http://slow.writerscafe.org/chewy457 The original writings of author Patrick McCombs en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776215502 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The traffic was virtually nonexistentMy senses were surprisingly resistant To the ever flowing torrent of rain Walking helps keep me saneOut here time moves as slow as molassesAs the rain drips off of my the rims of my glassesThe water tastes salty on my tongueI can't wait to stop being so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187369/ The walls were white and bareAnd I endlessly stareAs the light explodes off the wallI lay on the floor in a sprawlHalf dead, half aliveI've taken a diveInto unknown emotionsLarge unmapped oceansDrowning can't breatheNo exit, can't leaveMy body useless, my mind a battlegroundI lay here waiting to be .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187368/ And drive down the empty highwayMy eyes focused on the fuel gaugePull into the gas stationPay too much for too littleWhatever, its only moneyI'm almost thereCountless miles behind meFuckfuckfuckfuckIt hits meMy brain goes into overdriveEvery possible reality plays out in my mindAll of them detached .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187367/ Oh I'm going to JapanAll according to planTrapped in this little planeGoing a little insaneStaring out the windowSeeing the wind blowThe clouds look oddAnd I'm a little awedMiles above the groundAnd there's not a soundSave that one snoring manThat screaming child, whose name I gather is StanAnd that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187361/ Thousands of lights hang in the cool night air You were wearing that sweatshirt that smelled like sunshineMy fingers found themselves in your long auburn hair We gazed at the skylineMetal giants trying to grab the starsCountless people living in the belly of the beastBut out here. In the f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187360/ Emotion risingDrafts RevisingWords rearrangingUnderlying emotion unchangingI'm a tangles messUnder stressPulse quickeningIt's sickeningThe words won't formThis can't be the normIt looks so easy But all I feel is queasyIn my mind it seems so clearBut in my mouth it is only fearYou stare at me wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187359/ His scarf flowed harmlessly in the breezeI stood with him in that collection of treesHis midnight hair was flowing and freeThere was no place i'd rather beIn the empty space between us, i positioned my handHe grabbed it softly, as if every motion, every action was planed.Inside fireworks burstThis i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187354/ Victims of circumstanceA slow lovely danceFire ever consumingEver bloomingGrass always growingWater always flowingFind your directionWalk through the intersectionFind your voiceMake a choiceNot everything black and whiteYou need insightRead musty booksListen to babelling brooksLearn the wonders of t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187350/ The clouds are burstingAnd we are thirstingWe light another cigaretteDrags tinged with regretThe drain drenchesWe still sit on the park benchesDamp hair plastered to our skinI try to speak, but I know not where to beginMy thoughts are unassailableContents unmailableWe sit in silenceAn unspoken allia.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187349/ I gaze at the ceilingThe tiles all moldy and peelingMy blood is about to boilThe food is starting to spoilThe fridge light blew outI'm starting to fester doubtMy eyes are ablazeAnd for the rest of my daysThe seeds of fear shall spreadI hear the whispers of the dead.It has been weeksMy mind and body .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187344/ but i'm not sureis there a curei wan't to be a childsomething untamed and wildperfect innocence i require deliverancefrom my own mindi will no longer be confined by foolish social responsibilities i will be measured on my own abilitiesand not by peoples twisted perceptionthis is not s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187338/ You are my typeThe time is ripeThe time for the harvestNo time to restThe fruit is glistening in the treesSweet summer breezeSunlight streamingSmiles gleaming Minds dreamingSubconsciousness screaming Feet in the softgreenmoist grassTime no longer seems to passI'm reaching critical massYour.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187337/ Eyes thick with prophecyThings only I can seeFire burning No ones learningThe wind howlsStraight from hell's bowelsAn unatural coldWatching death unfoldIts spreading its dark cloakAll clouded with smokeSimple subtractionA toxic attractionFlirting with deathSavoring every breathWe fear what we c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187333/ Divert all power to the sourceLet it run its courseRunning purely on caffeineA highly functioning machineI can no longer feelCan't tell what is realStraight processing powerThat is the hourWhen everything is finalThe needle always skips on the vinylI am completely efficientMy body is nutrient defici.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187331/ Fear injectionI'm about to quitTired of this bullshitCompletely demoralizingSeemingly finalizing Soul crushingEmotions rushingFears evolving This is all involvingSelf reliant Feeling defiantFuck the machineThey don't play cleanUtter manipulationChoking creationDo what they sayThey can.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187330/ I slept in my clothesMy sanity in its death throesI throw back some whiskeyMakes me feel friskyCuts back the staticDemolishes the walls of this goddamn atticSo silent I can hear my heart beating My lucidity is thankfully fleetingI dive into a world unseenNot dreams nor reality, but something in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187328/ You're staring at me from the picture frameMy brain is inflamed with your nameIt's repetitiousAlmost fictitious You're thought vaporRemnants of a forgotten caperBut your always there to some extentLike an ancient apocalyptic eventYou were chaoticAbsolutely exoticA mystery in every senseWith an .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187326/ We must shiftBefore we go adriftWe must drink the earthly rainBefore we go insaneAnd all shall come before usLaughing like children of the forest Whispering things that we can never hearPlanting the seeds of doubt and fearWe shall become enlightenedWe shall become frightened All rushing ou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187324/ Thoughts abortedWills contortedPerceptions twistingVoices persisting Unnatural coursesInternal forcesIntense moral stormsLight transformsInto splintered perceptionDivine deceptionEverything is taintedBroad strokes are paintedIntense fear of sunlightBoiling with frightThis darkness is sereneSo u.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187321/ The cold air makes everything stillLike the whole world took a sleeping pillAnd as we stumble through this frozen instantEverything seems distantSounds seem dullerFading colorTrees dead and bareThe world doesn't seem to careWarmth's sweet and hard to findThe grayness batters the mindThe glorious whi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187318/ I remember that dayWhen it was too hot to hold hands but we did anywayAnd the sunlight was streamingAnd our smiles were gleamingAnd the sunshine cascaded through your hairAnd I remember the water bottle we had to shareThe pavement was hot beneath our feetAnd you looked so sweetAnd we scouted for fre.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187314/ My skin as white as house hold bleach The stars are hopelessly out of reachI munch on cheddar pringlesAs I lay on roof shinglesThe air cuts right through The moon looks so blueI'ts chillingIt's thrillingGoosebumps dot my skinAnd I don't know where to beginBasking in the moon's heavenly glo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187313/ The torrential downpour slammed against the shipThe helmsman is losing his gripThe sails are in shamblesThe captain has been reduced to ramblesThe storm shows no sign of slowingAnd that feeling in my stomach is rapidly growingWe are going to sink Salty water is going to be my last drinkThor's h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187309/ We're drifting apartSlowly but surely Snipping the strings of the heartI'm not speaking prematurelyI feel it in the words you speakIn the way you kissYou're losing your mystiqueI know something is amissThe light that once lit up your face is fading Sometimes it feels like talking to a stra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187308/ The moment is so fleetingI can hear your heart beatingIn this perfect silenceI've developed a realiance To the frequency of your eyesShimmering like the bright blue skiesI listen to your breathingI think your worth believing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187306/ Your voice is lower than a whisperA voice I strain to hearTo hear over the immeasurable strangling silence To hear the sweet waves of flow and movement The words rise up and smash on the shores of my mindI feel the endless potential energy stored in the structure of your light phrasingChem.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187304/ Oh this feeling of utter alienationThis endless road trip without a destinationTrapped inside this metal monstrosity of a carI feel like we haven't made it very farConstantly around the same round aboutEnshrouded in fog made of doubtI'm endlessly confinedWithin the labyrinth of my mindShifting corri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187303/ Fading clarityGaping iregularityRapid decompositionA crumbling postionFear and anger fuel the firesAs they unravel the knot of desiresA purely toxic entanglementThe wounds were allowed to ferment.Now we are slowly dyingOf this there is no denying http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187302/ I'm digging your geometry All of your beautiful asymmetryMeasuring out all of your curves You are more then I deserveObtuse, acute and rightYou are stunning tonightYour perpetually moving lines In the moonlight; you shineYour an ever changing equation I wish to find your every un.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187301/ I haven't heard another voice in three whole daysI soak in the suns raysDriving with all the windows downTrees look like blurs of green and brownI'm taking back roads that people have forgotten On the trees the fruit grows rottenIt's just me and the warm radio static Talking to myself has .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187300/ You toss your coat on the floorThe heat is escaping rapidlyYou slam shut the doorYou look over at meI'm sitting in the armchairYou're smiling a feline smileIt's too much to bear We havn't done this in a whileYou pull out a deck of cards from your pocketYou deal out a handYour eye whirls in its .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187299/ the feeling of dread was creeping we were only sleeping here on the soft green grassgod i hope it will passand man were singing that same old songand i hope that we can get some people to sing alongand that we don't get caught up in the formthat we differ from the normi'm spurting out what.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187298/ The whole place smelled like a damn hospital; sterile and white And then I broke out of there in the middle of the night And I felt utterly freeI didn't know what it meant to be meBut I was about to find outI cast aside the shackles of self doubtAnd I shall attack the world like a starving.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187296/ We trace back our origins As we breath in the toxic halogens Time and space are deteriorating rapidly And I’m losing all sense of meEverything’s becoming intertwinedNothing is easily definedThe lines are blurred I do not know what has or has not occurredI experience p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187295/ he long winding roads leading out to the seaThe sun peaking through the steely grey cloudsThe dirt on the old roads have barely settled When the tanks moved throughThe wildlife was goneAs tanks plowed throughThrough the grassy fields Soldiers stumbled behindBloody and disorientedShots pier.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187294/ My hands are shaking There is no mistakingThat I am lost in the darkI somehow ended up at this parkThe swing set looks vaguely inviting  And there is no use in fightingMy ever present notion to be in motion once moreFor to be still is to be at war http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187291/ The cool airThe sun's glareI trace the bumps on my skinI wonder where to beginI walk down the path I probably need a bathI avoid peoples gazesI navigate my own personal mazesI stumble into a convince storeMy bare feet cold on the tile floorNo one says anything There's a song on the radio, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187289/ I've been listening to the wind get caught up in the chimesAs I try and find the pulse of the timesI try and turn my visions into substance And gauge the type of resistance That my attempts might receive I try and perceiveThe way the light passes right through the treesAnd the directi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187288/ Its a rainy afternoon in MayIts a slow slow dayThe droplets weave a song as they fall upon the glassI wonder when it will passMaybe it won't. Maybe it will just keep rainingUnrelenting and forever maintaining I venture outdoors Into everlasting downpoursI am drenchedI am entrenchedIn the f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187284/ Couldn't sleep. Watched the sun riseIt was no surprise When you showed upWith a big coffee cupWe were sitting on the bleachersImitating nocturnal creatures Your eyes flaredI think you were scaredThat I wasn't sleeping That some problem was creepingFrom the background to the foreground.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187283/ Sparks fly as swords clashFire smolders into ashLights extinguishingHopes diminishing Men giving in to desperation It provides amplification With their backs pushed against the wallThey will give it there allHope withers in their eyesAs they are strangled by an expansive web of liesIt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187281/ Air rushed from her lungsThe spring has been sprungHer vision twisted and turnedAs she tries to salvage the burned Her eyes can not comprehendHow her world reached this endShe looked into the depths of insanityAnd saw her burning vanity Her mansion burned to groundWhat was lost can not be .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187085/ I was reading my book Snug in my little nookEntranced by the flowing proseI was in my comfy clothesWhen you came upstairs You sat in the little egg chairYou maintained the silenceWe've developed a relianceOn this strange dynamic We probably both need a mechanic After several minu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187084/ Its a rainy Tuesday afternoonAnd the sun disappeared way too soon Watching crappy Tuesday afternoon TVSipping some weirdly named herbal teaI hear my knockingI start walking I open the door; your standing thereI try to remember how to properly breathe airYou look like you always do You.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187082/ Sitting on the windowsillMoney to burn, time to killMy full name passes your lipsLike a specter slithering from the cryptsThe old blue wallpaper is peelingAnd I know what you are feeling That deep unsettling pit in your belly The one that makes your legs feel like jelly The one that m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187080/ My thoughts are a mess A side effect of the stressI cherry pick the loose strands And hold them in my hands They are written in an unknown code I think I'm going to explode External pressure ever consumingI wish I could see what was looming Right around the bend Ma.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187079/ I can feel it in my bones I can hear the dissonant tonesI see the clouds shifting above I hear the cry of the mourning doveIts song kicking in my headI'm filled with dreadI wander down the empty streetsHearing a strange series of beatsThe rhythm of the times as it were And time became.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187078/ I imagined your touchIt was almost too much And the wind screamedAnd I no longer dreamedOf soft lies Only foreign skies Alien landscapes that stretch on forever And my grip on reality starts to sever Yesterday I thought I saw you across the streetI looked down at my feetToo .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187076/ She has this airthat she doesn't careThat she doesn't give a shitNot. One. Bit.You'd think of her shallow.All marsh but no mallowBut that's not the case Its written on her faceIn the small movement of her lipsAnd the small vocal slipsWhen her voice stumbles over wordsAnd she hits melancholy cho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187074/ Clouds bounce against the edges of the sky I let out a long sighMy breath visible in the frigid airI'm shaking but I don't careThe sky is a deep after snow blueA lone bird came into viewThe world was perfectly stillI couldn't move; I didn't have the willTo break this instant of perfectionTo sev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/chewy457/1187072/