http://slow.writerscafe.org/ZacharyDary1121 The original writings of author Zachary Dary en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776172979 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A bright screen in the darkness.The morning comes unbidden.Tears pooling in the corners of my eyesNot wanting to roll down my cheek.Stinging, burning my eyes.Meaningless words from an old friend.I knew they'd come but they still hurt.They'd leave and come back.I'd forget the hurt, the pain, the tear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1382722/ There's a light.A flickering little light.A flame, one might think.Once proud and strong,Now weak and small.Enemy to the winds of change,Constant, unrelenting, and cold.Leaving the light bare and exposed.One more gust and it is gone.No more winds, no more flame.Waiting. Waiting for the last gust.Fea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1346549/ The world turns.The wind blows.All around me,The people walk.The couples cuddle.The friends talk.And yet I,Just sit here.Hoping that someoneWill sit downHere with me.The music playsIn my mind.A sad song.I don't speak.My lips, sealed,Closed shut, locked.Tears forced back,I die inside.I yearn to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1252534/ Long ago, I loved and lost.As the old saying goes,"Its better to have loved and lost,Than to have never loved at all."That is complete bullshit.I would gladly rip out my heart,Take away all the memories,Burn every photograph.Unspeak all those words,Take back all the smiles,And never have met you at .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1252529/ I look out the window.I see the sunlight shining through the branches.I see the tall buildings in the distance.I hear the wind, the birds and the dead leaves.I hear the endless hustle of humans.I smell the crisp air.I smell the toxic fumes as they tickle my nose.I gaze up at the cloud covered night... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1249545/ What are you?Red or BlueIt seems a simple choiceBut then you look deeper...Passion or Peace?What do you want?Strength or Knowledge?What do you need?Power or Serenity?What drives you?Victory or Harmony?What will you achieve?Broken Chains or Boundaries?Do you want to be free?Make your choice. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1249412/ Lying here aloneQuestioning everythingPonderingHow?Why?Who?What?Where?When?Will I?I wish I knew the answersThese answers hold the keyThe key to my happinessAnd so I lay up at nightCounting the secondsConstantly thinkingHow do I describe how I feel?Why do I feel this way?Who should I talk to?What can.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1249407/ I've finally figured it out.After years of soul searching.I've discovered me.I am a person that needs to be loved.Yet no one could ever love me.I can love others.Yet no one cares enough to love me.So I guess I'm not unlovable.I'm just an outcast. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1249401/ You never go, you're always here.Beneath my skin, always corrupting me.I cannot get away.I'm fading slowly.I'd give it all to you.Even as I'm falling, I always reach for you.I know it's done.I know its already over now.My best defense you knocked down long ago.Now I just run to you.I can't resist, n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243041/ Rain on me.Pour on me.Shower me.Show me you care.Cry your tears into me.Cry until your eyes are red.Hold me tight.Tighter.Tighter.Hold me like you'll never let go.But you do.All I am is a means, a means to an end.A way of getting it out without showing it.All those tears and sobs.They don't want to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243040/ Wow. Again? Really?Why must this always happen?This same damn thing."Hey.""I like you.""You're really cute."Everything leads to disaster."Leave me alone.""Go away.""F**k off."All that I want to hear."Have a nice life."That's what I say.I tell them the truth.They all have a great life.Once they forge.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243036/ He has two.He offered me three.Why can't I just have one?He just wants one but he has two already.How does that work out?How is that fair?So confused.Why do we all play this game?This game that never ends.One love gained means another must lose.At least for most of us.The others feel elite.Want to t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243034/ Truth.Truth is what everyone knows about you.Truth is what you want others to know.Truth is beautiful.Truth is happiness.Truth is everything.Truth is a masquerade.Fun, Light, Amazing, and full of wonder.Reality.Reality is what no one knows.Reality is what no one else wants to know.Reality is mutilat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243031/ Alone.All alone.Exactly what I wanted.What I thought I wanted.Alone.I see everyone else.They're playing, hanging, chilling,Having fun, making love, being happy.They're living.I die while they live.Alone.I mutilate myself with every thought.I finger the blade at night.Alone.It's a precision toolMade .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243029/ Oh, there was never a name so sweet.As the one that rolls off my tongue.When you are around, my eyes are transfixed.Glued on you.Your eyes.Your hair.Your smile.Your body.Your beauty.Your perfection.You may see flaws that only you can see.As I see my flaws that only we can see.Let me help you.I will .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243028/ I am dead to the world.I am dead to my family.I am dead to my idols.I am dead to my doctor.I am dead to my friends.I am dead to my loved ones.I am dead in my eyes.I am a corpse.Floating among the reeds of the river of life.The people stop and watch.They stare at the grotesque being that flows with t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243021/ The monster inside me grows.He always lies dormant,Sleeping every day and night.I dread the day he wakes.Wakes from his eternal slumber.I killed him before, in the past.But somehow, he lives and feeds.Feeds off my insecurities and loneliness.He's stirring in his sleep.When he stirs, he commands my b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243014/ This chest of mine is aching.It is twisting in agony.The heart that once kept me whole,It is trying to burst out.I want to hold it in.To lock it in a box and leave it be.But I can't get a good hold on it.It tries to stretch North for you.It runs blindly in your direction.My fingers can't grasp it as.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ZacharyDary1121/1243007/