http://slow.writerscafe.org/JustListen23 The original writings of author Anna en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776017767 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A poem on my experience with Religion http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1654803/ THE THOUGHTS OF AN INTROVERT People, voices, walls pressing inStrained laughterStifled sighsFeigned grins All praying to be perceivedPerceived as the personOf perfection Of poise  Growing up in a generationWhere our faces will never knowThe aged signs of lif.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1648784/ MemoryI don’t remember much anymore. I can barely formulate a single memory. It takes so much from me. My mind flashes to nonconsecutive clips of brief and mystifying moments. When my hand’s no longer grasp the cold rubber of the steering wheel to a car I consider a passi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1489058/ I am a foreigner to my own skinchecking myself for thoughts of betrayalat every stopping pointI am the shade of grayneither black nor whitenot enough to drip onto either canvasI am my own spectrum of ideasan extremist in liberatinga follower of commandsI have a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1485873/ For some preface on the subject, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1440135/ The vindictive spirits swallowed me wholeConceded in hopes lost far belowGasping, Thrashing, GraspingFor a phantom never to be passingMy torn tenderness everlastingPinnacles of bliss crashing I detached from the abstract blossom, A trivial seedling lost in the wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1383695/ Tempest of the MindStiff blankets of solituderest upon the skeleton of the lone fool,Defaced into a dull stone: Bare, vacant and unreadableJudgments of himself,are unclear by fabrications of dreams resistant to realityHollow winds ofmenacing remarksdemoralize .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1323923/ Anticipations and expectations deemed by our outlooks on the portrayal of the faultless individual. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1302422/ This is a Faustian legend, I wrote for English class :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1271628/ A Dense LoveYou will be loved and you will love. I fall in love every day:With the beauty of our world, With the chances thrown at me--glimmer  of hope that I’m quick enough to grab that  possibility withoutstumbling,With our people; the shaded faces of a stranger, the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1203106/ Pain softens its kiss Shocks travel; tender fingers to my aching wrists, My mind’s strangled by a rope of despair,Weaved of misfortune, heartache and tearsHow many times have I deemed life unfair?My endeavors judged and stripped to the bare,I want to releas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1163046/ I've been consumbed by writer's block, But I'm back :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1150364/ Find a penny pick it up... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1131387/ I dampen my dry lips with my ever persisting tears,That stream down my face, As my voice is choked back and strangled by sobs,My mind is a race,Sprinting straight for the end of the earth,Will I find you there?I lay awake, and miss the pressure of your hand on mine,Your soft stroking thumbs, urging .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1125516/ Everyone is loved, somewhere somehow :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1102983/ Broken dreams, broken people. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1101887/ This is a really rough draft, I watched a movie that sent me over the edge. And that is the result of this angry rant. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1101240/ A silly poem, really cliché, not too serious. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1099099/ I had written this- just for the sake of writing a gothic poem. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1098922/ Be brave :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1098065/ The constant spins of daily life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096983/ Unwinding from Holiday Stress http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096629/ A message to all people doubting themselves http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096627/ Stand high with pride. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096369/ A poem of inspiration http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096316/ Hold nothing back http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1096111/ Who I AmI am a candle.My inner core is sturdy and strong with a hard,stiff wick But I am also soft and compassionate likemy melting puddles of waxI become passionate with my work, a mightyflame above a simple wax carvingI am blazing, blazing.With me, you think o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1085820/ When She’s Home                Mrs.Shenzhen sat at her kitchen counter, her head buried deep in the bend of herelbow, her face raw from tears, and her husband's hand resting lightly on hershoulder. Thirt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1085814/ A Flourishof HateMy breath stood stock still, clogging my parched throatMy hands shook with the vibration of a wasp’s meticulouswings as it skimmed by the skin of my faceA burning coal was placed in the deepest trenches of myheartAnd blazed stronger with every tho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/JustListen23/1085810/