http://slow.writerscafe.org/LadyAshley The original writings of author Ashley Blair en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776105002 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A thin wire drapes like a razor bladeIt draws blood to the touch Fragile fingers Plead for a stop requestOn a fast moving BusOh, no one can deny thatHer delicate frame Stumbled through That door A man with hollow eyes andAnd ivory smile Seduced her She handed himEverything she ever lovedA ticket to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1720280/ SadnessOh so blue, it longsFor embraceAnger, much too RedIt pushesA w a y  and I'm caughtInbetween Should I justChoose hell overPurgatory?Oh heaven please sayYou're not too good For meNot too pure to let meTaste what godIs made of Maybe he'sYellowMade of stardust and su.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1704820/ You are Not a ghostUnseeingYou are breathing Your groans of Pain Do not go unheardDon't be afraid ofYour Crescendo, my dearYour supposed hauntingsMake it so muchClearer for the onesWho wantTo draw you near The onesWaiting toGuide you Into The light Of you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1679514/ My sadnessOh, it is a vicious lover It lays me down Every nightStripping away Every piece of my soulUntil my bones are leftExposed on This Broken bed madeOf cockroachesIt caresses mePressing into my skinBreathing down my neckUntil I let it inI didn't know It was a sadis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1575270/ Happy tastes like a foreign landAnd I'm wanderlustI try to form it with my lipsThe ones you kissAnd it comes slowlyShockinglyA new substance in my bodyLike the wayI say momLike the way she left me My sadness seems to lieEvermore in the grave it's dugFor me Spray painting roses black B.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1566130/ What angels are born of tragedies?And what monsters are born when they realizeThey're not out of the darkness yet?Venom is cried out of swollen eyesAnd the monster asks if that is the broken creature's last defenseIn a rage he smears her inky black tears in the crevices ofHer translucent skin P.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1566126/ Collapse your weakBroken body Into me So I can slither into All of your hollow piecesTaking the place of whereYour lovely bonesUsed to beI perforateYour beautiful eyesAnd out of them The happinessLeaksYour tears will DrownAs I hold you down underneathDamned and unholy watersNo one will seeYour melan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1551412/ Crimson drips slowlyLike saline for their spiritLife support in sinThe stained glass isLike thorns in my wounded eyesTheir self righteousness Oh god that the damnedSee with such clarity They crucify meYour children of the Supposed light seek to makeMe evermore blind http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1548009/ Every inhibition and Black thought I have Wearingly loses the ability To pirouette From my lipsAnd fails to bow GracefullyInto your ears The ones that not only Hear But listen To everything that gives And takes away from me SuddenlyThe songs and laments of everySwe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1547760/ Sweet sips of the blood of salvationThey drink holy wine as we entertain our demonsI could kill myself What would they see?Maybe it would look lovely if I died by a rosaryOh so filthyIntoxicated by darkness In the form of purity Cover your tainted skin, they sayUse the blood of the la.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1546447/ Beautiful and cold Like out of a plastic mold Death has carried His bride of decayOver the threshold Burial ritesSo sacredDefiled By the gnawing of a soulAgainst dying skinHe hides in all of ourBones until weLet him InNo matter how Much we fightHe is always ourPart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1545030/ I open myself to the light To cleanse my soulBut the darkness Takes advantage of meAnd haunts my bruised bonesIt runs like a wolfhoundWith flowers Between its teethOffering me beautiful tragedyIn the form of sweet release http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1500538/ A good sailor might say that the sea breeze is a kiss from a beckoning siren. A captain would tell you it is the breath of demons before a storm.A ship named Persephone sailed listlessly through the fog covered sea, drifting in and out of the clouds like they were a daydream. From far away, that bat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1497522/ My body's aching from the bruises on my bonesThey seem to echo in my soulThere's a lonely room locked away in my brainIt's secrets lie in little lines drawn across my veinsI've fallen to the ground too many timesWith thoughts of flowers above my grave in mindBut darling if you save me I think I'll s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1494544/ Surrender your heart and I’ll give you my lungsIn the form of a hungry kissSo come closer before I become ashes in your veinsI swear on the god that I almost don’t believe in I’m not insaneI just want you.All of you.Your skin against mine is the only elaboration I ne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1441302/ Wear blush on your cheeks Look aliveMaybe baby, if you look pretty enough,No one will notice that you're decaying inside.You get faded on the toxic fumes of this world Because reality is breaking awayAnd the only way you find clarityIs walking these tired streetsWhere everyone knows your n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1425721/ Night won't carry on foreverIt's not the cold outside that's numbing youIt's the comfort you're afraid to loseI dare you to fall asleepAnd wake up remembering your wild dreamsThat scared the hell out of youBut you're still intrigued enoughTo talk about themDon't throw those empty sheets over your fa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1420928/ You're too empty to fill your veinsWith sweet sips of rosewaterDarkness is buried under a freshly dug graveBut no one knows who diedThe breath of formaldehydeTaints your parted lipsThe future resonates And lives in your parting kissYour scuffed solesMatch the broken oneThat lives in your c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1420164/ Burn my bones in a blaze of gloryAnd throw my ashes in the seaMy pale body will fade awayInto the light of the moonAnd my soul will hide in it's shadowWhere the sun never touchesDrifting, floating, in perpetuam,On the tide of the unknown,Hanging by the stars in the sky,With oblivion lurking undernea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1418816/ Maybe the pale moon,Can send my love to you dear,And whisper yours back. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1411890/ I won’t simply hold your hand,I’ll cling to your bones,We already love each other,But how the hell are we possible?When you say my nameMy lips curl into a small smileLike the smoke on the ceiling from my incense,You’re intoxicating and I want to breath you in. I&rsqu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1411888/ Cold sheets and sad eyesHands used as a substituteFor your gentle ones http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1411880/  Dear Mother,I ache for your embrace,And the sharp edge of your voice,It never dulled the moments,In those small infinities my heart continued to sway,In the direction of your ways.I lived for rebellion, thinking I could be better somehow.When I only wanted to be like you.And now I long for the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1397864/ Electricity coursing through dull veinsSinged hair dancing in the windTrees bowing down to their dominatrixShe'll never feel their love again.How did the earth become her slave,When they started off as friends,She loved the ground mercilessly, Pulling it's roots apart until they were dead.&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1393912/ When will the definition of beautiful be the beauty and radiance of one's soul, rather than their skin? A truly beautiful person doesn't always have a pretty face. The people who are most beautiful never realize it, their sheer innocence of the fact that they are just absolutely stunning, their flaw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1393498/ I love youLike a short poemWith more depth than words conveyI love youLike little sips of teaOn a lacey winter dayI love youLike the little strokes my pencil makesYou are far greater than these words on paperYou have more meaning than just your name.I love youBecause you love every shade of meThe sh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1393495/ I lust after loveBut fear love itselfI am like a star, brilliant and lonely,Craving hands to hold meGuiding my way across the alabaster sky,Where not even the most hopeful eye can seeIt is only in the dark that I find myself,It is where I can exist without merely having to be.And only then in the st.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LadyAshley/1393470/