http://slow.writerscafe.org/monster The original writings of author M O R P H I N E en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776010937 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 And deep within rests a monster. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/673470/ Midnight mist leaves me breathlessAs the night slowly moves towards that which I fearThe wolves have now come outAnd I shall soon leave all of this behindHeading out into the wilderness where the sun will consume meTransforming me into what I really amI set aside my differences in hope that I can me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/670827/ Cold, winter night.My breath is leaving me this time.I’m staring up at the skiesHoping what I’m looking for, I’ll  findAll of this, it’s torturousThe way we suffer and assume we’ll get out of it.Stay cautious.The sun doesn’t always rise the next morning.They .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/659833/ Is it what he said it would be?And did you really burn those pictures of me?We could have been happy, we could have gone farBut like mine, your feelings never came from your heart.In search of answers I rode off into the moonlightWhere everything was pure and dreams became real life.There, you stood.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/659822/ Your picture sits on my bedroom wall and I’m gazing at your face.If only you knew how much I really need you in this place.I dream of touching your lips with mine and taking you beyond worlds.Where we'll walk on golden dust and you will be my girl.Please tell me that’s okay with you beca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/659818/ Wake up!You know you’re just dreamingThey’re coming for usWe better start leaving Out the windowsOut the doorsRun!Just run before they get closeYou see, life is nothing but a dreamAnd when you wake up You’ll finally seeThat we’re the stars that are hanging from the skyAnd we&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/641456/ Winter winds wallowThe cold sinks in not outFootsteps shatter this environmentYet I am alone, I can vouch.Descending into nothingnessThis secret of mine I should keepNo soul can know what I hideIn this body that I don't needI watch women in the streetI watch every detail they portrayThe business typ.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/641450/ We are standing on stardustWatching the sky fade to greyWishing for an answer to our questionsWishing for a map that shows the wayCounting all the blessingsEating from bowls of goldAnything is possibleOr so we are toldPicture, perfect smilesStories with happy endingsWords that everyone can understan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/633064/ "You're leaving?"Alice, sat at the cafe table. Eyes, solely focused on the face in front of her. The expression on her face was of confusion. She was definitely lost. Beautifully lost. Her dark hair ran passed her shoulders and her piercing green eyes were now starting to water. She slowly began to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/631028/ They are coming. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/630989/ I light a cigarette, watching the world fade to greydrawing in the nicotine that I need to staymy mind is growing black, there are images I want to forgetso I sit back and watch the smoke begin to passloneliness has become a friendperhaps the only one that now caresBruised writs with dirty nailsbut .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/629953/ I’m depressed once againSo I’m eating out the fridgePlacing food into a plateThen in my room I will eatI’m depressed once againSo I’m cutting my own wristSitting in a locked bathroomWhere I don’t existI’m depressed once againSo I’m drinking on my ownListenin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/626685/ Written for all the gay people out there. Thank you for all the inspiration. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/626040/ You're my best friend. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/625843/ Take back when you said foreverErase all those promises you madeCut out all the times you said neverAnd remove the parts you saidAlways.Edit that scene when we first metThis time, our paths won’t collideDelete that line that fooled meDelete yourself from my life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/625487/ Rip this paper from the inside of a diary kept so wellScribble a thoughtPaint the story you wish to tellA story about a person running from the unknownWatching the sky break into nothingWishing for something moreChock on the words you wish to sayLine them up between the linesA feeling of darkness, o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/625486/ I wrote this in memory of you, dad. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/625479/ Dead bodies everywhereI don’t believe what I’m seeingThe voices in my head have stoppedI’m covered in blood, I’ve lost my beingDirty shoesAnd rotten applesWorms on a plateAnd a box of staplesRearrange a face for meA mask to cover up my shamblesChainsaw in my handCutting up, w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/625465/ It doesn't eat away at me,I mean, the thought that you were right hereSitting next to me, looking, but not seeingI was only there to say goodbye.Actually...I was not here at allYou just thought I was, but no one really saw.They were happy.Everyone was so very happy.Alcohol and cigarettes swiveling i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/622968/ I look around, even though I know you're not here.I'm so aloneand I'm so very scared.Don't tell me that everything will be fine.I know that's not true.I know that's not true.And at night I barely make it.There's only so much one can takeAnd I am barely feelingI guess I'm used to all this painSo all .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/622965/ A poem that describes something...like...me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/622964/ Tears slowly fell from her eyes as I tried my hardest not to let my own tears pass my lashes.She had fallen in love with me and in that moment I knew that there was something real about it all."It's not supposed to be like this" I muttered."You were not supposed to fall in love with me" I lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/620072/ Last minute sexYour back against the wallI'm the one with a broken heartYou're the one who just wants funKissing like life is endingMy hands dancing between your hairI wanted to forget himYou wanted what you could haveWe're going to spiral into an abyssSwaying in ecstasy while the music playsI don't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/616307/ Even when love is lost, we somehow manage to still believe. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/616302/ He doesn't remember the words he spat at mehe can't remember breaking my heartBut I remember everything perfectlyI remember him tearing me apartThe memory plays in my headlike a scene stuck on repeatthere he was ripping memaking me slowly bleedI walked along that lonely roadwondering between nowhere.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/614015/ I've lost count of all the times I shoved that toothbrush down my throathoping to get something out of ithoping I would die after I had chokedStaring straight at the dirty mirrorfingerprints from pain and rageI want to disappear into the clouds abovethere's nothing here for me to stayYou used to moc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/614014/ I barricade my feelings behind this torn soulsearching for a meaning to this alllost in confusionso I retreat back into the darknessthere, I fasten myself to sleephoping I don't wake up andface reality againbecause I'm not that strong anymoreonce you've grown up you knowa little too much than you sh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/614012/ (Verse 1)I'm reaching out for youIs it true, what they're all sayingI'd give up life for youTake a bullet to this head andYou're all I neededYou're everything and moreI swear it's trueI'll call your name one last timeI hope you answer meWith the sweetest reply(Chorus)And maybe I'm just a hopeless ro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/597215/ It is cracking nowImperfect; worse than everDegrading slowlySlipping right throughSinking belowBreaking into nothingShattering right in front of meDisappearing  from the one thing I knew it once to beMy body;Like a glass, empty and cleanResting on a shelf waiting to be seen"Fill me up" it whisp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/565712/ Sunrise, early morningMy eyes are cold, and barely openI can feel the wind on my skinI am cold, nearly frozenWater hits my bodyLike a wave, washing away the sandWashing away the badDead skin falls like ashes from cigarettesA cup full, maybe twoI'm trying to tell me stomach to hushTears trickle for m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/565711/ Like a wilting flower, I somehow still hold on to beautyPasting myself within the depths of this communityI search for some meaningMaybe a sign that I am realBecause the reflections that stain the mirrorAre images I suffer to concealBarely human, I walk across the unknownLeaving footprints in the du.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/565707/ So here I am againtrying not to swallow my wordsI've done the best I couldbut the best just isn't good enoughI walk on broken glasstrying not to shed a tearholding in my coldest sorrowsfighting these thoughts I fearbleeding blackcrushing my own hopes and dreamsnot because I chose tobut something tak.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/552042/ Underneath the sun, I restWatching the clouds turn into images that I wish I could touchI see my life in different stagesEverything  is almost  realIt seems like I can stand tall and be anything I wantThe heavy sunlight hits my skinMaking me feel safeWarmth enters my heart and meekly, I sm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/543602/ The children used to laugh at meFor being the biggest oneThey used to call me namesAnd to them it was so much funI hid inside the toiletsAnd ate my lunch aloneSomeone, somewhere was watchingSomething, somewhere went wrongI used to hurt myselfBecause I never loved what I sawThis body was so disgustin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/543597/ Tick! Tock!Goes the big round clockI hid it beneath mother’s bedVroom! Vroom!Off sounds the chainsawI left my entire family deadPlop! Plop!I hear the tiny blood dropsLook, you’ve spoiled my shoesMunch! Munch! I’m going to eat you upThe monster is out, for good http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/543592/ He smiles so softlyHis lips are painted with wordsWords I want to devour and hearHis eyes are like picturesOf things I long to touchAnd his hair is a thick brownThat my fingers run throughIn the sunshine we dance togetherPainting the town with loveOur hands are locked tightlyWe are separated from ev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/543571/ He woke up that morningAnd ran a cold bathHis body was blistered with that days skin graftsThe mirror was mocking; as himself, he watchedThe clock sounded loudlyAs the day slowly passedA cup filled with coffee Three sugars on the sideThis boy is so beautiful; he’ll say that you’re lyingH.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/543563/ Wilting, into the calling darknessmy name is so beautifully said"We want you, we need you"But only if I am deadNicotine leaks into my mouthI am sinking deeper into a holeashes hit the groundas my last breath leaves me coldA broken heart no longer beatsthere is no love that can now keepthis soul aliv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/542591/ I drank from the empty bottlesThe ones you found hidden beneath my bedThe pills they stuff me with don’t really helpSo I drink myself to death instead Just for a while it doesn’t hurtAs the time moves I don’t feel painThe vodka burns down m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/542439/ Slowly death eats me while I am still aliveI want to run away from this horrible lifeseeking for something I know I will never findI am looking straight at the future; feeling blindCutting through myself, searching for my beingwalking through life's hatred and I'm not seeing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/542433/ She lights her cigaretteIn the darkness of her roomThe music plays so loudYet, she fails to hear the tuneAnd slowly she drifts awayHoping for brand new dayMaybe then, everything will be okayHe lifts his empty glassDrinking what does remainThe voices scream so loudHe just wants to escapeSo he fills h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/542266/ You'll find her in a cellar like houseDown an old streetSmoking a cigarette; I suppose.Her hair; all scruffy, dirty and knottedShe doesn't careShe has no reason to.A bottle or two might be lying aboutBut don't hesitateShe will let you straight in.Usually she is dressed in a white night gownThat's wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/539566/ Trotting painfully beneath the dim lit moonEscaping the fate I had fearedThe monster is outThe monster is outThese screams are so loudCan you hear?Hands tightly grip her throatAs tears dance down her bloody cheekShe slowly drifts into a dazeAnd the last thing she see’s is the monster’s f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/537387/ This body is a puzzleWhere pieces are slowly falling out of placeSlowly they fall, but there are no other piecesthat can ever replaceWhat has been lost nowShall never be found againShatter the whole imageand throw the thing awayWatch the bones emergeThis is beauty from sheer pain.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/532694/ It must have been January 15th , about two years agoThe day I decided to come clean and let the whole world know.I had been hiding under this shell.A shell that covered my face.I was sick of all that pressureThere was just so much I couldn’t take. Well, I fell in love ba.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/monster/532687/