http://slow.writerscafe.org/ChrisCariad The original writings of author Chris Cariad en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775504576 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I choose to be hated, instead of loved. To be rejected, instead of accepted. Individuality, Rather than being a part of the crowd. I choose to be me, instead of a lie. To be realInstead of fake. I choose painInstead of joy. I choose it! .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1206271/ My savior knew me Before my existence.Loved, When they hated. Saved,When all was lost. Shined the way, When darkness prevailed. Caught us, When we fell. Released those, When they didn't want to be caught. Clothed, When .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1206270/ These flames consume me From this place of darkness, Breaking my chains And rising to this place of grace.  Risen once again I do great deeds,For the greatest being In the kingdom that planted its seed And watched me grow. My life cheris.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1206269/ Will we be excepted for who we areIn this world of rules and boundaries? When we stray to be different.Are we able to become the people we where born to be? As society rules us out as but another targetOf this hate war against our kind. A People of free thinkers,  W.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1205728/ These Northern lights swayWithin this glum of night.Its beauty, unseen Floating within the spectacle of your eyes. These rays of love will hold you, Carry you through The darkest of times, Mend your broken heart And bring you into my life.These rays wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1205727/ The wars we fight Are not our own. The lives lost In useless warCould never be regained. As we fight not for freedom, but for power. The lives lost out weight any gain that could be From such actions, As another soldier loses their home. The .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1205725/ Happiness overwhelms me And the love over flowing, When my dearest friend holds me close. The pain inside of loss, hurt and abuse Has finally leftAnd Joy has taken over That hardened life of stone. Breaking all the boundaries That where set before m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1204363/ The fear inside of meIs a dark place of agony. An uncontrollable numbness That's continually fighting me. Never letting go, It's eating away at my soul. Fears hold has robbed me of such joyful memories.The pain it forced me to suffer, The death of life i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1204361/ The silence shall be brokenThe lies no more, For each begotten life I lay in darkness.Thinking about this locked path We as a world have thrown ourselves in, Fretting over the life of tomorrow. Our world is in a locked cageBut the truth shall set them free?&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1204355/ This hate that rages inside of me Burns with all intensity, From the life I knew to the life lived.This daemon always beside meCarrying me along the path of all bad things. My love hate, ever so cherished, The lies she never told.The grudge's I made, written within .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1204354/ The love I gave to you In the sands of time, Is now rocked by the waves of thunder. The lies I told to my dying soulIs now growing farther from the docks at home. I ruined my chance for a lasting love Because I never could open up. You where my light,&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1204353/ The lines that are worth writing,The words that where longly awaited.Scribbles upon the paper of Sentences that create emotion and chaos. Words uttered from greats creating Quotes that many a man have said.Writings of peace and love,Poetry of hate and rage.Speeches tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1200659/ Raindrops are falling as the sky goes blue, I lay here waiting for this beloved you. The person I once loved so dearly and true, The love we once held extended beyond the moon. For now my beating heart shall beat like the rains fall. Till the day I finally see,&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1200655/ My dreams of a better tomorrow, push me to live.People in pain, we see them everyday. We stand there in wonder of what has happened Why has this generation seen the same As those from our past. Why do we continuously toss these dreams Of ending hunger and pain, w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1200650/ This Hell that I'm falling in, is ever so changing. From a little spark in the darkness to the flames a raging. The fire ever so high, I'm sinking fast in this darkness. I look up to the sky and see the face of saving. Quickly my head turns away, not wanting him to see me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1200276/ one of my very first poems. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ChrisCariad/1198982/