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			<title>Headlights (A Story of a Girl Called Hope)</title>
			<description>HeadlightsA Story of a GirlCalled HopeItmay not have looked like an explosion to everyone else, but my eyeswereburning ina sudden sea of light.Iducked into an alley with my palms pressed into my eye sockets andcollapsed to the ground. Thelightmoved around my consciousne..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/886579/</link>
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			<title>Draft&lt;3</title>
			<description>He walks through the rain to see me,And waits for me in the cold.He says he loves me,And I believe him.He plays pranks on me just to see me angry,And tells me stories just to make me smile.He says I'm always beautiful.And I believe him.If I want to hold him,He's in my arms with no hesitation.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/846035/</link>
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			<title>It's Not You, It's Me</title>
			<description>Don't ask me why we're not best friends anymore,Because I don't know.My gut just tells me it's not right.So that's why I haven't tried to rekindle our friendship.Along with other reasons I won't get into,Because I can't explain them.I'm not gonna say I'm glad we were ever friends,Because I don't kno..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/794095/</link>
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			<title>Please Don't Let This Break Me</title>
			<description>The sadness begins to set inWhen I think of all the disappointmentsThat lay ahead, now that you're awayFor far too many days.And I don't know if I'm strong enough for this.I only know I have to be.Please don't let this break me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/790793/</link>
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			<title>Don't Cry When You Read This, Darling; In Fact, Don't Read It At All</title>
			<description>You've&amp;nbsp;played through all of&amp;nbsp;your rifts,You've&amp;nbsp;lost all of my gifts,And I've got nothing left for you now.My memories have gone;I've torn them out on my own,And there's just&amp;nbsp;nothing left for me now.I'm crying again,And you're holding my head,After having been gone..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/750404/</link>
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			<title>Hesitation In More Than One Way</title>
			<description>I'm hesitant, to jump back into your love, Dear.But I can't get over, how much I want you here.The one time I let you leave me,You left me in more than one way,And now, I'm alone, completely.&amp;nbsp;But I waited for you, and I'll be damned If I don't get to get my chance,To really ma..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/749035/</link>
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			<title>The Only Way To Really Say It</title>
			<description>I'm exploding with happiness,And its impeding my ability to write,Because this level of extreme elationCan't simply be stated outright.I meant to write somethingThat would show you how in love I am.But all I can seem to come up withIs&amp;nbsp;I love you, I love you, I love you.And t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/743262/</link>
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			<title>If Only You Would</title>
			<description>What's wrong?Am I getting too loud for you?Well, I don't know what elseI could possibly do!You're wasting your timeWith someone I hate.But I'm the one that hasTo sit here and wait!I could make you happy,I swear that I could.And I'll be damned if you don't knowThat I could..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/731709/</link>
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			<title>Who Will Hold Me When I Cry, Because My Pillow's Done Too Much Already</title>
			<description>Who wants to hold me while I cry?Brush my hair, and fix my heart.Let me lean on them awhile.Who wants to help me find a smile?Make me laugh, and touch my cheek.Stay even if I'm okay now.Who wants to make me feel special?Because I can't do it by myself.I wish I could,&amp;nbsp;But I can't.I can't put my ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/726682/</link>
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			<title>With Me</title>
			<description>The pain is so strong, it's starting to make me not careI have to rock myself to sleep because you're never there,Because her falling asleep warm is more important apparently;I miss when you fell asleep with me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/721966/</link>
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			<title>My Impossible Plea For Happiness</title>
			<description>My chest hurts so badlyI just want to lay here and cryI keep praying to God and askingWhy can't just one thing go right?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/717887/</link>
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			<title>Somebody Else</title>
			<description>She doesn't have to hear aboutEverything I do:You laughing, and dancing with somebody else.She's far luckier, no doubt,Than me, whoShe doesn't have to hear about.She doesn't have to sneak aroundOr have nightmares of youLaughing, and dancing with somebody else.She's the one that you take out,And I'm ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/712151/</link>
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			<title>How Did You Leave Me, If You Somehow Still Need Me?</title>
			<description>Here you are again,To hold my decapitated head.But how am I supposed to love you again?You threw me in a fight to the death,Now you're inviting me to join you in bed?You broke my heart, and yet again,I've gone ahead, and pulled you back in.I can't stand starting this over again,So please, let ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/701117/</link>
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			<title>Wouldn't Want That</title>
			<description>I guess I'll waitAnother thousand daysFor you to truly be mine,Because I still&amp;nbsp;believeThat you and I were meant to be.But don't worry, Darling,I won't say anything.Wouldn't want to break her heart.No, of course not;We wouldn't want her to get hurt like me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/701107/</link>
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			<title>I've Got A Million Hearts; Don't Worry For Me</title>
			<description>Well, you can go on ahead and decideWhen would be an ample timeFor you to allow meTo finally move on with my miserable life.Don't trouble yourself, though;We wouldn't want that,And don't worry for me, I'll be fine.I've got all the time in the worldFor you to decide you don't want to be mine.I've got..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/684164/</link>
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			<title>Shoot Me Down</title>
			<description>Shoot me down, why don't you;All I really wanted to be was friends.You were the one who started this,Then brought it to an end.So shoot me down, and forgive me.I'm sorry I didn't smile,For I'd rather not go on pretendingTo be so riled and wild.But know this, oh friend of mine,The fault was all by yo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/676619/</link>
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			<title>Maybe This Means We Wouldn't Have Made It Anyways</title>
			<description>I'm sorry that my love wasn't enough to make you believe we were worth it.You left, with no intention of trying to preserve it;You were too afraid of us falling apartThat you wouldn't give us a chance&amp;nbsp;to try to withstand itAnd risked losing us, and breaking my heart;So maybe that means we would..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/674558/</link>
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			<title>Let Us Throw Our Sand At The Sun</title>
			<description>Justlet me throw my sand at the sun,BecauseI'm afraid I'm still waiting for tomorrow to come.Forgiveme for any sentiments I might have forgotten,I'djust like to contemplate my fears for a while.Fortime has ignored me a minute too long,AndI've lost my aspirations to drowsine..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/673570/</link>
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			<title>Is That A Threat Or A Promise?</title>
			<description>You sign your love with bloodAnd send it to me on a dove,Thinking, oh no, we won't ever forget,But I wonder, Sweetheart, oh how I've wondered;Was your love to me a promiseOr was it a threat?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/668985/</link>
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			<title>Blindfold My Heart; I Don't Want to Watch This</title>
			<description>He wasn't my world because I was his,For I'd be a fool if I believed I ever had&amp;nbsp;been.He wasn't everything to me out of coincidence,And my idea of He and I was never an accident.He smiles as he waves to me.After having pushed me aside.Sure, let's be friends and tell each other our secretsWhile t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/662669/</link>
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			<title>No One Likes a Sad Person</title>
			<description>Should I reveal to him my lip secretly quivering,Or my throat tightening like its been lodged with a baseball,Every time I think about him?&amp;nbsp;I don't know what I should do really.&amp;nbsp;No one likes a sad person.&amp;nbsp;Or a temporary&amp;nbsp;insomniac.No one wants to hear about how many times I've cri..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/656883/</link>
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			<title>I Swear I Still Care</title>
			<description>She hates me now, I know,I was everything she ever wanted,And she cried so hard the day I left.But she meant a lot to me too,There's no denying that.I hurt her one too many times,And she says that she wants love,Not another broken heartTo have to bandage up.And since I don't know if I can give..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/654135/</link>
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			<title>I Want</title>
			<description>I want your breath beside my ear,Not this lifeless phone;These distant goodnights make me wishI wasn't here all alone.&amp;nbsp;I want your torso pressed to my chest,Not this soulless sheet;There's nothing here in this bedWhile you hold all the heat.&amp;nbsp;Away you are, my Darling Lov..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/654042/</link>
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			<title>Are You Happier? (Without Me)</title>
			<description>You let her get away,And I hope that that's okay,Because she's sitting in the snow, alone,Staring at the groundWondering if you're happier this way.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/645623/</link>
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			<title>Heart in the Snow</title>
			<description>Darling, I don't understand why you're still standing there;Your smile is in my way.I can't move on with your friendliness clutteringMy foggy heart's forgotten way.What could you still need of me, When I gave you everything I had already?I nudge you away,&amp;nbsp;yet you&amp;nbsp;stand steady,Only trying t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/645608/</link>
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			<title>Just a Thought</title>
			<description>If everyone in the world was with who they truly wanted to be with, would you be with me?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/640481/</link>
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			<title>I Don't Want to Lose You</title>
			<description>I'm&amp;nbsp;tired of being taken for granted,And I punish my mind&amp;nbsp;for thinking of you again;My jealous heart takes a beating every time.&amp;nbsp;I wish for happiness with such desperationAnd all I can&amp;nbsp;wonder is when?Because all I've become is interlooped with hating;And I know&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/640439/</link>
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			<title>You Don't Have To, But Do You Even Want To?</title>
			<description>I don't have the energy that it would requireTo perform the miracles you've asked,And I'm far too tired to be so ignorantOf all you're hiding behind your back.Why would I choose water When all along I've had your wine?And I'm afraid I've looked at youFrom the corner of my eye,Far too many times.We t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/634932/</link>
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			<title>Chaos</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;What&amp;lsquo;s your name?&amp;rdquo; He asked me. I looked away and tightened my eyes, focusing on the bare wall behind him. Shadows covered his face, and the clip board in his hand reflected the little light in the room they were keeping me in. There were bars on the door, and the air was freezi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/627163/</link>
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			<title>Away Again</title>
			<description>All I want is some sort of hope to cling to,But he says he can give me none;All I want is to hold him close,But I'm afraid that he might runAway again.I'm searching for some sort of silver liningIn the words that he will say,But all I can think of is how bitter I've turnedBecause of the way he turne..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/625698/</link>
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			<title>I Can't Fly After All</title>
			<description>Darling Love, you never failed to make me feel like I could fly,But then you didn't catch me when I realized that I couldn't...You forgot to tell me that flying was just a dream of mine,And you didn't have the heart you tell me I was believing in a lie.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/617081/</link>
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			<title>Would it be Okay to Dream Up Just One Hug?</title>
			<description>There are a million ways to perfectly depict how I feel without you, And not one of them can be said with a smile. I've forgotten how to breathe on my own, And I've forgotten how to quench my loneliness without being held; My shoulders feel the burden of holding my head by themselves, After you've l..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/611605/</link>
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			<title>The Natural Disaster&amp;mdash;Love</title>
			<description>An earthquake erupts in my forgotten limbsAnd everything begins to fallIn an avalanche of stomach, heart and soulAs I try to rebuild this crumbling wall.Is there anyone who wouldn't mind holding my headIn their lap and call it their own;I'm here on my knees, dying, wondering thisAs I hail your empty..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/608707/</link>
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			<title>Anarchy of Hearts</title>
			<description>Love swings at my ego with fists made of gold,While your shoulders watch me cry myself sore;I'd like to catch your eye, but your busy&amp;nbsp;with your own,As I engage myself in a quiet civil war.&amp;nbsp;The crystal ball you gave me shattered as you sighed,And I've forgotten how to do the lit..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/605180/</link>
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			<title>Happiness Feels Like a Fairytale</title>
			<description>Happiness feels like a fairytale, and my heart is aching, knowing its failed.&amp;nbsp;Love is an unsuccessful theory that I tried to prove, and luck wants nothing to do with me or you.&amp;nbsp;Hope feels like it was made to disappoint, and life in its entirety has lost its point. The world abandoned me, a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/582403/</link>
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			<title>Wishful Thinking</title>
			<description>Wishful thinking, Darling, is all I've seemed to maintain;My heart is still aching, and its beating is strained.I've been teased with Love, that has strayed from its route,And my mind keeps thinking of all the ways you're so cute.The small string that holds us is what is keeping me sane,Knowing you'..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/582398/</link>
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			<title>The Superhuman - Unpublished</title>
			<description>Breathe, Lorelai. She told herself as she began tossing wood into the fireplace. The room was warm, and midsummer air drifted into the windows. The small house was clean; a rug underneath her, and a chair to her left. Some frames hung on the walls, and the windows brightened the rooms just enough. T..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/560258/</link>
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			<title>Breathing Comes Second To You Holding Me Tight</title>
			<description>Life crawls by without youAnd my face is wet from missing you;I have failed you by not kissing youMore than a million times.I want to fill my air ways with youInstead of these bodily fluids your absence has caused.I wish to make whole these flailing armsFull of broken parts, and stolen heartsAnd the..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/513769/</link>
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			<title>Ignore Me, Myself</title>
			<description>I'm tired of running so let me just driftNeverland calls me, but its too far a tripI long for his touch, but there's only just bloodMy body doesn't seem to care what I wantI cry in the sheets that need to be washedBut I can't spare the energy that it will costI dread what I know, though that's point..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/493193/</link>
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			<title>Dramatic Awakening</title>
			<description>I'm starting the new year with blood stained sheetsJoy to the worldJust leave me to dieMy heart is a wire jolting to lifeThen back to deathI'm somewhere betweenMy abstraction murders me vividlySo I'll fall back to sleepSoaked in defeat.:|</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/493185/</link>
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			<title>Jesse</title>
			<description>Acrostic; I love him. :)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/491745/</link>
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			<title>Goodbye</title>
			<description>Let me kiss closed your tear stained eyes,And erase with my lips the sting of goodbyes;I'll whisper in your ear the words of my heart:&quot;I'll still be yours forever even though I depart.&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/491324/</link>
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			<title>The Siren (Story of a Vampyre Crew)</title>
			<description>			Maurusrolled his fingers along the deck's slick railing. He leaned againstit with his bare torso gleaming in the moonlight. The stars above himreflected themselves in his lustful eyes, and his scruffy brown hairwhispered in the salty breeze. The wind circled him, hugging at him,an..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/489734/</link>
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			<title>I'm in Love</title>
			<description>I'll sport your heart upon my palmAnd hold it up for all to see;I'll tattoo your name along my skinSo I may feel you near eternally.I'll mirror your soul in the mix of my eyeTo see you every second for all of time.I'll carry your love like the Earth on my shouldersTo show the world t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/483717/</link>
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			<title>How Shall I Measure Our love?</title>
			<description>How do I measure this&amp;#2013266048;&quot;This anniversary cause?How long have I been&amp;#2013266048;&quot;Been confined to your love?How many kisses have&amp;#2013266048;&quot;Have been shared by our lips?How many phrases have&amp;#2013266048;&quot;Have I said your name in?How many smiles was I given&amp;#20132..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/483702/</link>
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			<title>Every Second of Every Night</title>
			<description>Every second of every nightThat I spend aloneIs spent dreaming of your faceAnd of your sweet, warm embrace;Come here and hold me tight.Everytime I see you smileI want to run to youI refuse to ever set you freeSo don't you try to let go of me;Just stay in my ar..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/483701/</link>
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			<title>I'll Never Leave</title>
			<description>My love is real,And I am here;Let me hold your hand, And reassure that rapid heart,That I'll never leave.</description>
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			<title>Here</title>
			<description>When together, here, we lieAwake beneath the milky skyYou envelop my body like a blanketOf heat, fire, and perspiration.I need your lovely lava-like loveTo fill me up and be my sun.Darling, give me crimson kisses;You make me wish I was your Mrs.,Just tell me I'm your only oneCa..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/482730/</link>
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			<title>Stay Here; Hot and Close</title>
			<description>The display of your shirtless bodyAlways calls me to your side;Why did I choose to wait so longTo finally let you come inside?Now that you've sauntered through my doorAnd caught my breath with your wet lipsI can't seem to keep my touch to myself;You make me want to gr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/474295/</link>
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			<title>Heartbeat</title>
			<description>I would rather die bedridden in your armsThan live in a hospital a thousand thoughts away;Your heartbeat is so close to mine,So why can I still not hear?Control my life, and pull the plug;My existence is solely devoted to you,And the distance between our conciousesIs ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monkyepum/470329/</link>
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