http://slow.writerscafe.org/LuhvAshleyA The original writings of author Ally Baker en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776022637 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When you live in the darkA speck of light burnsAn alien virus searing veinsLight so  foreign to the darkThat minuscule speck of lightBurns a hole in the dark iceReleasing shadows and demonsThat tear into the soul and beingBut when there is enough lightThe ice will thaw and meltDrowning the shad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/1198178/ What is love without the risk?Even if the risk is known,A memory forever seared on a heartThat may only feel for one.Some say that heat helps a burn.Back to the fire, but distanced,I contemplate how close to get,Gripping my bandages tightly.The fire calls to me, singing.I unwrap the bandages andExpo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/839289/ It seems befitting for youTo be both things for me --The one who trapped me in iceAnd the one who thaws me out.My heart has been healingWhile I live my life in a  coma.I'm waking up, feeling again,It's like nothing has changed.But you seem to have moved on,Left me to heal myself, andWake up wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/839288/ You see that girl?The one who smiles so brightly?Who laughs so loudly?Has no cares in the world?She smiles so brightlyTo distract from the painFlooding her swollen eyesAnd raised lines on her wrists.She laughs so loudlyTo distract from the emptinessIn her voice and actionsFrom one too many good-byes.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/839286/ Why be her's and not mine?She is no sweet, delicate wine.With her, you only fight.With me, you will find delight.For I will cherish who you areAnd love you, no matter how far.You mean so much to me,Just open your eyes and see.Does she bring you joy?Treat as anything other than a toy?She doesn't trul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/839284/ You used to make me smile, Fill my stomach with butterflies.You brought brightness with you,Making me happy with just your presence.Now you make me grimace,Fill my stomach with poisoned nails.Now darkness follows you,Your presence making me ill.You are a demon of deception,Altering my perceptio.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/820199/ As night approachesDarkness falls over my surroundingsAs well as my heart,Draping it with its shadowsWithout the light of dayIt seems harder to fight offThe darkness that sings to my soulBegging for me to take it backThe gleam of the blade shines brighterThe pills rattle louder in their bottleThe sm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/682061/ True love... what is it?I've spent fifteen, almost sixteenLong years on this planet, not evenTwo of those years searching Searching for true love.Most people don't find it untilThey have entered "adulthood"Could I have found it already? My mother found it with My f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/650807/ They always tell you thatIf you let them go and they comeBack, they are yours forever and If they don't, they never were. But sometimes you are theirsWith every cell of your bodyAnd every part of your soulBut they don't let you go. You walk away, knowing thatThey.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/629640/ New love is the ultimate cureFor anything that can go wrongHis arms can surround me andThe pains of the world melt away His hands are like the sunAs they run over my body.They can dry my tears in secondsAnd make my skin burn with need The same hands hold my chinA.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/627996/ Prologue    My name is Vendellyne Jaron Liliquoi Orion Leanbow. The year in which I live is 3647. The place in which I live in Antocleptia, one of the two countries left in the world today. It is the larger of the two countries, both only one mass of land. The other country is kno.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/624328/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/624327/ You broke my heart and ruined my lifeTime went on and both have healedI haven't spoken to you since that dayThat I was finally able to say goodbye I see you around, and you see meYet we do not look at eachotherBut now I cannot look away from youAnd the girl whose hip is glued to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/620356/ They all look to your mouthTo tell how you feelSmile or frown; happy or sadThey avoid your eyes They avoid looking into truthThey crave that lie- that smileSo they don't have to listenDont have to console and feign concern They don't have the courageTo face any demons.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/612725/ It's been days, weeks...getting toThe point where it has been monthsSince that awful day that dragged on,My heart shattering to pieces I've yet to put them together again,Wondering if I should even make the effort,When history is likely to repeat itself.But what if it doesn't?.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/606268/ He makes me smile.He makes me laugh.He makes me feel safeWhen the world is falling apartAll around me, pouring down. He knows when I'm upsetEven when I don't hint at it.He works it out me, slowlyAnd when I spill all the detailsHe comforts me, makes me feel alright. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/601664/ dedicated to Ryan. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/598717/ For so long, he was a friend;Just a friend, but a close one.I never knew how I felt about himUntil I was told his feelings for me. The joy I felt fill my veins;The way my heart skipped a beatAnd I couldn't stop grinningMade me realize he is the one. The one that makes m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/597927/ These are the memoriesI will hold forever in my heartBecause next to it is too farTo feel the warmth of the memoryOf the way you loved me. It may not be over nowBut it will soon be, I can tell.That fire in your heart burningWith your love meant for meIs dying down and soon w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/568362/ What am I to you?These days it’s so hard to tellWhat you really think of meAnd what you really don’t When it’s just you and meI hear all those sweet nothingsYou tell me I’m beautiful and youGo on and on about how you love me But when your frien.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/563890/ We all expect things from othersRanging in their seriousnessBut the disappointment or guilt(Depending on who are in the situation)Is the same, never  changing So with these feelings engravedInto our systems as Human NatureIt is but natural that we alsoHave that one primal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/551306/ Time passes if you want it toOr not; and in that time things changeNew buildings pop up, others closeEnviornments change, people leave People...they change the mostIf you took a snapshot of me todayCompared it to one from a year agoYou would be so shocked My hair is lig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/538513/ With his father gone, so was the money.His mother got a job waiting tables.But it wasn't enough to keep the house,They moved into a cheap apartment. With peeling paint covering the walls,A siren passing the window every 10 minutes,And cockroaches cluttering the filthy sink,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/527386/ Cowering in the corner of a roomWith bunnies and flowers on the walls,She hugs her knees to her tiny body,Making her 6 year old self as small as possible. She closes her eyes and hides her face,Hoping she will not be seen. Creaking footsteps Echo eerily loudly down .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/527384/ Voted The Best CoupleFor their senior yearbookOthers think they're perfectTogether, a true match. All the girls are jealousWishing they could be the oneWrapped in his arms, having hisLips whispering in their ears They want what thy seeBut if they saw his "other side".. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/527376/ Mixed emotions, comtradicting thoughtsRaw aching need, rational reasoningAs if all of that wasn't enoughWords are thrown in, but only three. Those three words uttered in dark silenceInto a lonely, needing ear, disguised coaxingAs hands slide lower, clothing removedAnd actions ar.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/518897/ Sometimes I have to wonderIf I might have a possibleCareer as ann actress one daySince I seem to fool everyone The bruises, cuts & scarsAre things I don't try to hideAnymore, not since I learned toAccept them as badges of bravery Yet people seem to not notice them.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/510905/ Happiness; elation; completionAll things I have felt  sinceI met the best thing to everWalk into my life: you Wrapped in your arms of steelI am protected from the worldNo outside force able to harm meWith you there, overseeing my safety Your soft lips pressed again.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/500465/ You are like my brightStar in what used to be aBlack hole of a life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/498742/ TimeIt's a tricky thingIt's an illusionIt's different for everyone Real TimeIs what you feel withYour loved one whenYou are together Deluted TimeIs the generic thingPeople have decidedTo measure by In Real Time I am onlyWith him for a mereCouple of mi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/491969/ We sit and we laughAs we open presents togetherCozy under the tree,A fire burning a few feet away It's our first Christmas whereWe are really, truly togetherAs stated by the ring on my fingerAnd it is oh so special There's one present left for me I pull of the ribbon,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/490850/ Soul matesIs wishful thinkingBut what if it isn't?What if everyone has one? But is that bond there for good-That oh so specifically special bond?Or can it fade from neglect?Be broken with betrayal? I thought I had found my soul mateLong ago, once upon a time...But w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/490764/ My insides flutter aboutWhen I hear him call my nameOr when I think about his lipsTenderly pressing against mine I lose all mental focusWhen I imagine his dark hands Running all up and down my bodyCaressing me so lovingly I can't help but moanWhen he ri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/488601/ I walk and pick a spotSitting on the pavementIgnoring the physical painsAs sharp objects cut into me. Burying my face in my knees,I welcome the pounding rainFrom above to wash away my tearsAnd massage my swollen eyes. My body starts to shake violently- a resultFrom so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/485727/ It cries out from within meBegging to be set loose.I grit my teeth, strainingTo keep it under locks. I will not let it out,Something so beastial,It scares me to my very coreWhere it happens to lie. This thing rests there, or it did.Now it screams out frequently.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/484090/ They love to tell meThat when one door closesGod opens another doorOr sometimes a window But they don't know meI live out my existanceIn a tiny brick room with one doorNo windows, no furniture When  God closes my one door,There is not another for himTo open.&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/484089/ That girl is a spiderI've heard all the rumorsAbout what she'll do to youShe's an evil little spider She will spin a web, to attractOnly you, get you caught and then wrapYou up before it's time for her to feast.She's an evil little spider. She'll draw you close with her.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/483441/ I'm told that sometimes I can act like two different people depending on the mood I'm in. These comments inspired this poem. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/483440/ this is the introduction poem to a short story of mine, called "The Tale of Devlyn" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/483435/ Voices raiseCheers roarEncouragement is shoutedDiscouragement whispered I run down the hallAnd push through the crowdA terrible gut-wrenchingFeeling tumbling inside of me Standing on my toes, I peerOver shoulders, getting a glimpsOf the scene playing out t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/483434/ If a tree falls but no oneIs around, does it make a sound?It's always been my favorite quoteBut now it is pure irony. I feel the fire burning in my veinsTouching every part of my bodyBurning it to a charred crispAs I scream out in pure agony If I scream out and scream a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/483428/ BLOODIt's a funny thing, reallySo many things end in it.A few start in it. NeverIn a million yearsWould I have guessed weWould both start and end in it. YouWere there for me, out of no where,When I felt I was drowning inAll the blood.  You were my savior.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/480590/ I see him standing there,Nose buried in a book,Curly rings of blackFalling over emeralds Emeralds that melt my core.As if I spoke aloud,His eyes rose and found mine,A smile twinkling there. Husky, deep tones floatTo my ears, arranging themselvesInto words, thei.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/472767/ I turn to my leftThen to my rightFinally I drop to my kneesBurying my face in my hands My head tells me to go leftTo follow that bright lightThat my soul so easily tellsMe is the path of good But something inside of meSomething I can no longer quietLongs to tur.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/472761/ Voices raiseCheers roarEncouragement is shoutedDiscouragement is whispered I run down the hallAnd push through the crowd,A terrible, gut-wretchingFeeling tumbling inside of me Standing on my toes, I peerover shoulders, getting a glimpseof the scene playing out .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/472754/ It was so good; we were so goodBut something happened; it ended.Days passed, weeks, months... its unbearableThen you call, mixed emotions rise We talk, you tell me that you knowabout him.  I'm the one who doesn't know.You don't believe me - there was neveranything there.&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/462697/ I know.  Two simple words.Yet they send me tumblingI fall into the deep darkness, silentlywatching the light above grow dimmer. When it fades completely, I look around.Total darkness, it sets in, seepinginto my bones.  I feel myself still falling.Then I panic, grabbing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/462690/ 3 long years ive known himmost of that time weve been friendsmost recently - more than thathe tells me he likes being with me so why do i hear differentfrom his ex friend, friend again, my ex?could he be making it up?sadly, i dont think he is ... when he first.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/436100/ Dear Journal,there's this boy out there...hes so perfect and i justcant help but love him andopen my heart to him. he lovesme too and i believe him andim trying to do what they say todo and live in the moment.  But i canthelp but wonder... what happensif this boy - my boy- cha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/419463/ Who Is He? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LuhvAshleyA/410528/