Missing You Tonight I sit alone beneath the Florida moon The stolen moments we share always end too soon You are so close yet so far away How I pray for the time you will stay Your protective loving arms are so painfully absent The sweetness of your kiss how I wish.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/615746/ You've Dried My Tears When the shattered pieces of my life lay scattered at my feet You always seem to know how to turn my bitter to sweet For many years you've answered each frantic call You were there to cushion another tragic fall You've calmed my fears and made me smile .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/610937/ The Other Side of Me Rivers with no end... that is this path I walk Hidden behind a mask always afraid to let my heart talk. Oh once I dared from this mask to peek from behind The wrath that spewed left me speechless and blind When once have I dared to speak of my pain and h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/610358/ Play Me   Your love dances like ripples in a brook Gently reflectingthe possession of my heart you took There was no great splash just gentle unbroken circles that gravitates and grows as God's graced miracles How this came to be well it is not for me to que.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/601468/   When Music Had Soul ღ KKD ღWhen Music Had Soul The music of today well it's not like the old It lacks meaning and rhythm and that toe tapping soul If you remember The Stones and Santana Elton, Hendrix, Abba and Joplin Those were but just few of who go.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/600699/   A Long and Lasting Love ღ KKD ღA  Long  and  Lasting  Love Isn't Love supposed to be a hearts  pledge for an eternity A seed planted when nurtured and loved Grows strong beneath the light that shines from.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/600686/ My Circle of Life As this family grows with each new life I find with each step retraced Our precious Savior with in my heart each one He so lovingly placed. Never in a dream could I have known that this old heart of mine Would be filled with so much love over what now seems a sh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/598807/ Would You Dance With Me Oh the question seems simple enough but nothing in life is quite that easy This we have danced around to many a year the thought of crossing that line held fear for me The friendship foundation was long ago proven but my greatest fear for it to be lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/594955/ Take Me To Your Heart It is said nothing lasts forever how true with love I have found But it is only because before truth was not the uttered soundSo much I fear of the past to again be my test I need for you find ways to calm my hearts unrest There are so many walls t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/588466/ Walking Next To You I reach for Your hand and its always there I have no fear You hear every prayer On my dark road of life You are my only lite When I'm frightened it is You holding me tight When in question You show me where to go When in need it is from You .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/587894/ In Your Eyes These eyes leave one frozen in time the sincerity generating stops all in their life's path They are so deeply penetrating These are the eyes that take dream to reality They could easlily cause another heart's fatality One sees two pools of love and care Eyes that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/575932/ Hole In Her Soul Why I ask is it that you hide behind life's door in all you do Away from all that you love and who love you Why is the world so hard Why does it play so cruel Why is she so scared Why does she feel each day a duel What is this continual trick life insists on p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/575926/  Illusive Dreams  ღ KKD ღIllusive Dreams Why is it the dreams we chase are always of the impossible and if caught most times leaves one's life a shamble I suppose the dream illusive is part of the big scheme But if we were to capture would they .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/575920/ My Prince I steal away in the dead of night to my secret place of dreams as my heart yearns to take flight My Prince I pray you fill these empty arms and my heart to be won by all your charms As your voice echoes upon my ears and speak of an end to the loneliness and tears.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/575048/ The Missing Piece It seems no matter how close I get The pieces of my puzzle just never fit There is always one that ends up missing It seems it is not yet my time of blessing This road of life in which I travel alone is one that I have always known I know my Savior has specia.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DonnaDelongM/575044/