http://slow.writerscafe.org/DanaInColour The original writings of author Lydia Jamison en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776027260 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 She takes a deep breathAnd lets her lips form words,Creating a sound That could shatter the earth.Just an empty roomWith nothing to coverThe sound of her voice;The ache of a lover.It's the only way she can express,And so far the best one yet.Though she hits every noteWith power and graceShe lives wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/676517/ Will somebody pleaseReach out and touch me?Will somebody pleaseTell me they love me?Because I'm getting cold,And I can't take it.This life is getting old,And I don't want to face it. Please remember meWhen I'm gone.Keep my memorySafe and warm.I'm moving on again,But I'm not so certainIf this is.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/675055/ I wake up at five in the morning.Your empty room is a warningOf worse things that I know are to come;I can't hide and I can't run.I wait anxiously near the phone,Feeling far more aloneThan I've ever felt before;And I pray you're almost at the door.I hear your car door slam,And I don't think I canTak.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/620838/ Beautiful isn't fitting into a size three pair of jeans.Beautiful isn't living by popular means.Beautiful isn't wasting time chasing cars,Beautiful isn't being afraid to show your battle scars.Though your cheekbones are high and your skin a perfect shade,Your shallow personality is something that wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/614801/ The music's always different,But the lyrics stay the same;I'm getting good vibrations,You're a beat I just can't tame.So what if dreams don't come true?You're the only one I see.I'd rather be lonely foreverThan be forced to set this free.You're the song I love to playWith the volume turned up loud.I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/599764/ I see you standing across the room,A sight that seems like instant doom.I wish I could understand what you mean,But nothing in this world is what it seems.I stare at the back of your head,Wishing all the while that I were dead.I wish you'd give me an honest embrace,To keep me from floating into empt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/597012/ Ink.I love the way it glidesOn the page beneath my pen,The way it speaksWhen there's nothing elseThat you can say.Ink. It's always there for me,Waiting at my side.When inspiration sparks,When something goes wrong,When I've got something to say.It can never judge me.Ink.It's always on my side.Whether.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/590553/ We learn from our mistakes,We take what we take,And give to others what we want.I've done some things wrong,But I'm not the only one.Get over yourself, you can't talk.No matter what you say or do,I'm still a person too.I'm allowed to think the way I want.I'm not the same person as before,I've learne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/585070/ Loneliness can drive desireTo strange new heights.But I think for the first time,I might have done something right.So please,Don't use my heart.There is nothing wrong withWanting to run away and hide.But I think that you have madeMe quite easy to find.So please, oh please,Don't use my heart.Maybe th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/579071/ You're my perfect cup of tea,You are all that I can see,You're the bread to my butterAnd you make me happy.You are everything I want,You are everything I need.I love what you got,You don't have to change a thing.I don't care if you're quirky,I don't care if you're strange.You're everything I ever wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/574798/ Who is she?Where's she from?What's she like?Is she justWhat you wantIn a girl?Is she better thanI ever was?Does she laughAt your jokes?Is she rich?Is she broke?Do you loveHow she speaks?Do you stayAwake toHear her breathe?Does she wearYour shirtWhen she's homeAll alone?Does she sayAll the thingsThat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/574495/ Tell me I'm not perfect,Tell me that I have to change.So I tell you it's not worth it,And you say that I'm strange.But I really don't careWhat you say or what you think.I'll let down my hairAnd  I won't listen to anything.No matter what you say,And no matter what you do,I'll be myself anyway.I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/573017/ I knew I shouldn't have looked up,Right when I knew I had enough,And in fact it might have been too muchOf a good thing.But what am I saying?My heart has started breaking,I've fallen to earth with a thud,I've landed face down in the mud.So this is what loveHad done so kindly for me.It's given me gas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/570611/ I wanna be that girl on the magazines,I wanna be that girl who has everything.I always thought that's who I wanted to be.I wanna be the girl that everybody loves,I wanna have my name known by everyone.How long's it gonna take for me to be that one?Hazy noise and flashing lights,Pretty faces and star.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/566105/ Isn't it funny thatI finally get the nerveTo trust someone,And then they go and tear me down?Isn't it wonderful?A terrible joke thatThe universe plays on me.They laugh each time it comes around.We've stopped speaking,And yeah that's fine.But you did have the nerveTo point out every single flaw in my.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/565293/ When I go to the sea,The rolling waves of blue,I find a part of me.I find something true.The sun once shown so brightlyUpon the sand and sky.The scene has changed slightly,So that the clouds cry.The ocean rages loudly,A screaming in my ear.I place my memories soundly,And just try not to hear. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/561380/ She was a lonely girl,By herself in an empty world.No matter how hard she tried,She never could seem to findSomeone who really understood her.Nobody was good enough for her.He was a handsome boy.He was so shy, so charmingly coy.Intelligent and kind,Misunderstood for his mind.Nobody cared to look thr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/561376/ Just meager chit-chat,Until out of the blue,I find myself fallingFaster and fasterTowards you.Why didn't you catch me?One second we're actingLike the best of friends.One touch and itAll comes to an end.I can't make sense of What you're thinking.Is SpontaniaYour middle name?And why are youSo insane?W.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/559968/ Laying awakeAnd I stare at the ceiling.I cannot shakeSuch a terrible feeling.I'm starting to feelLike my bed's not a comfort,In fact I feel betterWhen I'm not sleeping on it.Forget all my friendsAnd forget all my secrets.Forget about cares And forget about regrets.You're staring me downWith a smile .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/559854/ Goodbye old friend.I'll think of youEvery single dayThat we're apart.And even whenSomeone newMoves into my heart,You will still be there.I will never forgetMy first love. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/556652/ Being one against the world,Can be a lonely thing.It can leave you bound and broken,Like a bird without wings.When no one care to hear your voice,And there's nothing you can do,I will let him fall asleep with me.I'm a broken heart, too.And in the morning when he's gone,I'll get up and I'll go.I'm on.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/554380/ You cannot see me.I am invisible.It's a beautiful feeling,Not to be seen.All the placesThat I used to haunt,Are now empty.My presence is gone. No one can sayThat they miss me,Or that they are gladTo see me go.If they wantTo come looking,I will waitRight here in the open.I am Miss Invisible. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/553609/ When the phone starts to ring,Don't ever let it stop.Don't let the silence take over,Open your mind and talk.Twirl the wire in your fingers,As I'm speaking you to sleep.Your voice brings light in darkness,Chases me through my dreams.Through the earth and the miles,We are always far apart.But through.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/552398/ She has her headphones on,Drawn over dark brown locks.The piano noise runs through through her head,Down her back,And courses through her sneakers.All the while,Her favorite song plays,And she picks broken shards of herselfOff of the hot summer pavement.She knew a boy once,Nearly a year ago, to the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/551826/ Blue like the sky,I see blue in my eyes.The blue is teardropsAs I start to cry.But there you are waitingTo make my eyes dry.You're the greatest friend,And there are so manyReasons why. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/551334/ I woke up this morning,With a smile on my face.But by the afternoon,My smile was erased.And I have to put up with this,Every single day.Someone tell meWhy it ended up this way.Now I'm screaming and pulling,Hair out of my head.I'm kicking down doorways,Taking out my dread.But it still comes back to h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/551303/ I miss everythingThat used to be around me.In a second it's all gone,And just like that,I'm all alone.We've got so many problems,The world is looking solemn.There's no wayTo dance my troubles away,No way to turnThis night into day.I've got nothingMore to say.Look around you,See the world is lost.Bea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/550372/ Fit the mold,Don't be bold.Keep yourself silent,Secrets not told.I walk A different path.Watch me move,Feel my wrath.When all youCan doIs talk,I keep going.I walk. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/548749/ California in the summertime,Always my favorite place to be.Lakes and camps really aren't my thing,I'd rather be at the beach.Fun, nonstop, with all of my friends.Over and over again, we sing the same songs.Running from all of our troubles,Never letting them catch up with us.I love this California S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/548655/ These ups,These downs,They tear me apart.You smile,Then frown.What's wrong with your heart?Please don't letYourself fall.I promise that I won't forget.I don't understandYou at all.But neither of us regret.You love me,Then hate me.Why is it always same?I can't explainWhere you take me.I'm so in love .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/548173/ Well here we go again.In the middle of the battle,You say that thisIs something you can't handle.Then you retreatAnd leave me standing.I'm all alone.I need a hand andNo one's there to back me up.What the f**k?You run away.How cowardly.When I need you the most,You get lame.So here I go,On my own.Star.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/548161/ You're lifeless and boring,And just plain annoying.How can you stand yourself?I hate that you followThe lowest of styles.You insist on being like everyone else.That must be just awful.It should be unlawful.I know in my heart they will never see.I won't ever give upOn all the things that I love.Can w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/547203/ I can't get anything straight!I'm showing up everywhere too late,My mind is going crazy,My head is starting to get hazy.Can someone please clear out this noise?I just can't seem to find my voice!Every second and I just want to scream.I may look calm, but I'm nearly bursting at my seems.I'm going way.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/545089/ You are as warmAs summer heat.You warm my toes,You warm my feet.The way you touch meFeels so sweet.You are as warmAs summer heat. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/544603/ I'm falling down a flight of stairs,My bones are breaking,No one cares.The blood is rushingThrough my hair.I'm falling down a flight of stairs.Crashing, tumbling, falling down.My landing didn't make a sound.The noise was gone,I think it drownedWhile I wasCrashing, tumbling, falling down.The pain, it.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/544598/ Sing me silly,And sing like you mean it.I'm not kidding,I love it when you do this.Something about youMakes me happy.If you strike chords,I'll write us a chorus.If I feel alone,You'll sing a song for us.And soon we'll bothBe laughing.Don't buy me flowers,I prefer musicWe can listen to together,We'll.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/544163/ If you keep your window open,I will gladly creep inside.I will fade into the darkness.We will slip away and hide.Underneath these bedsheets,Make of silk as white as snow,We are sleeping out of their sight,Where no one has to know.And though my heart may wander,It still comes back to you.So I will ke.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/543702/ "Stupid young girl,We want to let you knowThat we hate you.We have no idea why,It appears thatWe just do.We think you're uglyBecause you're youngerThan us.We think you're an idiotSince we're low,And just because.Try to defend yourselfAnd we'll push you down.If you look at us with sad eyes,We will la.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/543315/ Like a May flower,You're starting to bloom.The April showers, Came too soon.You grew too fastAnd passed me by.So now that I see you,I can't help butCry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/543274/ We are all beautiful in our unbeautiful ways http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/542494/ Look at me.I am aPuzzle piece.There is no oneThat fitsMy unique shapeAnd size.There is no Perfect match,My beautyIs all mine.Look at me.I am aPuzzle piece.I am supposedTo fit in,But I neverHad the time.I was too busySinging,Making upMy rhymes.Look at me.I am aPuzzle piece.I don't fitWith anyone.And .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/542474/ I wonder where you came from,And who you think you are.You're nothing like an angel,You got me seeing stars.I think you're so impossible.You make me want to screamWhen you tell me that I'm wonderful,And that I'm your everything.You have got no temper,And I always want to fight.The way you always try.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/542469/ Be strong.Be wise.Be evil'sSweet demise.Have love.Have grace.Don't be afraidTo show your face.You are handsomeAnd brave.There is no questionOf the love you gave.Another night passes,Grizzly dreams and fright.You wake with a startAt morning's first light.The ending is shaky,But you will pull through... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/540216/ Just a little narrative that I wrote on a rainy day in April... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/539709/ I am who I am,And that's all I want to be.I don't give a damnWhat you choose to think of me.You can talk behind my back,Or say it to my face,But either way, I amNever going to change.You can call me a coward,Or tell me that I'm wrong.I'll just keep moving forward,Keep standing strong.It truly does n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/538858/ Dear Someone,Can you hear me?I promise, I'm here,And I can't wait for us to meet.Are you there,My perfect someone?Will you please tell meWhere it is that you hide?I have never laid eyes on you,But I know that you're beautiful.I write these words for you,And you alone,So that you and I can read themW.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/538576/ In the dead of night,I lay awake,Waiting to hear the sound of a broken mirror.The shatter of glass,A silent scream,Is like music to my ears.And inside this mirror,Through shards of glass,I see my own reflection.The upset eyes,The crystal tears,Caused by such rejections.You cannot fixA broken mirror... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/538094/ They say it is better to have loved,Than never to have loved at all.Well, I will take the path less traveled,And not allow myself to fall.My trust is broken,My words remain unspoken,And I can't help but to want to keep them that way.My door is closed,But I left the lock wide open.I've never let anyo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/537646/ This sunshine of reality,I admit is not for me.I need some time to wander,So that I can truly seeWhere I belong in this world,And where I was meant to rest.They say no place will please me,But I have to try my best.The world I live in now,Comes to life with all my fears.This small town I've been tra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/537600/ There is nothing quite as beautifulAs the sound of violins.They chase away the nightmares,Cover up the sins.While most prefer the noiseThat is written out in blood,I prefer the music,Written out with love.Strings singing soulfully,Ringing through the hall.Casting into a dreamlandAs the night begins .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DanaInColour/537263/