http://slow.writerscafe.org/Maribaby The original writings of author Mari K en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776017943 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Like a caterpillar, I morphed,into something unrecognizable.A stranger reflected back at me...It happened so slowly I didn't notice,As I built a fortress from unrealized dreams... A disillusioned soulwho sought to love those who never offered more than empty kisses.Like a thief.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/2068507/ Silent echoesDown empty hallsNothing adornsCold dark wallsThe phone is silentNo more callsYou loved me onceNow not at allYou fade awayCodeine hazeThe needle is stillNo record to playI wanted moreBut you stayed the sameReverse, repeatReruns againTired lonelyFootf.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1755538/ So much noise,I'm lost in the racket,I can't even thinkSILENCE damnit!Everybody be quietI really can't stand itI need to be aloneAn isolated planetThere's fighting and screamingI'm ready to blowEverything I've sacrificedIs not for showMy head is pounding My heart grows co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1659861/ She walks along the black sand shoreMoonlight in her hairThe hem of her dress kisses the wavesHer feet and shoulders bareShe hums a lilting lullabyThe sound travels like the tidesThe notes so mesmerizing thatIt calls to anyone passing byAs the breeze moves through her waist length ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1645038/ The storm rages in the distance, the wind whipping to and fro, as storm clouds gather in her eyes, her gaze as cold as snow. Like lightening she strikes out randomly, but the bolt has missed its target, how does she become more pliant, when her heart remains so hardened? H.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1642084/ Change is underfoot now, I feel it in my bones, like Dorothy in full color, I'm so far from home. Maybe I got reckless, too comfortable in my ways,then things came at so high a price, a price I couldn't pay. It's different now, the way I feel, that piece of innocence is los.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1640314/ The wind swept through from an ungodly place, thus began the winter, where roses bloomed love's red before, they've now begun to wither. The bitter cold took up home, encompassed by your chest, where I once fit cleaved to you, now I find no rest. Stranger in my doorway, you're brin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1636266/ We are but stars in a galaxy,whose lights burn out before they're seen;important to some, but to most it seems,like stars in heaven, we are ordinary beams.But we're special,every star is still a vessel,that shines God's light on a schedule,leaving no one in the dark when nights are dre.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1636199/ She was a lovely girl said everyoneThe way she lit up a roomIf anyone happened to miss her arrivalThey would know about her soonHer hair a cascade of chestnutHer eyes a deep shade of greenEven when she walked alone at nightShe was always seenShe loved men like they loved herWith p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1590847/ We layed together, beneath the willow trees,Thought we'd stay forever, just you and meAs the wind blew gently, caressing my cheek,I knew I'd never, forget something so deep.Lost to the winter, frost on my heartTears came and witheredWhile we grew apartAnd spring did bring flowersB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1585577/ Restless spirit trapped in bones, a less than comfortable kinda throne, wrapped in muscle, not free to roam, never knowing a peaceful home. A mind that races, a need to pray, I'll find myself in this life someday, the kind of life I'd be proud to say, was God intended for my life's pla.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1582639/ TKLittle is totally a troll. He inboxed me to let me know he thought I was delusional and called me a "f**k face". Mind you, I have never met or spoken to this person. He told me I was presumptive when I told him he seemed like an angry, jaded, probably often rejected, person. I find it funny that s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1539796/ You kiss me and life melts away Into lips and breath and touchYour hands move across my faceAnd my body feels the rushI look at you in the setting sunThe light on chocolate skinIf only you knew what you have doneBecause I let you inI smile at you in place of wordsAnd a million thin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1539396/ His eyes were like the oceanA stormy, turbulent blueI immediately drown within their depthsSo incredible the hue. He smiled at me from those perfect orbsIt stole my breath awayBefore he even spoke a wordMy heart dived into the fraySuch a lovely man when I came back toI studied the whole of his faceW.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1531974/     On a cool spring night she sits in silence,A single heartbeat where there should have been two,Echoing inside her grief stricken body,Over, under, and through.    She weeps in silent tears so big,They make tracks down both her cheeks,How could things change so drast.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1530343/ The criteria for what this is should probably be other so I chose story. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1530151/ Her head held highShe looks down her noseWith every stepCockiness growsShe thinks she's betterThan all of thoseWho walked the pathNow beneath her toesIf she faltersThere's someone else to blameEverything she touchesShould bare her nameNo matter whatShe has no shameMiss Perfect, yesShe is the gameHer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1528191/ I'm about to tell the truthSince you're not awareJudge me if you want toI don't f****n' careMy kids look to me like it's not fairThat there's no designer labels on the clothes they wearI try to keep the lights on, food in the fridgeI'd give my life to give it to my kidsI'm sorry if I fail to show em.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1527389/ I caught a glimpse of you recently perched on the edge of a memory...a fleeting moment ...tried to grab on but couldn't hold itthat thought slipped away but it wasn't for naught because.... I saw u for a moment...I saw u. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1519685/ We live in a world where money makes a manAnd little boys got guns and crack in handAnd girls are taught that gettin' rich is the plan...for lifeTaking handbags as long as they don't tell his wifeAnd if you show enough skin you'll get more "likes"Refuse and you must be some kinda dyke..otherwiseWhy .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1513735/ We have become entombed in silenceAll the memories that we wereShrouded within layers of violenceEven breath no longer stirsAll the little nuances goneEverything that kept us realAnd the world still marches onWhile I learn not to feelI wanted to last forever loveI prayed we would make it throughBut .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1489194/ You know I saw you the other dayIn the spaces in betweenYour sparkling eyes and your lying tongueWhere you normally can't be seen With my spirit I saw you thereHiding in untold truthsWhile you wear that winning grin of yoursAnd reminisce about your youthI saw you waiting patientlyFor the hook t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1488231/ They said I'd never make itBecause I'm my mother's childThe black sheep, the outcastA spirit made too wildThey said I'd amount to nothingI should just accept my fateAnd my future was foreshadowedBy voices filled with hateA fatherless little misstepA product of affairHow dare I dare to existWhen he h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1484546/ Time is nonexistentWe count syllables and smiles With breaks taken only for breathAnd dreaming for a whileJust you and I for companyThere’s no one else we needFeelings bloom like roses hereWith every planted seedYou entertain me endlesslyYour laugh is like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1484540/ I hid beneath my cloak of sadnessAlone there in desolate formThe pen to pen my poetryLeft lying so forlornThe pain ran deep into my bonesLike the chill of winter's iceThe tears froze from downcast eyesNo stanza could sufficeMy poetry, my outletLike a knot within my chestHow could this ache steal fro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1442612/ I walked this path beside youHeld your hand over broken groundCoached your steps through darkened turnsAnd sung to you to drown out soundI wiped away your falling tearscoaxed out hidden smilesFed to you the last we hadthen rocked you for a whileI watched you rant and loudly ravedestroying everything.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1442426/ I read of deep endless loveWhere two become one so easily I think to myself how different Life is for us in realityLove is fights in the kitchenAbout rinsing bowls and platesAnd staying up all night talkingEven after knowing it's lateLove is sharing the bathroom Even when you are.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1419500/ Scattered thoughts and scattered heart, released in spirit like the wind, it's hard to tell where concrete ends, and dichotomy begins.Dig down deep and tear it out, this poison in my flesh, I gave away the best part of me, and burned up all the rest. Stranger reflected in beveled g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1407534/ I know it's so cliche to say But I'm tired of being aloneI just want someone to loveMy reason to come homeI know it's only been six monthsBut it's really been 5 yearsOf raising my family by myselfAnd hiding during the tearsI'm not so strong That I can't breakJust because I don't co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1407448/ I cannot say when I knew for sureWho he'd turn out to beA love I thought was more than pureWhen the devil first kissed meHis skin was like fine caramelHis scent could drive me madFor him there was no parallelThe first love I ever hadHe seemed to wait patiently byFor me to see that .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1406246/ The rain came down in gentle dropsWhen he placed her in the groundHe left his heart inside her chestWhat would he do now?She was the light reflected in morning dewThe rhythm to his songThirty years of memoriesSuddenly wasn't very longHe thinks back to when they metHer blue sequine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1406158/ Trapped in the walls of my mindLowered ceiling, elevated floorsAny windows long nailed shut sadness seals the doors Claustrophobia consumes my oxygenSteals the breath within my chestLonely heart beats loud in empty roomsBut the silence brings no restTime has slowed to a crawling spee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1404585/ My moods move like the oceanFluid highs and revealing lowsSometimes carrying on without consentLike they've a life of their ownMy body sways with their strengthEven moving me to weaknessWhen my eyes are forced to closeFrom the heavy bleaknessOther times I've so much energyIt can ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1403520/ I reminisce of moments pastA bit of a chuckle in my chestI gotta say that theres been times when I sought out meaningless sexI didn't pretend to like a fewThat I entertained for just a nightI never thought about their feelingsI put them out and locked up tightHow callous, yes I know .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1402647/ Thunder rolls and lightning strikesThe rain pours from the skyMy hands drifts down my body.... slowUntil I caress my inner thighThe quiver in my belly startsWhile I search the places hiddenSuch exquisite pleasure is derivedFrom things that are forbiddenThe fever rises in my bloodMy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1402007/ With bated breath I humbly standstrength of spirit and steady handsHolding fast to fate's true planTo shed light into the shadows...I rose and fell I rise once moreThe path to self reflects the coreOf who I am and will endureTruth shall be my ammo...I cried for love and dealt with pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1400707/ That moment when your "bed bud" becomes a "bed bug"And sleep is interruptedBy an itch you can't get rid ofWhen you used to welcome the darkNow you sleep with the lightAnd you pray for reprieveEvery single nightYou call an exterminatorThey come out and sprayAnd before you crawl in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1396570/ I saw a shadow onceAs I took a moonlit strollIt traveled 'cross the river bedAnd disappeared into a holeI thought it was such trickeryThis play upon the waterHow could the moon lend such a lightThat shadows didn't falterI leaned over the trestle railTo perhaps improve my view.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1396518/ If love is definedby what's yours and what's mineselfishly timedby the need of the grind for vitalitywe lose more than the fullness and gradually we see the mistakes of our family manifest in all their totality and we lose; no matter what we then choosefor the cost will be more tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1396075/ Do you know what it takes to have this much strengthto smile in your face and say yeah I'm OK ...a beautiful Lie Insomniac's lullabysung while I cryfrom the loneliness inside ...but yeah I make it single mother raising babies my 4.0 hides the laborOf life's simple dailys...be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395961/ I was forever a LadyToo bad you wanted a girlThe lies thrown like high notesthe situation came unfurledYou love me? I hate you and your sordid pastI can't believe you made me thinkWe would ever lastYou played the gameI played the foolWhen I stood upon the alter Why didn't I thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395668/ Two halves of one wholeAimlessly floatSearching for homeTwo halves, same soulThrough seasons, Through yearsHappiness and tearsThrough strength and fears Still seekingBoth he and I Like stars collideLighting heaven and skyWhen finally combinedThe heart of our soul S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395423/ I searchprayers to heaven, I scour the earthsoul calling for love RebirthHow I searchI pleadLord bring me the one I needTo grow faith's tree from a single seedHow I pleadI have learnedThrough bruises, tears and ugly burnsThat love's not real unless its earnedYes, I have le.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395417/ baby screamin, heart bleedin,cook a meal every night that you really ain't eatinwhat happens when the blessing you gotfeels more like a shotto the chest? is this a test to remember I'm blessed?if so, I pray He's not done yetOne on one? Jesus died looking upfor a world corruptwhe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395402/ What do you doWhen all you thought you knewTurns on you; fades to blueAnd you're drowning in the hueThe silenceJust to feel, turn to violenceFists up while you're cryinBut strength wanes without triumphWhy did you choose me?The one who loved you easilyStrangerKeep from meHel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395390/ I saw youOn a cold and rainy nightA cup of coffeeAnd the warm fire lightAnd I breathed inThe scent of your cologneThis perfect strangerMade me feel like homeAnd then when you left meI felt so damned emptyYou walked away never knowingMy heart lay shattered and brokenSo I lie h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1395385/ We extend ourselves over God, like He isn't Almighty, because we mistake being in His image as reprieve for immorality And then we cry; like why God why was I, a self serving prophet, Not exhalted on high? Look at me God, everything I do rightForgetting that pride leaves us blind to His sigh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Maribaby/1394049/