http://slow.writerscafe.org/Loribeth215 The original writings of author Loribeth215 en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775994128 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I am so far awayfrom youI see you through the same glassbut the refelection is not the same.Who are you these days?It seems you hide behinda face that used to know meand now we know nothing, don't we?I am so far awayeven in your arms,theere is nothing left. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/356069/ 2nd Place Winner in the MicroHorror.com "Creatures" contest 2008 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/350526/ I heard all about your new religionhow you made a monument to yourself well big men fall hardwell little men hardly make a sound at all I heard all aboutyour new transition. You paid the price, you chose your lifeBut you'll live the consequence of that de.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/349687/ There's a shadow by the bedThere's a memorymaking holes in your head Are you sorry 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of me are false I am a different person on a different day,I fade and fly and fire. In silence, there is not weakness.In contemplation, there is not ignorance. Like many, I stretch through my shadows every day. I break my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/344014/ Loving youin stageslike an illnessprogressing in phases. first comesthe denial"I don't need you.""I don't want this drug." from your lips, the touch of your mouthbinds to my flesh, a dark magic. then this cravingfor you to fill the space.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/343955/   The wind pushes fingers,Through my hair,And against my skin, heat carried on a breathAcross this desert. And those fingers leave trails against my skin.I know it’s ashes, all ashesOur world is burning down. How the fireWarms you whenIt’s .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/342163/ For the Power of Words Contest http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/339017/ This HouseSits up on a hillwith steps of stonein the dark wavering eyes stare down from the towersthe bats lie waiting in the eaves. In this housethe memory of murderreplays in the wallsthe secret deadare livingin these unhallowed halls. In this house.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/335438/ I kissed youand felt your soul tremble against my handsyou held me and I shivered against youall the strength of your bodywas mine, and mine yoursand nowwe walk past each otheras if this never existedjust bliss in a momenttime on a page left unturnedI try not to meet you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/334943/ I needto break from this painwhen you wentyou did not take me with yousilent in a sleep so stillI walk here beneath the sky and wish I were with youI must break from my silenceMy words were created for a reason, not to be stilted in my chestMy body still breathesfor a reasonI mus.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/332593/ Not a day goes byto find me unmovedwith the promiseof loving againand though I see through the cloudsand feel my pain(in a distant way, a storm retreating)not a day goes bythat I am not movedby the possibility of love. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/331289/  the fear of fallingof losing allbalance, logic, perspective; space and time fly awaywhen you're lost. Falling through the skywhere gravity is the only elementpushing you down towards the immovable object,irresistable, unmovable, and unyielding. When the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/325093/ just thisgentle touch of your handagainst my skin,that little bit of flesh exposedthe back of my shoulder... I close my eyes,and felt your breathing grow slower. just thatlittle touch of your lipsagainst my spine... I move closer and Ifeel your arms around .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/325091/ forget loving.. I need to make war,I need to take you apart, my cherished enemylet me rip you from the seams tonight,the fires burn against the sky forget passionisn't love the most fragile of things? passion is often painand I will tear you apart,let .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/324679/ I am the rushand the wind to pull you downI amgravityin a whisperand in a roarI amcoming from highto course lowinto the Earthone touch of memy cool sweetnessand you cannot resistonce insideyou arein the fallsride me downpast the edge..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/323403/ Sometimes, it's not the words, but how you say them..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/322534/ I know you,intimately, deeply, sweetly. I know the touch of your mouthand the scent of your skin. I know the work of your hands, when they carress me. I know,the strength of you, the need of you... How close and close and closer is still not enough.&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/321265/  I wish you’d told meAll that you felt beforeThat separateness was painAnd that needing and wantingAre one animal that thrives on flesh I wish you’d told meThat there were nightsWhen the darkness was too empty The time cameThat you pu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/321255/ we arelike poetry togetherflowing in motionbracing and pullingbreathinghearts beatinghands kneadingand mouths demanding more we arewhere the ocean and the desert meetwe aremusic without wordspounding to a pulsing beat we areheat and sweatflesh meeting and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/319266/ Come home to meI don't like to wait in the darkyour storms seem to make a shadow of meand I wonder is there a whisper of me in your thoughts... Bring back your warmth to me,I want to know what your thoughts are like,have you closed yourself from me so completlythat you are only .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/318338/ who do you belong to?I'm sure there is someone at home,who is waiting when it gets latesomeone who feels your warm hands on the small of her back.... I'm sureyou're not alone when its cold outside,and the rain is coming down,someone pulls you close to feel your breathing...&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/317860/ it's not this one thing, it's many things...... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/316605/ chimes on the winda melody in the airthe warmth of sunlight slanting through a windowand I am with youjust the faintest shadow of a toucha memoryI whisperand only silence answers backI am lovedyour heartbeatmoves with mineyour blood races like minejust a memory of yourwarmt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/315749/ In these tunnelsI am swept up into the blacknessspeeding through the darkI am suddenly nothingan elementone with the airhow I want to losemyselfI have alreadylost my wayI want to feel the speedI want to feel the airand I breathemy body is so alivebut my soul is dead. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Loribeth215/315746/ How hard it isto find a calm placeinside myself, when you are 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