http://slow.writerscafe.org/Manywaters The original writings of author Michelle Tarnowski en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776029502 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I look up at it from where I stand; I can see how tightly I have wrapped it. ... I did it that way on purpose http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/1283337/ Sometimes love is elusive Moving around us Like a mist that can’t be held It is distant and unattainable http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/1283330/ How do you describe a love so true, so pure, that it has no selfish motives, no hidden agendas? A love that seeks only to give with no thought of taking back anything in return. I watched as friendship turned to caring and caring blossomed into a gentle love and two young hearts melded together. Eve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/990478/ My mind is soaring!Like a freight train flying, until the track runs out!Like a jet in a downward spiral, until the ground‘s impact!Like the speed of light, until the wall breaks the beam! Neurons are firing! Are these brain waves or tidal waves? Too many, too fast, ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/990472/ ....let our kisses be without number http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/655569/ I am standing in front of you, but you don’t see me. You look through me…past me… as if I were invisible. Glass. And inside I shatter into a million shards that cut at my heart with razor edges. But I am strong and not one piece will pierce through my armor. Not.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/647686/ A simple story about Alex. Alex was a cat. 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Perhaps in Hindsight I see the catalyst to my fall.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/353163/ While I didn�t hate him, I hated what he had done.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/352820/ A roaring from behind me shook me from my thoughts, and turning I saw.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/352759/ Joined in a poignant dance.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/352362/ I think of what it took to come this far.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/352208/ Ravaged remnants of who I was, like discarded shells.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/350032/ ....The random cadence of my ever changing mood.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/310519/ Calling shadows .... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/296110/ The original plan is a choice that only we can make. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/293161/ Haiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/292498/ Haiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/292360/ Haiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/291904/ My first attempt at Haiku http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/291738/ ....Beguiling and soft though you seem.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/289915/ A broken heart’s renderingFar beyond painWhat is it I feel?What is it I see?  I can’t even see meSo lost in this darkThat crowds all aroundConfining my heart  A prison, a tomblike stone cold and grayIt presses against meOn all s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Manywaters/288139/ Our broken hearts so fragile. 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