http://slow.writerscafe.org/NikolasR The original writings of author Nikolas en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776147443 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A poem about panic attacks http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1647814/ My first poem in quite a while, I might be a bit rusty. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1644796/ With the air of the room dyed blackAnd the stillness ensuingThe senses are all turned off to the worldSave the ear’s listening to the invisible clock.Then the time expires until each clickBecomes discernible from its priorAnd each sound becomes its own wordThen an i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1554249/ The words come out as my rusty hemoglobinAnd build my child of FrankensteinI have made a donation,I’ve built stanzas from bonesAnd tied them together with ligaments.We have a blood match-Only I could resurrect it. Peel off my skinCandy wrapperIt nee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1535211/ I saw a finch yesterdayThe lemon lime signatureThat danced upon the old fenceAnd sang as though it were a toddler.The bold statement of its wingsThat wear the accidental colorOf child’s coloring bookYellow where black was meant to goBut the Crayolas are indiffer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1534369/ We analogize our families to treesGrowing and branching off of each otherBut trees are cyclicSprouting, growing, blooming, and dyingDoes that mean we will one day fall?It starts at the trunk thick and sturdyThen gets smaller at the finger tipsThere are the children living.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1509769/ I know the stillnessI know how it goesHow the world decides to dieAnd how the ticking of the clock seemsMerely post-mortem reflexes I know the child who never was a kidNever had a sleepover or birthday partyInstead made up worlds inside his headPillows and fl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1490291/ 3rd draft of a poem I have on here "The Great Play". It is in the confessional mode. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1488034/ This is the 3rd draft of a poem about a friend I lost last year. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1487792/ Another narrative poem from childhood. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1487398/ Thehands are the first to goAsDecember licks away their purposeAndclaims them as its own Itwas my fault anyway       Thus the Conviction     Thus the exile The fingers are the first to failAs they.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1473570/ It comes like a wave, without much warningExcept for maybe a minute or twoAnd then I start drowningThe tsunami crashes in uninvitedAs the invisible current pulls meDown, down, downAnd the pressure closes inSuddenly I cannot breatheThen the light fails to reach though.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1468101/ How to liveIt's played out like instructionsOne day follows the nextContinuouslyStuck in a loopLike a mouse wheelOr a nooseGetting nowhere but hereI must be insaneDoing the same thing over and overAnd everyday hoping for something newI write words to escape, to deviateTo be heard in the herdThe catt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1465532/ I was born meAnd grew up as a strangerPut on skin like a suit, like armorSynthetic as plasticI was once an honest boyTill honesty became a sinI became a liarI became correctedMaking them proud, all the whileI did my partI became an actor in a playBut the show went on and onAnd all the while I wonder.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1464155/ A day in my head http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1461918/ A short and mildly disturbing story. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1418961/ The story of my first dog, an elegy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1409538/ This was an assignment in my creative writing class last year, in which we were to rewrite a popular childrens story. This is my dark version of Goldie-locks. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1405847/ About my mother. (X in the title refers to the X chromosome) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1402287/ About my nephew. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1402284/ A rough draft http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1370109/ A short dark story of a unique boy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NikolasR/1369361/