http://slow.writerscafe.org/TheSpotlight The original writings of author Vanessa van Gersie en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776012927 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Today, I carry my heart on my shouldersA plain, visible, yet gory sight It stains my shirtless prideMaims my corky strideI'm ashamed... of the very pulse That should signal life. Today, I carry my heart on my shoulders Available for the takingWarm, shiny, brewedFormed, tasty, ske.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/2957885/ In my loneliness I was cast away In the despair of being deserted I lost my name A fugitive amidst nature A vagabond amidst lovers I walked to and fro My tired feet scanning the ends of the earth My placenta had been buried in a lonely field right from birth Certainly! Most assuredly!.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1725103/ Every story has a start however unexpected We are collided in that never ending journey moments of grief gnaw at our heartsWe don't know what strength is until...Until the weakness rips us.colloids of salt fall and fall Is this a test we weren't meant to pass?Questions of death, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1606077/ a metaphorical play of words comparing true emotions with the element of fire. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1428733/ he was more than a drugmore addictive than the finest winein his eyes I could recollectall the things I had feared to watchit was as if he were mine I would gaze with  wantingyearn for that moment with such passionAll that I had feared to thinkIn his presence I said it all with no remorsehe was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1379095/ Alone, I sat rejected by the world, I glancedinto a future seemingly unfulfilledMy hopes were crashedMy dreams rendered desolateIt was as if I lacked a companionNo! it was because I yearned for oneHowever,I was pushed asideDirty,too filthy for humankindThrough my hurt I laughed,Through my worry I sm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1375042/ Would you ever dare me? face  to face you pitiful beastWho preys on the ignorant souls of menfeeds on their very intellect and treads upon the wisest of soulswould you ever dare me?face to faceyou treacherous,most malignant thing who tortures,dehumanizes and humiliates our sense of prideby.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1369840/ I speak to the unbelieving soulto the mind that treasures silver and goldyet questions the origin we call creation.I speak to the caged spiritThat would rather presume itself to be free than accept there was a creator .Don't you marvel at the beauty?The order of things that even scientists fail to e.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1365411/ well I just started this story today. I don't know where it's going but it's very interesting so please read it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1364851/ Moments passOur memories fadeThe years become a constant reminder of our lonesome fateAs we journey into a world so uncertainIn search of a life that is somewhat hiddenMy soul yearns so passionatelyFor the days when it was just you and mefloating in a bubble of uncouth youthDreaming carelessly in a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1357820/ In the papers I read Of countless starving to deathPictures in the center spreadMakes me wonder if we're losing our headToo many hungry mouths to feedJust because of our greedToo much bloodshedJust for a loaf of breadWe're hanging on a danger lineOn the radio I heard rumours of warThe headlines make.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1355035/ When I would wake up at nightMama would tell me just the things to take me back to sleepCover and hide me from the frightThat keeps tormenting and hunting my young mindI would toss and turn alright But there was calm,there was joyKnowing that she'll be by sidesometimes my monsters wonputting holes i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1355017/ The blue skies turned redThe clouds slowly vanishedleaving only rain in it's absenceThe day seemed to have lost it's joyit was the day you died.Barely aware,yet achingly sureI realized the vast vacuumtaking up it's residencespreading like a cancer,destroying the very peace of my soulit was the day y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1107335/ dear Edward,we bow our heads to pray for youMy soul  feels immense pain.         as the stars mourn your fall                and the clouds gather at your demise,my heart is breaking     we are silently pr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/TheSpotlight/1091825/