http://slow.writerscafe.org/boi4sail The original writings of author V M Smith en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776051761 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Red, brown, blondHair framing freckles on aSoft tear-dropped shape.Brown highlighted with greenEyes sparkling at meBetween smiling eye lids.Cheeks pushed up, flexed,Pulling soft red lipsInto a perfect pouty crescent.Soft, lean muscles surround meAs your arms struggle with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1252966/ Smiles keep the world from stopping. :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1219788/ Quick start, quick end: how do I show you I love you in so little time? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1219771/ Sinners and saints of clay chips and paint lined the walls of the broken building. Dust swirled gracefully in the daggers of light as they plunged down through the broad cracks around the boarded windows that looked down sadly at the splinters littering the floor. The thick dust on the floor hushed .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210204/ Far back in my mindThere is a labyrinthToo complicated for meAmong lakes of absintheAnd rivers of acid rainWhere I can stay awaySit and hide a bitFrom all the pain of todayDrift, float away from thisNo reason to love, hope, prayNo Preaching hereNo pain in the ocean sprayI'm numb with my eyes closedS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210195/ Random lines Still finding timeYou saw me cry Once by and byI'll let you know But then let goJust run awayMy life's decay Has spread todayYou met my sin When I let you inPlease fight me back For my lackOf self importanceAnd my romance With one afraidTo say my nameI've gone awaySo don't worry, BabeI'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210191/ Another old one... It was up here once, before the crash years ago that wiped out all the files on the site. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210190/ From habits known,Caused by the unsaidTo relieve the pain,They call me Red.I hide emotionsWith physical pain,And feign omniscienceTo show I am gameTo live in Happiness.I fake with faithThat no one knows.But I will ask of you:Just keep me safe.As whispers fade,Just keep me safe. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210188/ Wrote this one almost a decade ago in middle school. Recently bought a local artist's pen sketch and color sketch of a skeleton drinking coffee and it reminded me of this poem. :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210186/ In this electronic world, how does one even seek print publishing? Is print publishing still alive for poetry? Curious. My stuff is likely too often too dark and to raw to put in print anyway. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210123/ This was one solid block of text when I wrote it... I'm trying to find a way to break it up, but it's still in progress. Suggestions and critics, as always, welcome and encouraged. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1210117/ Am I too young To know what my heart wants?To know why my heart aches?My cardiologist Keeps putting me through testsAnd next week he reads the results Of my 24 hour heart monitorWill the jumps and tweaksOf the little dialShow correlationWith my time away from you?This may.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1185964/ Grrr... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/1183406/ that's iti'm p***y whippedhe's got me by the collarhe's says jumpand i'm uphe says goand i dofood, water, what you want?and i'll get it for youi don't understandwhen was the switch?when did i suddenly bend to his every whim?i cooki cleani do as he pleasesand i still get snubbedno matter wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/979431/ what do i say?good luck, you'll do greatwhen i know all the thingsthat could go wrongstop, wait, it's not too late!you can back out and saythat you forgot a dateyou scheduled last weekand y'knowi have to goorumhe'll feel bad...?wrong drugswrong dosewrong legwho knowsi know the dangersi see it e.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/969407/ all i want from you is timeall i want from you is all the littlepiecesthat keep running through your mindi want to lie awake at nightthinking of what will beuntil i fall asleep in your armssleep with your skin touching mineall i want from you is timeto explore the little pi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/832096/ where do i go?with you where i'm stuckin love, unlovedor with him where i'm stuckunloving, free, but lovedi don't have to commitwith himhe's already thereand leaves me freeyou want me foreverbut won't give up so many othershe's got one otheryou've got manythere's nothing else appealingeveryone cheat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/824413/ I lean back slowly, balancing on the last two chairlegs, watching the smoke rise, swirl and fade. With my left hand wrapped aroundmy neck and my right hovering over me holding the last cigarette, I look overto see me down on my knees, head and shoulders deep in the cheap old oven inthe c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/824407/ Parody of Tim Burton's Vincent http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/824403/ I close my eyes and let the wind burn the tears out of myeyes and off my face. My face is the definition calm. My body is relaxed farmore than it has been in years. My arms slowly raise to my head and run myfingers through my hair a few times, then grip my hair and pull it slowly,evenly. M.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/824401/ i love you, but,i'm done this timei love you and,this is my lifei love me, toothis me, you see,is not the mei'm meant to beit's what i've learnedyou want to seeyour pretty pawnyour broken toyyou're using meyour little boy i'm no longer your toyi've already runi'm freeing myself fromthis slave.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/823078/ clowns in my bedcan i sleep with you tonightmonsters in my headgotta win the dirty fightshadows hiding creaturesbut in this winter twilighti can still see all the featuresof the monkey in the cornerand the bell he plays withall night longthere's something else behind himleading him to come and fight.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/821855/ i don't know what i'm doingi promisetry to talk all smoothtry to listen welltry so hard to provethat i can tellwhen you're making funhow to make you smilewhen it's okay to laughand whenbut i fail so muchthank you for letting me failand not just walking away http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/821842/ this is what i missthe nights sitting, talkingjust shooting the shitfighting over who's olderby a month or twoyou understand, don't youthat the older we getthe closer we arewhy do we bicker, for fun or to remember?it's hard nowwe're all spread outgot babies and familiesand real jobs we can't mi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/821829/ i'm backi'm kickin got a brand new gamea few more storiesand a lot more wisdomgoing to roll this outlike a brand new victimwatch outi'm cominggoing to play the gameonce, twice, luckypossible brigadecome play with mei'm singin in the raincome onget luckylet me hear you screami'm sitting here wai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/819992/ we're dancing in circlesbut you don't dancewe're talking 'bout the weatheron the off chancethat one of us cracksand saysi want to f**k youover there on the bedmaybe here on the flooror the counter insteadbut we continue some morekissing flirting touchingpulling hair, now .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/380441/ i left because i was cryingand didn't want you to knowmy phone kept going offand i thought it'd wake youso i climbed out of bedgot half dressed enough to goand looked up in the darkto see you watching mei'm sorry i woke you on your day off"where are you going?""go back to sle.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/360527/ (look at me again) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/360282/ The tall bushes and wild undergrowth kept whizzing past us, and I kept bumping into his arms and chest as he swerved sharply to avoid tree after tree. Suddenly he stopped and I opened my eyes to look around. We weren't back at the garage. We were still out in the woods. Why had he stopped? I loosen .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/348149/ (title in the works... suggestions welcome) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/347542/ i'm not listening to what you're sayingso much as how you say itthe words you chooseand where you pausethe truth is in the flaws i've learned over timethat the liars all rhymein a slanted, mistaken way split second emotionsthat play across your facesubtle muscle mov.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/344516/ i have control issues.i feel your hand on my throatlong after you take it away.can't you see the creaturescrawling in the grassare all coming after me?i can't hold this pace any longer.i feel them coming near,but the faster i movethe more i have to fear.oh, i still can't breath.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/344441/ it's self preservationwhen i back awaybecause i can't be herewhen you smile her wayit's to keep me sanewhen i act this wayand it works for mei don't want to saythat it hurts so badbecause it sounds harshand you're already sadi won't make it worseshe pushes and pullsshe smil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/344023/ XD http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/343231/ your legs are shakingbreathing shallowi can't help thinkingwhy am i leaving tomorrow?but the time comeswon't the clocks stop?don't wash away my funwithout a second thoughtwhen you go back to herdon't forget about meand in the futurei'll meet you by the treesand we'll swing to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/341034/ i take showers in the darkwith my eyes closed...with the scalding waterrunning through my hair,across my cheek bones,over my mouth, anddown my dropped jaw.breathing through the streamsis easier when i breathe slowly.i've learned this over time.i've been sitting here for hou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/340474/ i'm so attached to you.it hurts so deep.i see your name as my phone ringsand people ask why i'm smiling... i look around when i hear my nameand hope to see you smiling back,but it's never you, and never me. but i find reasons not to kiss you,not to hold you, hug you, to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/333473/ i don't have walls;i have a boxwith fives brown sidesand an open top.there's no one climbingto be in here.i'm alone in my box.but i won't invite you in.you have to step upand come inuninvited.i won't put up a fight.promise.but if you tear throughmy box,i want you to kno.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/333128/ i'm sorry i don'tlet you in;it's better thanfightingand the recoveryis far easier. if you found the pieces,of the thoughts i drop,written and rippedlaid across the walk,you'd never guessthey came frommy "sweet" mind. i hide the tangentsof my thoughts;not o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/333123/ i feel it in my throata tightening that raises my voicei feel like a dork when you smile at meand touch my armsomething shoots up my spinea pain, but not quite another shotbut more pronouncedrushes through meas you whisper in my earand giggle at yourobvervations.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/330488/ i'm just a sodding drop outno one takes a second lookno one sees the drop outmaking much in the long runbecause all us lowly drop outscan't have half a brainor we'd all get our GEDsand give in once again i'm just another knock upthat kid that can't keep straightthe pot hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/325631/ that doesn't work for me.i want to feel you.i'd rather lay next to youand watch a movie,than watch you hang off a pole. that time you kissed me"just for fun"then giggled and smirked...i'll give you a hint:that worked. lay on the couch,and call me over;pull me do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/324328/ she could have screamedas i flew through the airyelling harsh words againas i crashed through the railing i wish they had askedany one time thati was sent out of class"why do you act up so much?"  but no one noticesit's just a quirky childcomes early, stays l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/320458/ the crop circles multiplied when the aliens came. i died before the fire but the rest i can explain; there were vampires and ants monsters teamed with the plants, there were teeth so white they glowed in the dark. i tried each lighter but couldn't get a spark. a high pitch cut my.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/316823/ this is for the flagger that stopped me the other day. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315488/ kiss me? please? then just lay with me we'll watch tv or maybe a movie i'll be nice i promise i'll just lay here with my arm over your waist and my chin resting on your shoulder i'll kiss your neck and smile as you scold me i'll run a finger along the edge of yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315486/ shave my head adopt an accent buy all new clothes start to walk a different way sell all that i've written and never read any of it again forget all i've ever done forget all i've ever been run away and never come back again do you think it will work? will y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315485/ is this really all i am? i can't sum myself up but i seem to be far less than anyone else i see and for some strange reason i no longer want to be just me you told her you wouldn't hate me if i only told the truth but you no longer sit on my lap no longer lock eyes with me as y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315484/ i slept with her the other night she said she loved me it was alright but after a while i couldn't sleep i lay there on my back her head on my shoulder and i just couldn't think and it made me realize i don't want everything i look in her eyes and i just want you just y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315483/ i can change the clothes i wear and promise i'll always be there but underneath it all i still bleed like you and only we know it's not fair i could talk to you so sweet and show you how good love should be but underneath it all i still look like you and right now that's all you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/boi4sail/315476/