http://slow.writerscafe.org/SoulSyphon1987 The original writings of author Dante Balintyne en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776033975 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A look at a place I recently found that I am so happy to be a part of. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2806919/ For some reason these old demonsInsist on showing face againI had been fighting them for so longI forgot how far back the victory has beenThe war back then though was different you seeI have new family and new strengthTo completely shatter your hold over meI refuse to let you winI re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2780930/ From the time we are young and can first rememberTo the time we first learn Christmas is always in DecemberWe are always looking for a place to feel we belongThough we never know if it will be right away or even for how longI write this for you straight from my heartTo tell you I have wanted a littl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2777232/ Through all the darkness and tearsWe must remember the strenth Remember the fire that burns in us allGather the flames within you to fight your fearsEven when it may seem you are surrounded by the worlds hateRemember the strength you hold to retaliate It is never weak to value lifeIt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2163124/ Its been seven yearsSeven years conquering our fearsSeven years of being here for youSeven years helping each other throughSeven years of you being everythingSeven years feeling like a kingSeven years of you helping me become strongSeven years knowing being with you is never wrongHer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2162836/ A sequel to Darkest When Its Dawn written some ten years ago http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/2104296/ So at this point its mere hours before I get the tattoo ive been thinking about since freshman year in high school. Its an idea I find to be very deep and in many ways very poetic. Honestly it doesnt suprize me that it has turned out this way only because when it comes down to it this tattoo is conn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/1188052/ The events of days past in the wake of hard times. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/1143778/ Black RoseRoses can be beautiful if we stop to lookAs the pages of life turn and the chapters passWe start to relize that in time those pages have written thier own bookThe beauty and color in this rose of life at times turns black and thorns show throughThe trials of a persons life pass a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/530915/ CHAPTER 1     It seems funny that when I was sixteen I thought I had my life figured out. I didnt seem to have any questions unanwsered and everything fell into place. As the days went by I didnt seem to realize that the day my life would change forever was coming and it was co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/461441/ Each entry is a different chapter in the life of a man writing with the feelings of a ghost. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/461433/ Through the darkness I see only painThere is nothing in my sight left to gainI try so hard to slip away into dreamsI worry not about any real themesIt's a pure attempt at escaping all thisI endlessly prey even just for a night to have blissWishing I could be locked in my dreamI don't h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/393270/ Grandma has died and so has my soulWounded to the core I shall never again be wholePainfilled and surrounded by darknessIts so hard to actually believe thisIts like all my thoughts are redirectedIn a shockwave damned to be disconnectedSo much love she will never seeSo much emotion that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/388803/ Though I do not want to give inIt feels as if its impossible to keep this monster from coming out from withinThis emotionless cold being feels as if he is taking over my soulNow I must find a way to fight or never get out of this deepening holeIts closing in on me and sucking away everything.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385831/ There is a lot in this life for which ive had to fightEven so I spend my nights staring up at the lightUnafraid to admit my shameAnger drives my will to win this gameMy mind is clouded with all my painIt makes me wonder what I can gainAt most I would be lucky if this life can lastKnowi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385829/ I’ve been looking a long timeWith people acting like I am committing a crimeStarting to feel tired and weakNot sure if ill find what I seekI’ve realized the answers I seek are not clearWith this in mind I throw aside all my fearI can’t describe how I feelBut it makes .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385828/ I do all I can to release this rageFeeling like im trapped in a satanic cageNothing left to fear I transformSuddenly I start to feel warmAlthough the blood in my veins runs coldI think of what I was once toldIf I am really in loveThen that’s all I will think ofAnd when I have n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385826/ The pain is constant and never endingBecause I am so emotionalLosing friends hurts me more than anythingIt feels like a piece of me has diedNever to live or breathe againI feel as if everything is leaving meLike the ability to love and trust is being sucked awayI do the best I can to b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385822/ Theirs just to much flying around my mindI am having trouble keeping my head on straitI feel as if the thoughts are moving a million miles a minuteIf I keep track of them all it will be a miracleAs I sit and try to relaxI let the thoughts flow through meTrying to sort them out and think .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385821/ I know now for a factWhat happened, happened for a reasonI think about the way things happened every dayWe met earlier in life and I could swear that it was a signThink about the way things happenedAnd the fact that it did not take long for us to understandWhere this was going and it was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385820/ Leave this life behind Leave this life and clear my mindTo set things right I have to fightI have to keep things in my sightFor all those that are tiredKnow that you are admiredFor your will to fight  And for your will to make things rightYou think you can take me down.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385817/ Did you come to watch me burnHow long will it take you to learnYou have destroyed what I protected with my lifeYou are the reason for the blood on that knifeWatch me burn knowing you did thisI know you will watch me burn with blissYou'll watch me burn with happyness in your eyesKnowing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385816/ My love is something that will never endI’m just amazed that its two months and your now more than my friendIll do anything I can to show you I careAnd trust me there’s more in this head of mine than just airAnd I can guarantee that I will use everything I have to show my loveI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385813/ I find it amazing how easy it is to make you smileI know for a fact that I have seen no one smile like you in a whileKnowing that I have you and vet that both careYou are both in my mind all the time this I swearBut with you things are just a little bit changedMy emotions are a little more.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385810/ Thank you for all you have done for meI will do all I have to in order to make you seeYou have saved my relationship and I don’t know how to reactFor me it is most definitely a simple factI will never be able to find a way to properly thank youOther than to say I will do anything and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385808/ The last few days have been killing meTrying to hold in pain and let no one seeI can see the pain in my best friends eyesEven as she tries to cover it with liesTelling me she’s ok and that she’ll be fineShe is walking a very fine lineTrying to hide her real feelingWhen she .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385807/ I sit and wait for what seems like daysFor something that I have wanted for so long in so many waysI sit and wait for it every dayWondering if I will ever see the prize that makes it worth it to stayThe more and more I stare aroundI start to understand that I will never hear the peaceful s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385806/ I have given you everything I could to show you all my loveAnd this whole time you are all I have to think ofI will give you all I have till the day I dieThere are things in this world you deserve and I won’t lieThere is plenty I can’t give you and that breaks my heartI need so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385805/ To remain in this world I must fight to surviveI do all I can and spend all my energy trying to stay aliveIt gets harder to breathe as my lungs slowly tireIt feels as if my life is balancing on a high wireOne wrong move and that’s the end for meAs my energy drains my eye sight fails .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385803/ I am living life as though I am weakTrying day after day to not let my emotions leakSending shooting pain through my brainI do my best to turn this into emotional gainI use this surge of pain and anger to make myself madAlthough I do everything possible to not show I am really sadI think.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385802/ All I have I have givenPeople drive it out of me when there is nothing to be drivenThere are a lot of things running through my mindI am worried that my friends cannot handle what they will findI feel like I have to give up this fightMy life feels like its draining and so I see the white l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385801/ I have been blinded and have not been able to seeThe things that you have constantly stolen from meI have slowly over time had my soul sucked awayNow I have realized I can’t allow this feeling to stayIt needs to change and it needs to change fastI can’t let this go on like I ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385800/ Most of us in life will never forgetThe friends we have not lost yetThe real friends we will always have hereFor a lot of us that is are very first fearFor me this can all be summed up in the word changeIt looks like I will have a lot of things to rearrangeIt’s getting to the point.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385799/ I try so hard and in so many waysI just feel as if I am in a mazeI am lost not knowing which way to goI try not to run and just take it slowI wonder weather I am doing the job she wants me toI feel as if she will have to tell me what to doI let her give me orders and show me the wayMos.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385798/ All I want is to get rid of this anger and painI feel like I am stuck on the high way in the fast laneI try everything I can to help my best friendAll I see is her relationship meet its endShe cared and wanted this to workAnd in return I acted like a heartless jerkI am just mad at myself.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385794/ I have never wondered moreWhat this world will have in storeWhat will war make us go throughWhat will we be forced to doWhy if we are all one human race are we forced to killSome people go into the army thinking it will be a thrillThinking they will get a rushUntil they see friends and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385793/ In this world he seeks to fightHe seeks to fight for what he knows is rightIn the process it causes us nothing but fearWe all just want him to be hereHome with us safe and soundInstead of on the front lines of enemy groundAs time goes by we hope and preyThat we won’t get that sad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385792/ How many things in life can one person fearWhy would someone waist time fearing the things they hearMost people fear the things others doMost of us want someone else to do the work and pull us throughIt’s as if we have never wanted to do any workThe one person that wants to do work i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385791/ Simple things in life always make me wonderThoughts in my head bounce around like thunderThe thoughts I have will do nothing but cause fearThey will cause me to go crazy and not want to be hereI try to settle my dizzy, unrelenting headBut still for some reason these things just cause me to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385790/ All my life I have waitedIn all my writings it has been statedI have not had and don’t have anything to hideIf you want me to listen you will have to hit me in strideI am having to good of a time to slow downAnd if I slow down it will make her think I am a clownI just want in this .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385789/ In a lot of ways I feel I am losing the fightLosing the fight for what in my hart I feel is rightNot all my friends agree with meIn some sick twisted way I wish they would just let it beI try so hard to give the one I love a signI try to give her a sign that weather she is a first thought .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385788/ As I realize that my birthday is only one day awayI hope and prey that the good mood I am in is here to stayI think about the fact that I am one year olderAnd it helps me to make one more poem to put in the folderFor me it is an easy concept to seeAlthough for some reason there are people .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385787/ I sit in class for the final year, and suddenly realize I am almost eighteenI just sit and wonder and dream, when all is said and done what will this meanI know I am not ready but all I feel is fearThe end of the time I have to grow up is nearI wonder weather or not in my parents eyeI am n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385785/ I just want to say good byeI am not going to leave this up highIf I leave this down lowIt will make this goodbye to slowI am sick of lying to myself about itI try not to cryBut that is just another lieI need a way to get out of thisThis shot to the hart has to be a missIf it is not.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385784/ All I wanted in life was someone to loveAll I needed was someone to think ofNow you’re gone and I will never see you againI always wonder what life will be like whenI don’t have someone to loveNever having someone to think ofNow your down in NC and the next thing I think is.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385782/ All I know is I must try to keep goingEven without most of you knowingWhat in this life is really bothering meI only wish that my feelings would let me beEvery time I think of thisI know there is nothing to missNo excitement in my lifeNo reason to not drop the knifeSomething is findi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385780/ There I lay day after long hard dayWondering if it is worth my while to stayIt’s a battle, a long hard fightSooner or later I will see the lightI can’t last this long and expect to liveI won’t have anything left to giveI am scared to open the door to heaven in my mind.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385779/ Friends to me are not just tools to useFriends are something I never want to loseSometimes my emotion just gets in the wayBut I feel speechless most of the time not knowing what to sayI try to help get them back on there feetBut I never know what dangers I will meetI have dreams at night.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SoulSyphon1987/385778/