http://slow.writerscafe.org/Mel%20Hadj The original writings of author Mel Hadjicostas en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776004907 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Think I'll visit Mary todayRemind me to takeBottled waterFor my best friend's daughterShe grew up pretty fastAnd I'll never plait her hair againAnd something somewhere's lostThat this is life and it's all I haveAnd its over sixty seconds at a timeAnd there's no use in pretendingBecause I won't be he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548094/ Regrets to announce, that’s what the War Ministry said This young boy before me must have been only fifteen And not a single brass button But scars on his knees Surely what he can he know of war What can he know to apologise for? Except for the capful of regret he clutches in his hands As he d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548093/ I'd love to be acquaintedBut who's going to explain itWhen we're goneHow we loved and lost and played the bluesMade it up as we went along as weStart to loseOurselves; Losing sight of something elseLosing sight of all the world as it carries on in its mundaneBecause next to you and meThe rest of it'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548088/ It's too early in the morning for those smoky eyesAren't they from last night?Don't you look a sight?And he puts a hand on your shouldersAnd that sends you kind of colderAnd he asks you, MissAre you sure that you're gonna be alright?It's too early in the morning for that little black dressDid it imp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548087/ They say it will be better in timeIn time I will not stand in line In a same-old coffee storeFeeling like a boreUnfeeling, I'm a whoreTo stare unseeing at the menuAnd wonder where the books areIgnoring pretty girls in aprons And wondering what the looks areAs they ask me what I wantAnd I stare at he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548085/ These words fall tumble clumsyThoughtless fill the silenceA day out with my NanMoney worries, dinner plansEstate agents, every little cornerEverything else unsaidNever pause for breathNever ask you how you are becauseI just don't want to hear That you're doing fine without meHow I'll find a beautifu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548083/ I will watch the skies changeFrom Parker ink to darker greysAnd back again in a secretlyUnremarkable placeAs youWill rest your sleeping head, my booBeside another, inside of youAnd I will watch my moods changeFrom Parker ink to darker greysAnd youYou are the perfectionI see in reflectionsOf street l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548081/ Hush little baby, don't say a wordBecause I'll find you a mockingbirdAnd if I was a rich girlI'd buy diamond ringsBut instead I say to youPlease take care of these thingsAnd hush, my babyI'm not a wealthy girl but all I haveThat's Rich is Green and BlacksAnd I'd give you my last piece of thatAnd my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548079/ I wish I had an answer for this sicknessThat’s growing in my soul Or at the very least a name 'coz it frustrates me that I can't tell you what it is No I'm lost for words for onceYou used to fill so much of me right up you see me now there's just a holeAnd I cant walk straight for all the bran.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548078/ The unsung songs lie strewn on unplayed pianosAs the unswung swing rocks gentle on the breezeAnd the ripples in the river weren't our tentative fingersAnd all the yous I choose are just pieces of me So oh baby won't you just come to this unmade bedAnd oh baby it's white and new and come so .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548074/ Gone. The dark shapes your absent bodyI lovePressing, pressing, soft flesh against my weary bones Burning, burning, your breath on my arching neckIs just the night air through the slightly open window, andYour indeterminable whispers in my straining earAre just the nightm.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mel-Hadj/548067/