http://slow.writerscafe.org/breathebrittany The original writings of author BreatheBrittany en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776033716 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Outside of time-- apart, separate inside a dream, our own worldYou and me-- togetherthe space around us shifting, settling into the safety of our bodiesOur hands knotting, our bare skin flushingblotchy pinks and reds behind my closed eyelidsRustling under the linensOur breath hitching, catchingFalli.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/2142537/ I have no idea what I'm doing. I have no idea what I want. I have no idea where to go --from hereI find myself clinging to the past. I find myself trying to predict the future. I find myself wanting / NEEDING / that control --time and time againI long to feel something. Anything. Just please / PLEAS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/2141758/ Bitter, splitting cold are the rushing waters, pushing him under, twisting and turning his limp body, not fighting, unable to fight...He is still slightly unconscious, but is now waking.There is something calling to him. A familiar voice calls, over and over. It is faint at first, but steadily.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1867445/ Preface -- http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1867388/ * ~ * ~ _ ~ * ~ *Sadie"It's been almost two months, Velrick! What are we going to do?!" I was practically screaming, my chest feeling like at any moment it was going to cave in, explode, at the same time, simultaneously. "She's your daughter!" I pressed on, his back towards me. Suddenly, and ve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1838721/ Character descriptions - physical, emotional, etc... Character profiling, analysis http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1827156/ An interesting dream... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1820150/ An interesting dream... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1819054/ Keep your head upkeep your chin upInevitablyluckilyyou will find what you've been searching forThough those will lie to youthough those will deceive youall will be wellKeep your head up keep your chin upI will meet youYou're too young, loveyou're too young, childThough those will betray youthough th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1666839/ Muttering words...mumbling, barely audiblefluttering forward...fumbling, rarely plausibleNow you know, my dearwhat did you expect?I ask, where do you go from here?Baby, are you listening?Your eyes are sad,baby,Now you know, darlingcome too close, I dare you,darlingI've figured you out http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1459168/ Insideinside, all things are possiblethe courage to take that riskthe fear you must overcomebut you are so much more importantthan you even realizeyou wake up everydaythe sweet air breathing life into you and brilliant lightInsideinside, you are absoluteyou are alive and glowing with lovelook at how.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399822/ Sometimes...Sometimes I look in the mirror and I see what it looks like to be freeSometimes I see my reflection rippling in the water, see it twisting and turningSee the change, like the mistSometimes I look into my eyes and I see the infinite clarityLike a crystal, you know what I meanSometimes I l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399812/ And there I am, alwaysresting, pink and glowing,on the warm rocks, at the water's edgeMy heart, aching with lovebutterfly at my mouth, spreading its wingsbrilliant, quiet and knowingI remember a time we were talking and you told me you'd protect meCome to find out, lovecome to find, love, it was me .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399809/ I am breaking open the skytelling you tomorrowalways asking you whyYour breathingI listen totelling you, telling you whyHere I amand here I saytelling youfeeling youall the wayI standin front of you nowsaying, babyWonderingand listeningFeeling you so closeYou tell me,"This is what you chose."Under a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399806/ Just thinking. More mindful. Catching myself constantly. Giving up. Let it go. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399805/ In the denseness of the heatthe pressure radiating from my heart I half sigh, half in defeatat our breaking apartThough I know there is no one to blamestill I feel itThough I know it's really all the sameI'm able to read itAnd in the deepness of the shadethe thoughts coming and goingI realize I am s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1399802/ This herethis here is for youI don't really understand itin a way, it's incomprehensiblethough, I still feel itand so, it's undeniableI wish I could explainI wish I could tell you whyRegardless,this is for youYou should know...I long to see youI long to listen to you singI long to feel you next to m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1368267/ The stars have brightenedin the darkness all aroundUnder the moonsuch a beautiful sightI find I am no longer frightenedto you I'd cry it out loudWe will meet soonyour eyes holding the lightI see you standing thereand because of you, I get this feelingCalling outcan you hear me?Please, lovecome to me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1351840/ I keep growing, growing, growing. I've realized it so much lately. I'm expanding. The more I grow, the more I learn. I'm taking everything in. I'll never look back, only forward, into my future. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1351834/ Yet again. But, hey, bad habits are hard to break.So, here I am, slipping... Not too much too quickly, though, like before. I'm glad I'm self-aware. I'm thankful. Time to set new goals for myself. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1339290/ The honest lies of the deceptions you refinedbreaking the brittle bones of the lines you definedNo pain in the reigns you confinedBaby, let's see what this comes to Boy, let's see if you want toI thought you were differentCome to find, you didn't even try http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1323459/ Defined heremy flowerYour motive is clearcan you sink any lower?Caught herethe chance of you, your love mourningMy love, dearright on cue, I dismiss the warningAll I wish,to love you inthe morningQueen of the ache,Listen, I feel the earth shakeIn this moment, you wakeThe time is hereyou are the bloo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1322235/ Come into this placefeet first, always watchingleave that spacecounter this curse, constantly blockingAnd the breezechilled us to the bonestretching the seasleaving us all aloneMy hands stainedthe ink blotchingmy cries strainedtired of talkingAnd the treescalmed the stormingthe skies seizedmellowed .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1319701/ Deep down Southin the heatthe humiditythe constant sunshineI step into the lightI ask you to be mineMy flowermy loveI breathe the thicknessI hold the tough ropeI grip it regardlessIt doesn't matter, the way we copeMy sweetmy darlingoh, my loveTrying to break the heatit's getting to youit's something.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1318196/ Inside of me there is the inevitablethe glimpse of eternitythe pull of the devilI find my way through the chaosI find my way through the struggleOur fates crossthrough the constant hustleYour moves are slowlet's just stay and talkPlease don't golet's just take a walkI wat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1318140/ Sitting in the sunwatching the light through the treesI look over and see you thereand you look up and smile at meLittle angel, your face is one I've known all alongone I've placed inside my dreams so very long agoone I've never been able to say noThis moment is perfect you come to me, you show me w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1316591/ You are more than enough. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1298443/ This place is dead and lonelyI am already goneFrail and ghostlylost and on the runAll in oneAnd the walls were bound to the endless songsung from the belly down belowAll enclosedAnd the dusty frames that hang there stillcapturing the moments before they fell illI inhaleAnd all the rest left up to th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1296323/ Breaking freegiving up controlthere's so much to seelife takes holdIt would be easy to open myself uplet the blood flowtake that jumplet it all goBut I will fightI will cling to itI can see the lightI will strengthen my gripToday is a new dayit is mine for the takingI will find my waythough I feel l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1294636/ I l o o k a r o u n d m e and I see many different things. I observe everything life has to show me. I see this beautiful, fragile Earth, her trees and her creatures alive all over. I see space, the stars and the planets, the stillness and the depth, the complete unknown and yet the entirety of the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1288818/ The winter windbiting and coldfightingtackling my bonesBurying the promiserepenting to the skyI lean for your kissblossoming red, I am shyThe laughter in the airI watch the moonthe stillness we still shareI know I'll leave here soonThis season is the hardestthe gray gets you downit's comforting rega.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1270981/ Out in the wildthere is a sacred feelyou connect with the childyou seal the dealUnder the cloudsthere is a momentthe hills bellow loudthe moment is frozenBeneath the treesshe calls your namecrusted mud on your kneesyou're one in the sameNear the seayour heartsong bleedsyou understand the needyou are.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1270971/ The description is in the entry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1267334/ Thoughts. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1260531/ Ripley smells funnyhe is a little stinkerhe is a scat cat http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1240819/ Robin is fluffyhis thick fur sheds everywherehe is fat also http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1240816/ A year ago I decided to leave you. I left you in the worst possible way. I did not want to experience the pain because I'd felt it so much during our time together, and wanted to be rid of it immediately. Rid of you. We tripped and I realized that pain, truly realized it. I was hurting every day bec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1240350/ The sun enclosingyour arms enfoldingbreak me from thisgive me your kissOf life, of love, of alllose track of timekeeping my eye on the ballthe fear inching up my spineBreathing outcalling my nameI hear you shoutit's all the sameOn the same streets that I didtell me the truthyou did thisI have proofI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1229799/ Come and get a tastecome and open upYour heartyour jeanseverything in betweenI want a taste of you, tooWill you deny me? My fingers catch at the buttons on your shirtas I am watching your soulthrough your eyesWill you try?Come and get a tastecome and take a drinktell me what you thinkI want a t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1228858/ Tomorrowif I were to disappearturn to mistwhat would you think?Tomorrowif I were to suddenly burst into a million piecesfragments of myselfwould you blink?Would you stare? Would you sob?Would you let it pass?If I ceased to exist when morning comesno longer anymore to rise with the sunwould you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1227949/ Lost in the watersthe current taking holdYou had my handbut you let it goWaitpleasetell me howwhere do I go from here? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1227941/ In hopesin waitingI wait for no onebut youYou, with your eyes and those hands thatI love so muchThose fingersLace them with minekeep me waiting no longerI'll put them where I want them from therein my hairpullingfrom behindYou, with your eyes and those thoughts thatI love so muchDirect the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1227468/ Today I stay homeI was supposed to go inbut I said "f**k it" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1227463/ I'm sorry I ran awayand left you thereleft you astrayI broke your heartyour bonesI left you in the dustI betrayed youthough it was what I needed to doI'm still sorryso, so sorryI think about how I used to behow I've changed from the person I once wasit sickens me to know I was the one to cause such .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1227462/ Lost in the confines of timeour hearts empoweredoverflowingcombinedI see youthereyou see mineThe blood warm within usbeautifully blueoverbearingthis trustTrying againstarting overwe will win to adjust http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1226962/ There has always been something about yousomething specialsomething trueto where I've never held the power to let you goSomething in my heart has always known, I thinkthere has always been this pullthis magnetismthis callfrom you, to meThrough all we've been throughI am sure we were meant to meetI a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1226534/ I went outto find a birdto sing with this songThis song of loneliness and tremoursof love, I know I went out to see the salmon spawningall pink and smelling of saltI found you thereShivering with longingTo you, I go My ankles burning and coldwith the fire and th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1216968/ An interesting writing exercise. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1207426/ Another haiku about one of my cats http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1207402/ Just a haiku about one of my cats http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breathebrittany/1207400/