http://slow.writerscafe.org/Mdlaco3279 The original writings of author Michael (Letters and Lifelines) en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775981032 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Everyone,For a different reason,Will come around,And give a listen.If you’re here,Please take a chance tonight,Even if your hope is gone.Everyone’s,Looking for a lifeline.A little help,To escape the hard times.If you’re hurt,And you’re feeling scared tonight,I can help you ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1810521/ So worn,I can’t get passed it.So torn,But I try to mask it. Each move, Could hurt forever, With a pain, That’s a greater measure, Than all I’ve known before.My soul,In an early casket.My life,In a wicker basket. Can’t move, Cause I am fettered... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1797932/ I was cold,Hollow and empty...I was here,But not really there...I was still,And asleep,In the snare...Of despair.On the run,With no one behind me...Just myself,And the pain in my bones...With no faith,And no hope,And no home...All alone.And I’ve been trying .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1661474/ Heygirl,Sittingbehind me,Howlong were you with me?Legscrossed,Sittingso nicely,Butspreading those wings,Forall to see. Heygirl,There'ssomething about you.It'snudging me towards you.Don'twait.Show.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1501258/ Can I lay here now...In your arms,And a world,Full of ruins?Don't leave me now...Up in arms,And so lost,In confusion.And I never thought,I'd say goodbye,To being all alone.But by your side,My fear subsides.I think I'll call this home.Can you stay,Until it's over?I'm scared,Please hold me closer... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1436391/ Unexpected.I don't get it.I've never,Felt so cold before.It flows through my veins.Like vicious pain.I always thought,That I had more.And why,Can't I die,Before my time?Maybe it would ease my mind.And I,Try to lie,But don't you know - That I don't rea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1401376/ A piece for two people out on a first date and each desperately wants the other to make a move but each is too afraid to. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1400748/ I don't know for sure,But I'd like to say,That my hope is secure,That love finds a way.So don't wait.Just take me.Before it's too late.I never found my way.Like a leaf in a stream,I live so astray.I'm lost in a dream.So please stay.Just a while.So I can see you smile.I've always been alone.And I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1395997/ I should give up.I should really know better.Too late.Now I hope I pull through.I dreamt I felt you.I'll dream it forever.Just one touch,God, I swear I want to.But I can't have you now.And I know I never will.Please come and lay me down.We'll breathe and sleep so still.I think it's safe to say.... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1382123/ There's a sanctum,Near the rear pane.See a shadow,On the bed frame.There's a darkness,Like a choking,Like a sickness.Feel it growing.There's a creaking,Through the silence,Like a gun shot,Through the violence.By the moonlight,In the mirror,Watch her moving,So I can see her.Can't lie...I like you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1352269/ Come here...Please sit with me for now.Hold me...Please try to calm me down.I'm shaking...But I can't shake this fear.Don't leave...I really need you here.Please help me...This time I cannot run.Please tell me...This is almost done.Lay here...And just hold my hand.It feels good...To know you under.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1326867/ Forget the things you expect.Take your tired thoughts,And lay them all down to rest.Wallow in her words,Guessing what she means,While seeing who goes higher,On the old playground swings.And try to steal a touch,While you're skipping rocks.And let her win the race,Down her grammar-school block.And .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1314984/ I watch the glow,And drift away...It lightens up,The darkened sea...The cries and screams,All fade away...A forgotten silence,Takes over me...So many times,I wanted to run,And leave forever...Only to return,And see you here,When I'm all better...You know,It's always with me.You know,It never lea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1304913/ There's a feeling in my dreams...Where I get lost in all I see.When the daylight fades the scene...I like to think of you with me.If the world around you starts to burn...Lighting up the sky with brightest flames.If you don't know where to turn...Try to hear me call your name.And if you're hiding,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1299573/ When all this fades away...Will it bring an end to all our fear?Will all our guilt just disappear?I'll try to smile to stop your tears...A simple touch to fix our bones...A little glimpse of the unknown.Like angels singing to proclaim...Life, itself, will never be the same.And I promise...I'll giv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1296514/ This charade is stupid.These lies don't change my mind.This make-believe is useless.I can't keep pretending all the time.I miss the little moments,When I felt us grow so close.They dance around my mind.And that's when I miss you most.I often think of all the hours,I could have spent with you.The.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1293934/ I just want to feel alive againBefore our time is upAnd it's too late.Just like living inside a dreamIn those final momentsBefore you wake.I'm scared as hell.But I'm ready now.Even if you see no end in sightDon't just kneel before your doubt.Embrace your hidden pain,And believe tonightYou'll be alri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1284876/ Please be my escape.And I'll take you away.This city is dark.Don't call it your home.There's no hope left here.There's nothing left to be grown.But there's a place near by.We can call it our own.I can show you the way,And write our names in the stone.But when the comets came down,The buildings d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1281197/ And she was...Like an evening glow...Like the whitest night...Full of ice-cold snow... And a frost-filled bite...Never on her own...But always all alone.Turn away-You know you can't stay.She'll leave you this way-Even if she wants you now.Try to refrain-When she's calling your name.She'll d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1272204/ Can't you see,That I've believed,Through all the times,That almost changed my mind?Through all the fires,And lost desires.All the scares and chills,And broken wills.And like I know you,Like you're true-I'm asking why.But I'm still waiting reply.And I pray-Why can't you say,Why you made it this way?W.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1266547/ There's the strangest of feelings today...The excitement and comfort begins...But a wonder and doubt still remain...As I read this again and again...Oh God, how I want to believe.But it's tearing my head inside out.To read the words that you left in this card,Leaves me knowing what I've been wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1262917/ There's something here...I'll let it be...It's all and then it's nothing,As it's drifting over me...But she's like fireworks,And other night-time sounds...She shakes with violence.She has a way to keep me down.I know,It's not the way it seems.And I know,These signs don't mean a thing.But where are.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1261076/ So lost for so long...Nowhere to belong.So tired and weary, watch the years pass by...Can I rest by your side?A beauty deep in you, That no one sees...I feel it now, it whispers my name,It calls for me.You know my heart just falls,If you touch me at all...You're so divine, more than I can bea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1256817/ There's a darkness, In the stairway.Start to listen,At the doorway.There's a soft voice,Rising so close.Like a sad girl.Like a lost ghost.In the dim light,There's a shadow.Standing with her,Like a scarecrow.Through the closed door,See her crying.Lonely whimpers,Like a howling.Can't lie-I like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1254502/ Do you rememberthose,We started with?Boys and girls,Now lost in this.We hid ourselves,Behind our fists-But we were lefthere all alone.We were leftwithout a home.And here withyou,I pretend I'mcalm.Can you placeyour hands,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1244945/ Now that all my time has slipped away,Do you have some you could lend?Cause you said you learned from your mistakes,But you make them all again.And people you’ve avoided all your life,Become your closest friends. And we’re all .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mdlaco3279/1244386/