http://slow.writerscafe.org/SashayCharacter9 The original writings of author MissWordSmith en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776116697 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Give me this, allow me the emptiness of youYour absence, your presence, your suffocationIn the air I breathe where you should be Standing there, I look up to a faceless sky http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/1218486/ I am a poet. How do I know this? I know it, because I like making the unknown sound like music to my ears. It doesn't mean that I make sense of it (or am able to!), but my expressing the unknown in MY way, it seems less daunting; a fraction of a fraction less terrifying and alien. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/721313/           Prologue.       The nurses behind the counter seemed to think he was cute. Every so often, when he'd look up from his fixated glare-at-the-floor mean position, he would catch them smiling at him, or giggling between the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/683316/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/683315/ Old thoughts, new ideas... drifting... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/683295/ Through this abyss, alone you wadeYou weren't prepared to face the lungeOf this cold and icy water's blade So you tried to fake a push for plungeYou're singing to the dimming starsThat tease to extinguish your worldBut your song, it quietly soothes your scarsWhile the mist, it cackled, and the water.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/680206/ I'm dreaming and the answers comeI won't analyze, I shall acceptAnd if a question taunts me so I shall lay my head upon my pillowThoughts and whispers of a greed to knowMORE MORE! Why am I never content?Like an avalanche they descendAnd I reach up to catch in my palmSnow-flake adorned answersThey sw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/670762/ C~L~O~S~U~R~E~... a dodging minx http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/669898/ Perhaps there is not darknessMerely the absence of lightPerhaps if we deign to shut our eyesWe shall be gifted sightPerhaps there exists not sadnessBut the alienation of joyPerhaps to be called outrageousYou need first to be tagged as coyPerhaps there really are no lonelyFor the lonely are quite a f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/669098/ Kiss my lips, and I will cryBreathe my breath, and I will dieTouch my touch, and I will sighPray for me, and I will lie http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/665943/ Freedom's SeedTheir bare feet brush upon the groundTheir faces smile with cheeks so brownedTheir rags, they dance, to a footie gameThe sun will prance, upon their skinny frames They run in time to a cuckoo's callThey spring and jump, they bruise, they fallTheir cries, they laugh, the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/664736/ Slowly ascending, hissing, entwiningBreathing out wisps, of blackened liningsCreeping up slowly, breeding coldFeeding off moisture of a sickened soul's moldLeave me alone, Let me be!I scream, I scream, NOISELESS agony!But not one hears, and not one caresNot one smile, no one sharesHappiness, happine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/664265/ Having fun experimenting. Thoughts on blogging Trying out a new meter http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/663515/              I sit in this zoo, here, on this bench, and I peer into thefaces of the animals. Each one shows me something different. A lion is hunched,his once bold shoulders slouch down, and his velvet paws move with theheaviness.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/656675/ I wished upon a star so brightAs a breeze hushed your nameIn a cold and lonely, mourning nightOf a pawned existence, in another's gameI hid in the depth of a stranger's shoulderAs an ocean cried out fierceAnd a butterfly did slowly crumble Wings that withered from fangs that pierceI tore at the brai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/654190/ We ignore, we try, to look another wayA slap in the face is what we deserveFor a neighbor's sorrow, or an outright plightWe turn our heads, we avoid the sightSickening that we can be so untrueTo our deepest beliefs, to our conscienceFor if it will pass, how bad can it beAre you silently praying "L.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/644430/ Experimenting with different styles. =)) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/639310/ Here they were, ten years later, back in the same spot in that park, where they had met as ickle teenagers, what seemed like a lifetime away now. She watched him walk away, down that yellow autumn lane, as leaves that fell covered the footsteps he left along the path. Soon he was gone. The boy who h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/638153/ ' .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/635141/ Gashed and bleeding, left to dieTorn to pieces, don't know whyPain encumbers, and I embraceThe blackened half of this funny faceReach out hand, fingers slitherOver crumbling life, petals witherDarkness approaches and light bows low'Twas a nice few moments, of a long-gone showDo I deserve this? This .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/635134/ The tides have turned, the sun has setThose eyes that smiled the tears so wetHave closed, have whispered, a last goodbyeOf an upward look toward heaven's skiesThe touch of that hand so warmNow icy, cold, a frosty stormThat cries inside a beating heartAt a meaningless phrase "time to part"A mother's .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/623944/ So there it is, back to square oneWe shouldn't have bothered, it's time wasted, hunThis circle of nothing, that goes on and onLife's cruel joke, you're just a pawnWe talk for hours, we coo and cryYou say you love me, I'm your HighThen BAM! What just happened?What? You're in love with her?Do I wait w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/609005/ Darkened screams, shiver shrillsBitter malicious tonesSpite that cuts with ice's edgeAs rocks replace the stonesWell so deep, light a pointSick- filled hearts all bleedPoisoned minds that cannot restSaprophytic decaying weeddrown...drown...drown...Smile... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/599469/ Where am I going? This train doesn't stopIt lurches, brakes, screeches, but never stopsThe turns and twists, sights through the mistIt chugs slowly on, it runs and drags, But it never stopsI wonder, where is my dignity? I knew I had it onceI gave my heart to you, my love, and I became the dunceA sil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/581098/ Enjoy! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/573842/ This dark abyss Why am I comfortable hereUnseen, unheard?It's not like meSo dark, so dampDisappearingThe walls, the corridorsSo thinSo constrictingBut I am comfortable hereThe smellSo damp, so thickFills my nostrils with the Taunt of a fungus That grows ever so slowly...But grows...And I see itSmell.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/573367/ I'm happy when it's quiet. :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/569413/ ~Adieu~Beauty in what's around, but fed up with what's withinTired of false pretenses, no escape, no way to win.Try to piece the puzzle, try to sound like it makes senseThe only solution I have come to - the happier, the more dense.Watch as days and years go by, a spectator of the timesAs love and m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/563274/ To chain an untamed beast to woodOn leather leash of what you couldHave lived and laughed and now want backThen you chain the beast for what you lackYou whisper in its ear at night"Behave and it will be alrightDo as you're told, do what I sayYou best behave or else you'll pay"For what was taken away.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/562787/ When it's all too much, when I can't take moreWhen it's all too clouded and I feel too soreWhen I wish for an exit from this world I call mineWhen I need laughter or shiver down my spineI watch a movie. :)What do you do? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/562388/ CorridorsThese hollow corridors, they screamSilent whispers of clenching dreamsEat me up, faster nowNo door to open, no exit? How?Dome-like and never endingStreaks of laughter, never-mendingPieces so small, yet shatter once moreRemember that smile, that I once woreSounds that swish upon the floorOf .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/561564/ The Cupboard Under The StairsA door was closed, a smile was pastedUpon the face of one who'd tastedThe fruit of love beyond the bordersOf hope anew away from ordersA cupboard underneath the stairsConcealed to those who didn't careTo look for more than was at their feetDidn't take a chance against th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/561558/ The face that criesThe face that cries, not allowed to spillA drop of water, enough to fillAn ocean dead, an outer shieldThe waters still, not allowed to yield~The face that cries, from it I hideGashed and bleeding, from all it triedFrom the strength and the pain,From the darkness, untouched vein~Th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/560605/ Chapter 3EDITED VERSIONWhen I got back to my room, I was truly shocked. The lasttime I had been it in, it was untouched besides my two suitcases, and a coupleof boxes which had already been hurriedly dumped there. However, that wasdefinitely not the case anymore.The other side of t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/548700/ Chapter 2EDITED VERSIONWhen I went to my room (room 23), I was hoping to meet mynew roomy. She wasn’t there though, so mum and I dropped off my suitcases on mybed, and headed back down the staircase and towards the hall for orientation.“So this is it, honey.” Mum sa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/548696/ Excitementand EncountersChapter 1                As the rainbashed against our SUV, I stared up at the grand building to my left. I neverwanted to leave this car. I wanted to go back home and snu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546965/ I got some pretty good advice, and I thought I'd make a second version, that I put a lot more thought into. So after you all review, I will re read and edit the first JBA book, and compile it here. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546964/ Chapter 3 �" Continuation When I got back to my room, I began setting up my junk . I have a nice room-mate whose name isShivani. She's from Mumbai.She's very conservative, but seems like a lot of fun. Herside of our room was super-neat, 5 hours after w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546493/ Chapter 2 - OrientationMumhad left now, not without giving me the world’s biggest hug, of course. Shetold me I would do great, to have a good time, and to stay focused. Who couldask for better advice? To a 19 year old! The Hall that we were seated in fororientation.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546490/ Chapter 1 �" Excitement and Encounters In a little town, west of New Delhi, where gossip was more informative than E News, and thepeople were more small minded than 17th century Kings, you comeacross India’s best school of Arts. The January Bloomers&rsquo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546488/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546486/  This Purple HazeAs I wander around in this purple hazeA million flashes hit my eyesI will not shift my lonesome gazeFrom the one thing that always diesOur ''love'' so called, its been too longAnd all hope is now finally lostAs ''we'' get weaker, I need to stay strongAs more boundaries keep get.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546166/ When found is lost and sanity, insaneAs the wise begin to lose, and the foolish gainWhen the rich man is happy and the beggar sadWhen the winner depressed and the loser gladThis Earth will still revolveAnd you will see, You are i.n.s.i.g.n.i.f.i.c.a.n.t http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/546057/ ProjectionI adored the injustice with which they convicted youOh how every particle in my body screamed with delightYou were tortured, beaten, and thrown to theGround like a dog with a rabid bite I swam in the agony with which you held your gazeThis was a paradise that never ceased to amuseI laughed.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/545151/ Fish Out Of Water                Not Your Typical Girl                        6th May, 2010Fish out of waterSu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544828/ Poster GirlUp on the wall, just a sheet of paperSomething to look at when you're bored laterWhen you have time to kill or chuckPick my mind, my ideas pluckPoster Girl for your imaginationLook at, worship, in sheep elationA blip in your oh-so-wonderful worldLife-jacket when your mind does swirlOut of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544788/ Comical, light, based on a real experience. Today the stage is my best friend. Thank heavens for that, its not something you want for an enemy! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544732/ My dear friends, I am not in loveI am maddeningly free, just like the doveSo go ahead, ignore or excuseThis silly teen, whose lost her museI try writing, believe me I do But then I stop, all I see is blueI don't remember the talk, the ''relationship"I miss the bedroom, the toss and flipCall me dense.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544421/ My son, you are perfect In every single wayYou are the light and the sparkleIn every single dayAs you lie here in my armsAnd I look into your eyesI see nothing wrong or differentI see a million star-lit skiesMy son, you are perfectIn every single wayYou are the light and the sparkleIn every single d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544294/ Whispering of lands far awayThe lovers in the moonlight swayEach wave boasting of where its beenEach drop talking of what its seenTime in reverse, stops and startsThe waters watch the breaking heartsAs eons and lifetimes come and goTick, tock, tick, tock, the oceans flowNot here not there not anywhe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SashayCharacter9/544044/