http://slow.writerscafe.org/Toren The original writings of author TorenMichaels en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776050771 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I’m somewhere within the perils of lifeFrom what I neglected to sayAnd held prisoner within my lifeWithin a cortex of grayMy lips quiver to confess my sinsBut my spirit’s still committed to runWeakness has come over my skinBut my mind’s still a loaded gunI’ve written so many .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1219367/ I.I pour out my soulTeardropsLike acid rainOnto an infinite sea of facesTo whomManyI know not of their namesII.Often, I call to memoryThe patterns of my guiltLike vast, wind blown sandsAligning these oceansAs siltIII.Who am ITo simply walk awayTo escape the great undoneA victorKnows not of his victo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1219366/ My heart rages/this tempest of fire/whirling/all consuming/with every breath extolling three living beats against the calcified cage of this gnarled menageries' existence/as though it has been buried alive/impermissibly laid to rest/ as it cries out/though in a deafened calling/ I am here/ I a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1219364/ Love and lust and other dreamsTend to lead to my broken wingsThat I tend to mend...With broken things. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1219363/ Rhythmic wordIs such spoken eloquenceIt cuts through the air like a divine enchantressA harbinger to willOh, sing your song to me dreamerOf lost hopesAnd of paradiseHold me there in songFill me with your emptinessThese paths you have goneI await your next passageAs your minstrel sets the moodI thril.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1219361/ The visionThose eyes staring back at meYour tearsLike the falling rainLike an infinite sea they pour into meDeepThey fill this well of my painOh, my visionMy vision of all that was good and goldenThe wind beneath these wings of waxHow you became the sunI beg not for your lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1218097/ The fragmented mindLike shards of glassThe bleeding heart poursLike sands through an hourglassThe Calypso dreamThrough kaleidoscope eyesThe wondering spiritFire WispInto that great canopyWhere stars have aligned http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Toren/1217498/