http://slow.writerscafe.org/Meraki The original writings of author Meraki en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776070273 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I broke my heart in trusting youAnd I’ll break it againIf it means I’ll finally be free of you http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/2067129/ HonestlyI haven’t felt anythingIn so longI wonder if I still canI wonder if I’m so brokenThat my heart no longer worksAnd when I questionHow I ended up this wayI want to point the finger at youBut I knowI know it was meI broke myselfIn giving too much of me aw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/2053888/ I think if you loved meYou would’ve never let me question itI think if you loved meYou wouldn’t crave my heartbreakNo, if you loved meI wouldn’t be where I am nowAnd I thank you for that http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/2038330/ Come with meLet's experience all there isThis is the wildnessWe so desperately crave http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/2036439/ Tell meWhere do you go?When you close your eyesAnd breathe in deepBecause you’re changedEverytime you come back to me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/2025986/ SomedayYou'll find meAs if I've been waitingPatiently for you to arriveBut we both know I've been anythingBut patientSomedayI'll find youAs if you just happened to be thereHappened to walk into my lifeAs easy as walking down the beachOr into a coffee shopA gas stationAn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1993872/ May I love youLike I've always loved youFrom the time we first openedOur eyesMay I love youLike I've loved youWhen we first thought the worldWas mostly lightMay I love youLike I've loved youWhen we glared at ourselfWith disgust in our eyesWilling ourself to changeMay .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1989320/ Listen hereTo the beat of my heartHear it quietlySuredly Whispering your name http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1976250/ Pause.This, this moment right hereThis is itWhere we're brokenWhere we've fallenThis is when we decideHow the rest of our lives will beNow breathePlay. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1950372/ I have seen youFor all your strengths and weaknessesI see you http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1937191/ Do me a favorDon't right your wrongsBehind the guise of humanity http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1915733/ Turn away your burning eyesI'm afraidThey'll see my soulAnd oh my dear how they burn http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1910322/ PleaseSomeone show meWhat happiness isI seem to have lost mine http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1902280/ SomedayWhen the sky isn't so blueAnd the worldNot so brightI hope that I can still look to youAnd remember whyI fell in love with the night http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1901078/ SometimesI get a writer's crushIt's something I made upTo describe the momentWhen I resonate so deeply with someone's wordsI can't get enough of themI'm not sure if this is a poemOr an admissionMaybe it's a bit of bothOr all the same http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1899025/ And end it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1896821/ WordsThat's all they ever areNo wonder you distrust themWhere they let you downThey allowed me to surviveI owe these words my lifeAnd you your disappointment http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1895675/ I rememberWhen I used to keep you awakeWith thoughts of meSwirling around in your headI don't do that to you anymoreDo I? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1888198/ The longer he lookedThe farther he fellHer gaze was piercingHer eyesHer eyes held the dark mysteryOf a  midnight skyThe depth, wisdomOf the oceanAnd that hopeful warmthOf the sky on a midsummers daysSteel traps full of lifeLonging to be surrounded by herTo explore her He dived right in http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1887200/ I tendTo leave reality behindIn favorOf an interestingEver-changing story http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1887117/ How is itI can be so in loveAnd have it meanSo little http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1884139/ I'd rather immerse myselfInto anotherThan face myself sometimesThen I pick my head upAnd wonder whyI allowed myself to  drownFor so longThe world so beautifulIt's colors so boldDifferences so uniqueBut its tragediesI cannot look awayIt is all I want to doAnd soon enough someone elseBlocks my vi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1870539/ My favorite shadeOf everythingI've ever lovedAnd everything I've ever hatedMy beautiful monstrosity http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1854618/ I was happyOnce upon a timeIn a land far awayWhere there was not a care in the worldAnd laughter was not hard to come byYea I was happy once before http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1844073/ I always wish for the worst of thingsClosenessLoveRedemancyKindnessTimeUnderstandingSpaceFreedomHurt and left brokenLeft behind every timeSolemnDepressedAnd slightly obsessedWith feelingsThat seem to haunt my every breath http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1843055/ We all have itThat deep dark corner in our mindWhere we all just sitStareThinkThat's where they find usThe negativeThe corruptThose awful thingsThat lurk in the shadowsThey surround usSmother usTheir abundance makes them hard to see passedSome of us are more familiar with themThan we truly care to b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1843034/ I can't describe itThis feelingI  don't know what anything isI wonder if I ever did...I wonder what sets anyone apartFrom everyone elseSo many thoughts.I wonder what flits around in my head most of the timeThis constantly roaming mindI'm absent from realityConstantlySearching for the thingThat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1843012/ I believe that it's a fine lineBetween wakefulness and dreamingWhere everything is clearAnd we learn more about ourselves http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1843006/ I write about thingsI'm not always sure aboutThey just sound, rightOr maybe I am sureAnd in some distant corner of my mindIt was a lesson learnedIn a passed life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1843001/ I don't know what I look likeWhen I'm not with other peopleI've worn so many facesI've forgotten what mine looks like anymoreAm I still human?What color are my eyes?What do they look like?Shining? Cold? A hidden fire burning low?Vacant?Do I smile? Do I frown? Do I even have a mouth?What do I look li.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1842142/ There's a mirrorHidden in the shadows of the treesReflecting the canopies back to meAs if to keep the secrets of the forestElusive like the shadows they create http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1818626/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1818570/ I take delightIn finding the shards of myselfI seem to have lostEmbedded deep inside of another person http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1807355/ I love the blurry linesWe write when we try to describeTwo halves as separate wholesI love it when others dare to define themColoring them darkerWith sharper words and ideasBut it doesn't takeIt never doesAs if you could switchFrom one to the otherWithout watching their colors mix and bleedAs if you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1762590/ I'm witheringThis swirl of emotionsBillowing and bellowingCalling for escapeExcept there isn't oneA rot has grownFestering in my chestIn my mindLike a tumorGlomming onto every surface it findsLeaking its roots into every fissure of my beingI'm sadWithout reasonAnd I lash out, guilt-riddenThe anger c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1726983/ Sometimes I wishI felt the same way about youAs you feel about meEverything would beEasier that way, huh?But of courseWhen I think of it in such a wayI'm happy that I don't I've always loved a challengeI crave that which holds my interestI can't seem to find it yet http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1701842/ Yo!One word in the chaosA flick of the wristA jerk of the headAnd I followWhat happened?SilenceThat kind of night huh?DamnI was hoping it'd be an easy oneGuess those days are overWho am I kidding?They've been over.How's the wife and kids?Andrew doing well in school?What about Katie?Lights flashRepor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1676091/ Not everything should be sharedAnd not all words should be spokenBut there's always the timeWhere there's an exception http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1661706/ You're a painter of wordsMy friendEach one a strokeThat bleeds deeper into its canvasA surface that can't reflectIt's depthYou're a sculptorOf thoughts made malleableHow gentle your kneading fingers areFirm with each caressCreating masterpiecesEach medium feeling as thoughIt were a part of the nextY.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1660204/ And so it beganIt held the sadness of a world lostBut the beauty of life beginningIt was the end and the startOf everything presentAnd wonderful soA marvelous mysteryFor the moment it beganOur story ended. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1658635/ Sometimes The use of wordsHinder that which needs to be expressedSometimesThe less you sayThe more they hearSometimesJust sometimesA whisper in the dinCan be heard moreThan a shout in the silenceAnd sometimesAll it takes is a heartbeatTo soothe the most unruly of beasts http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1640197/ There's a differenceBetween anger and frustrationA difference betweenDisappointment and hatred Though somehowSomehow,I can't seem to find it now I'm tiredTired of feeling wearyTired of stress, Tired of the frustrationI encounter on a day to day basisWithout help.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1637725/ I miss your flowery wordsI'm not sure if they meant anythingThey probably didn'tBut they were niceThey made me smile,Laugh I miss those flowersThey'd bloom in early MayBut disappeared shortly afterTo my dismayI hope they'll come back Along with your flowery words.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1628151/ I have a problemNot really a problem per sayBut a dilemma, You bother meNot in a bad way,Not in a good way eitherBut more of a distraction You seeWhenever you're nearThis avian goes wildIt flutters aroundRattling it's cageBanging against the barsAs if to escap.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1626950/ BubblesShe's my bubbly pink frostingOn the cupcake I've craved all dayShe's the reason I laughAnd thus shave years off my face She's my confidantMy hero in disguiseShe's part of the I share more I wonder when she became so important to meI can't think of the time&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1619699/  I  looked him in the eyeThen the words poured out of me "I'm in love with someone I've never met;I just don't know it yet" With that I walked awayI don't think I could've thought of anything betterIf I tried. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1619691/ I like reviewsNo,I like that feeling The feeling of having someone reliable to turn toTo ask them the questionsEveryone else can't answer Because they know. They know what you need hearBecause they see all that you can beOr maybe they can'tAnd that's a good t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1619618/ "I think she's found her writers voice."Personally this fills me with doubtMy voice always changes.I was Heath Ledger a few poems backBritish on one pageI channeled a series of people.None of whomI think I knowRight nowI'm not sure what voice I'm usingI'm supposing it's my ownMaybe I'll be like John.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1618149/ I don't think it's possibleMaybe for someBut not meTo write all,Or even some of my collective doubtsInsecuritiesUncertaintiesInto one pieceI don't think it's possible.I doubt anyone could do itFor all those who boast confidenceOr seem not to careThose who are scaredIt's so hard.Maybe not impossibleY.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1618127/ Hmm... IHmmm, What do I say? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meraki/1610848/