http://slow.writerscafe.org/VitamAeternam The original writings of author Nix en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776028715 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Creating obstacles: our most human instinct http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1821334/ The first part of two http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1542996/ A narrative about my experience with one of my favorite books. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1499179/ Where thoughts go to festerWhere wounds go to healwhere the world is made a child's toyWhere all is but too realGive me silence Where desire goes to dull where beauty goes to age Where youth goes to be forgotten Where naive becomes sageGive me timeWhere good will goes to harden W.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1384407/ Drown in darkness oh my dearLie with me a whileLet all of your fears but melt awayAnd leave you peaceful as a childAll the angst that light reveals Is gone within this shroudThis shroud of sheets This shroud of skinNone but hush can reach our isleThe doubt of day that left you weepingIs go.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1326506/ Colors fade and souls to sleepA darker shade a darker shadeIs all but theeThe trees extend to hide your lightBut none can hopeNone can reachEven darkness of the nightCan only hope to make you brightThe clouds the cloudsfloat oh so highMighty shrouds mighty shroudsEven these cannot hopeThey cannot re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1321063/ Into the wordless I fleeInto the solace of nightOnly there am I truly freeThe dark is my only light http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1314978/ Along with shivers comes a painA pain that clears the fogThe fog that has but blinded usAnd slowed us to a slogAs I breathe the cool crisp air And feel the chill set inI realize that the warmth beforeHas me rotting from withinWhen my flesh begins to numbI feel my thoughts returnAnd the film upo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1275647/ I love rainy days http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1263160/ How the star spotted sky Meets the ever raging seaThe place that looms so highA view we cannot fleeIts ever present brilliance Is constantly ignoredAs we search for our resilience In this ever witless horde We try so hard to just becomeA grain within this pit of sandWe just s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1260289/ I have seen such a beautyThat cannot be explainedBeauty that reminds usOf the love that still remains A simple smile and a nodTo let you know that you are seenOr a dollar to the drifter For a Coke from the machine The way a child swings their legs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1241794/ Thrum Thrum beats the drumBeckoning us to fightTill blood is shedAnd we have wonWe march into the nightRun Run oh great forceMenacing is our plightBut what is moreThe heavenly courtsWe run into the nightSwing Swing that bloodied swordTrembling they are wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1233355/ Magnificence http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1200438/ The most powerful poems have more than one meaning http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1183437/ Teal waves breakagainst the sandWhite froth turns togoldBringing treasures ofa foreign landAnd places never toldSurrender to its pulland findIts deceptive peaceis left behindThe teal becomesabysmal blueAnd gold becomes aninky blac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/VitamAeternam/1174596/