http://slow.writerscafe.org/volatilislupus The original writings of author Jemima Laing en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776117547 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The italics show a different perspective http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/603086/               Annalise stared at the limp body lying on the ground at her feet. An onlooker would say that she looked rather like a small child. One who had just broken their favorite toy, and could not comprehend what had just happened. The des.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/601366/ This is a nightmare I've been having for about ten years, I thought it would help me get over it if I wrote it out http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/575223/ Amber is burned into my memory as the smell of good sexAs fingertips whisper and lips make hollow promises along mycollar boneAnd flowing wings embrace us and hide usMy memories of you are bittersweetLike the dark chocolate I kissed off your lipsOr the realization that you've m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/522321/ I don’t even know who I amYet I hate myselfTrying to remake myselfWho do I want to be?Anyone but me I looked in the mirror todayAnd did not recognize What I could seeI did not recognize me I looked inside myself And despised what I saw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/496475/ It's hard to describe. I was kinda serious, yet not serious when I wrote this. I don't think I'm going anywhere any time soon. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/483518/ I said some things the other dayJust to cause you painI said some things the other dayThat I will never say again I don't know why, I don't know whyI don't know why I didI wanted to take my painAnd make you feel it too It was such a petty thing I didAnd you were so ri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/483512/  I miss the sound of your voiceAnd the feel of your hairI don’t have enough sense toMove on and get on with my lifeI miss the sound of your laughAnd the conversations we sharedI have the sense to realize that IDon’t know how to let you go I see other girls who.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/482139/ I can feel my spirit soar above As I stretch my limits Like ethereal wings to lift me  Up and up past all the pain I'm done with having to fightI always lose the battle Because a great victory Is still a funeral ceremony  I'd much rath.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/481161/  I wanna climb up and upAway from all this hurtI wanna curl up in a treeTo hide from the painI’ve tried so hard runAnd make my world fade Here I am hanging from a stringAbout ready to snap and fallJust fall down and far awayDrop to a darker place in my mindWhere.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/480181/ My imagination goes drip drip dripContracting as it passes into the worldThrough the constricting wall of my vocabularyAnd then expanding as it gains its freedomLike a droplet of water forcing its wayOut into the wide open beauty of lifeWhere soars through the airAnd dances across the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/480160/  Tonight is the darkest of nightsThere are so many stars in the skyBut their light is so cold and distantOld souls howl on dry, empty windsTheir tears hiding amongst the rain Walking these empty skeletal streetsI can see shadows playing tag alongThe jagged teeth of broken f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/479413/  Here's to lying under the starsAnd letting time slip slowly byHere's to good times with friendsAnd wading in creek bendsMaking something with your handsSinging for no reason at allTo making up random wordsThat only mean something to youHere's to living life to it's fullestAnd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/479099/ Amber will forever be the smell of good sexBecause of what you saidAnd we had a good time thereStanding beside the path, flirting at the Ren FaireYou in your blue bodice that matched your eyesThe very eyes that sparkled with infatuationOr lack of oxygen, I couldn’t quite tell&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/464146/ I wrote this for a friend. He said I could post it up. I hope you get a laugh http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/459688/  I’m so confused, I’m in a dazeI just feel so blindI can’t see through this thick hazeThat is dulling my mind I can feel my fingers unfurlAnd I can make my body moveOh, yeah this robot can whirlBut I can’t improve I can march and I can step.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/459686/  They say it’s better to love, and to have lostThan to have never loved at allAnd when all is said and done, it was worth the costHeart break, heart ache, it was worth the fall Missing you isn't the hard part,Because I know you’ll always be my friendKnowing I once.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/459678/ Suave saphic sailors stroll seductively down Saturn StreetSelecting selfless sinful sistersSolaris sinks as sibilant sounds slither seawardSexs symphony swathes scarred soulsAs sensual silence smothers sufferingStray strands of serenity swaddle surly seamenSlack sated and satisfied the s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/450520/ I have to learn to appreciate what I haveBefore what I have slips awayI realize that what I did to herIs so hard to forgiveI know you're tired of hearing thisI know it must seem so oldBut I'm sorry for all I've doneFor not appreciating who you areFor betraying your trustA trust.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/440991/ I want to see you againTo hold you in my armsFeel your skin against mineListen, as your gentle heartBeats a steady tattooAnd sets a rhythm for my ownI want to make your heart beat fasterI want to taste you againAnd feel your responseI want to feel your arms around meAs we d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/434954/ I'm so afraidI'm never there when you need meI don't know what to sayAfraid to say too muchAnd drive you awayAfraid to say too littleAnd make it all fadeI'm afraidOf being something else for you to worry overThat my insecurities Will lead to pity or annoyanceOf making you f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/434953/  I look up at the starsThat shine down on meComforted by the thought That they shine on you too I didn't want to leave youOr feel the ache your absence bringsI could have stayed foreverIn your arms under the trees With the daylightcome thoughts of youw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/428158/   Beraggled fur covers a thin bodyCounting ribs is mere child's playThe head is grossly disproportioned Not stunted by the lack of foodThe head grows while the body withersNeck muscles strain under the burden It looks up with piteous eyesMaking hearts ache to hel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/428154/ It comes to us as a strangerWishing us not harm or illIt comes to us unnoticed on Pain's coattailsTo disguise the truth of it's willIt comes to us to comfort, offer solace where it canAnd becomes our constant companion It drives all friends awayThose who we knew .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/421559/ My dearest oneI don't think you realizeJust how wonderful you areSo I think it's time to equalizeYour thinking and my own You say you're a failureThat you're inadequateYou say that you can't do anything rightAnd if you try you just flail Your mind is s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/413478/ I'm just tired…Of you nagging meI'm just thinking…Why won't you let me beI just need to sleep…And escape the world Please just leave me beI just want to be aloneCan't you just seeI need some timeFor me to be me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412501/ My father is okay with meMy father is not madMy father is okay with meMy father is not sadMy father still loves meMy father still hugs meMy father is not petty or coyMy father merely wishesThat I had been born a boy My mother still loves meMt mothe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412497/ This moment, will never come againBu then, do we want it to?Do we want this one momentSo cherished for its rarityTo happen again, and againTo be come so mundaneIt’s good this moment will never come againFor this allows us to cherish itNow and forever more http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412496/ I'm so amazingly frustratedIs my whole life a lie?You told me I could live my dreamBut always when I tryI hit the sold wallOf your disapproving eye The American Dream has off and diedThere's no room for it anymoreWhen I learned this, I sat and criedI'll live .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412489/ I originally wrote this poem in French, and the translation takes away some of its meaning. So if it sounds funny, trust me, it sounds better in French. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412486/ The seven-headed hydraSits upon its throneThe seven-headed hydraThrows us a bone The seven-headed hydraTakes what we hold dearThe beast doesn't even careIt doesn't even shed a tear But the beast is not to blameThe beast cannot chooseThe beast is a pu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412483/ I like to sit in the back of pickup trucksAnd wave my arms aroundI like to feel the wind in my hairAnd to pretend like I can fly At last we reach the fieldI have bugs in my teethAnd small trees in my hairShe gets out of the passenger seatAnd looks at me with a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412479/ I've found my inspirationIt's now so close to meSomething I'd never seenWhich makes me wonderJust where the hell I've been My amazing girlfriendWho I so cherishMy mother and fatherFor whom I would perishMy wonderful friendsWho help me move mountainsAnd my.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412474/ Every night when I fall asleepI hold your pillow close to mePretending that it is you in my armsInstead of overstuffed cloth I wish I could hold youAs you drifted off in peaceAnd wonder what you were dreaming ofAs you rested in your sleep I wish I could .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/412471/ If you look here and feel sorryFor someone you likely never knewIt's okay; don't shed your tears for meI laughed and I cried I lived and I diedI had some pretty amazing timesAnd even more amazing friendsIf that doesn't chase the pity from your mindJust remember one simp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/398053/ Let us danceUnder the multitude of starsLet us dance tonightAs the moon lights the skyLet's dance the night awayAnd enjoy the silenceThat only solitude can bringLet's dance in the rainThat will wash our fears awayLet's dance in the fogThat shelters us from the wor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/398038/ I just want to be clearI really don't like youYou who shall remain namelessYou who remind me of a gnatHow I wish to squish youHow easy it would be I really don't like youI wish you would go awayYou annoy and you pesterYou are a wound that festersHow she stand.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/398036/ You, are so godsdamned frustratingEvery poem I try to writeWhether it be about youOr how I feelAbsolutely, unfailingly, sucks Every spark of inspirationStays just that, a sparkLike a feeble chickUnable to leave the nestIts wings too inadequateTo get off the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/398029/ Perfect, mind-numbing, life-changing fearAs I step out into the real world One small step out of my houseOne giant leap out of my comfort-zoneMy mind exagerates the gripping terrorActing as the magnifying glassTo my insignificant form belowMy friends see nothing wrongI'm just another.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/397606/ I see, see youReally, really I doI thought you knew, knew I can't, can't talk that wellI case you couldn't, couldn't tellI once fell, fell When I was, was a childSo, so unruly and wildAnd on me, me the bricks piled So my speech, speech did fallI&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/397599/ This is a play off an old sdong that my mother used to sing for me. Usually it was only the first stanza http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/397598/ What will history make of usHow will posterity see our generationWho will the victors be Will it be seen as loveOr a twisted, perverted sinWho will the victors be Will we be part of the beginningOr history's sad mistakeWho will the victors be I'm so scared of t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/397597/ Yo-ho I am a pirateI do what I want Because a pirate is free I pillage your townsAnd steal your shipsI destroy lives, and livelihoods Because a pirate is free I rape your womenAnd plunder their innocenceI come without careAnd leave without consequenceBecause a pir.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/397594/ Inspiration is like a featherEvery frantic, grasping leapOnly pushes it farther awayAfter a while you sigh in defeatYour mind is too tired to care And right before you call it a dayThe feather falls right in your lapYou sit and stare in a befuddled dazeBecause .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/396098/ There comes a time in life when you have to let go of all the pointless drama and the people who create it and surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus solely on the good. After all, life is too short to b http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/395981/ I am the moron, I am the foolI am the child, who played an adultWithout knowing the rules I am the romantic, I am the poetI am the naive who stumbled into the real worldAnd didn't even know it I am the fake, I am the fraudI am the one with innocence g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/394005/ This story was inspired by pictures that my friend and I found. Coauthored by M.E. Barstow. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/382649/ I wanted to write a poemThat expressed my love for youan ode to your stunning beautya sonnet for your smile But every line that comes to mindEach comparison I makeCheapens the aspects I hold dearDulling the facets that make you shine I don't want to bore you o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/374161/ As we honor the deity of silenceWho's name is long lost to posterityI lie ensconced in your loving armsImmerged in the hum of our exhausted bodiesMy breathing gradually becomes lethargicYours slows in heartfelt empathyOne by one every muscle relaxesThe stress takes this rare chance to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/363085/ Fem crouched in the shadow of the wall. She could hear John’s breathing beside her, his falcon perched on his shoulder. Jeb’s quick panting was right in her ear. The plan was fairly simple, go in leave a dagger over the offending baron’s head, one in his study, and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/volatilislupus/347155/