http://slow.writerscafe.org/Inexplicable The original writings of author Corinna Bridgebury en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776199889 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When did I get so weak?When did my independence crumble?When did my bed get so small-So cold-So empty-Why can't I stop these leaking eyes?When did I startto need you by my sideto be happy? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/670187/ The morning light is dimmedThe shades protect usI wake to your handsOn my naked bodyYour urgency kindles mineI melt beneath your fingersI drown in your eyesDark and deepThey swallow me wholeMy lips on yours, my tongue �" And as I rise to meet y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/666414/ One o’clockWhere has the morning gone?Hidden by grey curtainsIt slipped awayWhile I lay awakeUnwilling(Or Unable?)To get out of bed.What is the point,AnywayOf morningsFilled with nothingAnd no oneBut me.My dreary thoughtsMy futile.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/645068/ It was… a comforting blackness.Like sleep without the effortOf trying to sleepThere was no evadingNo fighting, No interruptingNot this.It was welcomingAll envelopingIt obliterated all thoughtsOf anything else but calm.And it seemed to lastMuch l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/644883/ There is such a thingAs knowing your own mindToo well.Because when you knowHow a thing worksYou should be ableTo manipulate it.And once you knowWhy you’re sadOr madAnd you know that it’s illogicalYou don’t allow yourselfThat emoti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/643051/ It’s cold in my roomThe night outside my windowSeems dark and emptyDespite the lights of my cityI am all aloneWondering what is wrong with meFearing that the answer might beEverything.I pull out my phoneAnd find pictures of youAnd suddenly the answer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/642608/ You areMy only oneThe only oneI can tell anythingThat I trustCompletely.(And who makesMy heartPound) You areMy reasonThe reasonThat drives meMakes me striveTo be betterTo be good enoughFor you. You areMy on.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/641689/ No sharp pain, this;Just grey emptinessAn empty acheA constant drainLeaving me tired,Unenthusiastic,No matter how much I sleep. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/631385/ Night walkGrey slideDown, down, downInto apathyAnd I no longerTry to fight offMy own worst enemy - Me.Why does anyone put up with me?The thoughtlike a knife in the gutMakes me gaspIt is truthIt is lies.I have a defenseBut not the energy to muster itSo I lay backAnd let my self-loathingSteal it .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/631101/ Today,I miss you.I want to walk into my apartmentAnd find you on my bedWant you to glance upAnd catch my eyesWith your dark ones.But what I want,I can't have right now,so I sit alone,pull out my homework,turn up the musicAnd try to forget. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/628069/ I've never loved anyoneAs I do youWith laughterAnd tendernessAnd complete honestyNot because I chose toBut because I couldn't help myselfCouldn't bear to give youAnything less than all of meParts of me that I'd hiddenEven from me.I've never loved anyoneWho was so good for meWho makes me raise M.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/627245/ Is it really only monday?It seems like forever since I've seen youAnd forever till I'll see you again.There's an absenceIn the deepest part of mePainful, impossible to ignoreLike a bleeding wound ripped widerEvery time we say goodbye. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/623988/ The ache of my musclesThe morning afterIs beautiful.I raise my handsArch my backPoint my toesJust to feel itTo remember the cause.I luxuriate in itAnd smile. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/622632/ This morning I woke up missing you.Before I could stop itMy unguarded mind remembered:My cheek against the smooth skin of your tattooed back.Your hand in mine.Your dark beautiful eyes, loving me.Your breath in my ear, and my hair as you whisper, "Just relax."Your arm around my waist my hand on your .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/613576/ A week is a long time.You start to forget the sound of a voiceThe curve of an eyebrowThe feel of skin beneath your fingers.Lips on yoursA hand held tight…The details start to fade.And while before you missed himWith the immediacy, clarityOf perfect reca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/609621/ Claim me for your own and I am yoursTouch me, hold me, kiss me, take meYou I can never deny.As long as I am yours and you are mineI will be longing for your touch. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/608926/ It’s been, what,24 hours?And already I miss you.The city And walkingReminds me of you.I want your hand in mineSo we can explore the cityTogether.See the earthbound starsOrange and brightTogether.So I don’t have to take picturesJust pointAnd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/607813/ The problem is this - I tried and foundI can't write about youWith the same words I used before.I need new words, stronger wordsFor hope and joy and love.They've been used for other things,trivial thingsSo using them, would, by associationtrivialize somethingThat is so far from trivial that I(A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/602386/ On a train ride home from Chicago, Claudia is reminded that she is a coward. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/571553/ You tell meThis is safe.Safe?Seems like such a small wordTo describe this feelingThis opening upBeing meA painful ecstasyHeat beatingTrusting you above all.This has goneFar beyond reasonInto blindness.And yet, yesThis is safety.It just se.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/539085/ Frustration broke meFrustration drove me outInto the cityInto the darknessThe windInto loneliness.Out of myselfI walked foreverInto exhaustionTo where I could face myselfAnd say, “Of course.This is me.” http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/538945/ Complacency is something you can't run from. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/535040/ Yesterday I lost it,The feeling of opening.Of expanding outwardLike a flowerOr a mushroom cloud.Exhaustion killed it.It was a good feelingThe one that died.It felt like being meOr becoming meNot free from caringBut free from worryingLike I usually .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/534602/ Where have your eyes been,that I have never seen them before?Dark and rich and deepFull of words I never guessed at, Words you never showed me.A passion we both have, but never shared.I must have known all along, deep downBelow consciousness, that this was there.Where were you keeping this soul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/533331/ Your eyes, bigger and greener than any I’ve ever seenPierce me over the counterAnd the words “Can I help you?”Take on new meaning as I speak them.There are feathers in your hairWhich is orange like autumnAnd fire.Your Irish accent enthralls meMak.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/532446/ The last support is pulledI am left to wobble on my ownSure to fall and breakIn so many piecesI can't put me back together.But for the time beingFor as long as I canI will hold my balanceIndependent, alone.I would have it no other way. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/531056/ What’s wrong with me?Nothing but a run of bad luckAnd a stomach inordinately fondOf diving off of cliffsFor no reason at all. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/526901/ An answer livesWhen it ceases to be page-dryTo rustle quietly when turned overAnd becomes more than words.10 minutesor 20 yearsafter it was first thoughtThe world feeds it,And it grows.It crosses the blood-brain barrierA spark of lightningCoursing thro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/526898/ Today I stepped outsideAnd the wind was coldSo cold that it became thetruth.I saw it so clearly, through theice that caked my eyes The plan was failing, built on alying foundationWhat was all was nothing.And words that surrounded mefrom the beginningS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/526897/ One marvelous accident after anotherAnd here I stand.A speck on the face of a minute planetOrbiting an average sunOn the outer fringe of an infinite field of stars.I am so insignificantAs to be nonexistent. What does the universe care about me?Except that if I wer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/526896/ It’s practically masochisticTo sit here and think of you,Of your face above mine,As the sun rises.And as the wheels turning beneath meBear me ever farther away from you,From your blue eyes, your laugh, your touch,I can only think about those thingsThat I wil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/526893/ Chapter 1 of Angelo's Son. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/412512/ Set approx. 100 years in the future. A crime lord's son tries to bring his father to justice through the Space Fleet despite his father's threats and manipulation. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Inexplicable/412509/