http://slow.writerscafe.org/mhylands The original writings of author mhylands en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776028637 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Caught in the way of my own insecuritiesComforted by the distractions thatKeep me still and slow to reactLonging for an escape from this realityDwelling in the insanity thatKeeps me close and plays the actI've succumbed to the nihilistEver haunting my headAs dark encroaches from .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1857094/ Asphyxiated by the anticipationAs I lay petrified within this coffinSix feet under from the deprivationHostilic tendencies pulsate from the outsideStill and vexed as how to escapeNeeding to placate the dissonanceIn the darknessLeft to ponderHow I ever became entrapped by my own i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1854851/ There once was a time when I thought I could change the outcomeManipulation and obscure pretentions, the only things I have doneYet, another tragedy where I am left with just oneChance to find salvationBelieving in what is left to comeI yearnTo find the dark within youTear it from .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1854514/ Tell me againDid I hear it all wrong?It's eating me insideI cannot bare to stand (it)Say it againAm I wrong this time?Testing all my patienceTwisting my perspectiveTrustThese games will never endEver a tragic endingF*****g with all my fantasiesFor something so much more.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1851017/ This solitary confinementFeeding my dementia, isolating my judgementInto disillusioned contentednessI am aloneI am afraidAlways tempted by the faint glimmer of hopeAlways seduced by every false promises madeThese masochistic tendenciesTorment me beyond my expectationsHaunting m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1849859/ The pressure rising, the hate inside meI just can't seem to quell this tensionAll my anguish and all this hatredIt rips and tears up all I have nowIt's tearing me apartRaping what was left of what I had to giveRipping all that's leftLeaving me with nothing to showI am done nowI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1849856/ This chaos overwhelming, crashing through my delusionsInsecure and pacified, throwing up in spite of myselfI cannot touch the mask behind which you hideIt is so easy for you to drag me into your lieInk spilt upon your blank canvasNo longer can I see the difference in your stainsIt me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1741849/ Circling over me, breathing down my neckCreeping in the dark, haunting the air I breatheWalls I have become blinded toNeedles piercing every part of meI just want to numb the painFree me from all feelingThe shadow weighs down on my chestSuffocating the very soul of meParalyzed,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1737194/ Lost to time as it passesThis conflict of the twinsLustful desecration and secret desireI stand before the knowing MotherSet on keeping truths hiddenI feel those piercing eyesSilently judging the value of my soulThat stare revealing all I have guardedI never asked for thisYet, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1733390/ After all this time, my heart clenched ever so tightlyPiece by piece, I have not ceased to shatterHolding on when I desperately need to let goLying to myself in hopes of changePathetic, this denial is ever on goingAs I lose my sense of realityDistancing from all, I continue to burn eve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1730617/ Pacing along the bleak shores of insanityContemplating the deep beyondI clench tightly at my chest in agonyUnable to hear her respondEnsnared by the muddied watersHigh tide encroaches in perilous hasteI gasp and falter before herPleading that this life was not a wasteWhat has bec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1587071/ I have wasted into shadowA silhouette unable to manifestHiding from every windowStill unresolved as to confessI know this has come to an endThere never was a chance to mendThe faults continuing to fractureAs my heart starts to splinterAttached to the dream so surrealI awake in a bi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1579549/ Wicked séance in foreign tonguesFeasting upon the terror and dismayDisfigured and unrecognizableLiving puppet drained of its soulArbiter, neither alive nor deadHeir to misfortune and indignationSealed writs of passageSuccumb to the black flamesFrozen embrace, catalytic inciner.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1579548/ Breaking the silence with empty wordsThese thoughts have fallen on deaf earsA conversation spent on nothingnessLingering solely on the meaninglessCathartic passage of existenceNeglecting our vital demandsAnother fallacy of interactionSimply to appease the laws of attraction In the ab.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1579547/ Incoherent whispers, sirens of the blackLeading me astray as I traverse the outskirts of my mindConcealing the truth and obscuring all within sightBound to a path laid before meTreacherous cliffs aligning sideways as the line narrowsA deception insurmountable and convincingImpasse to understanding t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1570972/ Marking off another day, ever wonderingWill the sun return in warm embrace?Will the stars illuminate the night sky once more?As chills crawl across my skin and reality starts to sink inThis martyrdom turns to a misguided suicideThe burning question without an answerLevee to the imminent floodDestine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1570970/ Arise from the ashes of a fallen kingdomThe sacrificial blood paid for this resurrectionAwaken, free of the immense burdenAtoned for this deadly insurrectionCut ties with the life formally hadReborn in a world undoneSever the dream to save this landA wasteland devoured in the light of the sunThe atr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1570967/ Crawl out from under the soilInfested by a life long decayedThis toxic wasteland devours souls and takes possessionThe struggle perpetuates an acrid relapseAt fault for succumbing to the veratrumLeft in solitude to atrophyAs acid rain torches the skies and seeps through bedrockInfiltrating the veins.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1570965/ As the hold crumbles and the gates are breachedRetreat to the safety of your isolating cellsBetraying the gods with the lies you preachedDevising insidious plots despite the tolling bellsUnable to accept the reality as it unfoldsSpewing lie after lie in hopes to denyTrapped in ice, a f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1438076/ Caressed in passionate embraceYour touch the remedy to finally convalesceDraining the snake's venom, leaving no traceOf these debilitating afflictionsThis scene I had taken to blindedTo imagine this reality I had never knownMy eyes unveiledThe overwhelming sensation seizes - bodySo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1430121/ Patience, ever so difficult to maintain in troubled timesProves to retain a fickle and unpredictable consequencePersistence on scaling the cliffs peering over canyonsPacifying the anxiety with each foothold securedDespite the possibility of losing my grasp on lifeI am driven to continue this ascensi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1426827/ Strange patterns as reflections and shadows intertwineMesmerizing with their erratic behavior in curious danceTheir existence holds no revelations nor deep meaningIt is the observation and interpolation providing insight to our subconsciousA light revealingDarkness obscuringRecurrent dichotomyPerfec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1426786/ Under what pretense was this acceptable?Tell me the rationality that brought you hereI cannot fathom how you were ableTo muddy these waters once so clearNow I am expected to share the blameBegging again for me to questionDo you have no shame?Do you revel in the deception?F**k your twisted way of thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1417751/ The time has come to say our goodbyesDeparting in different directionsI am sorry to break that promiseI can no longer justify what we hadWill you forgive me now it's over?When I fail to ever remain sober?Wrapped in a blanket of liesSent off to protect this guiseI had become so attachedDistancing mys.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1417747/ Is this what it means to move on?To deprive myself of emotion and thoughtA perpetual denial, disconnectEscaping from my own mindWhen did I become so cold?Abandoning all without noticeFeigning ignorance and numbing the painLetting any attachment turn into a distant memoryNothing but dust in the windR.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1416845/ Defining an abstract entityWords can only envision the constructEstablish the foundation of conceptionFor the rise of a monumentIn accordance with the prophecyI carve stone to fashion the pillarsImbued with my will and soulAn eternal legacy devised to endure the agesForged by these hands, this ladde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1416842/ A stigma exposed and spreadingMy attempts to cover it in vainLike wildfire fueled by insecurityImpervious even to heavy rainStain unrestrained - shamed, insanePestilent blemish without a remedyImmune to the resistanceAdapting to vicarious meansA parasitic existenceViral euthanasia - missing identity.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1416773/ Drawn towards a delicate melodyAn elegance dancing in the chill breezeCautious beauty reaching out for embraceEnticing pursuit to uncover the sourceDesiring an encounter so divineAs song echoes and fills the airThe way becomes difficult to findThis pleasant ambrosia addictingUnable to satisfy when c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1416225/ Lost in the woods, I venture onUnknowing, it is time I leftHeld up for so longAfraid to move onI know this choice is bestAccepting the realization of ignoranceSteadily making the motionsLong ago, I was faced with thisYet, could not force myself to seeIncoherent, still I wanderIn a daze, a silent slu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1415945/ I'm still waiting for that final pushTo get through this empty door frameOut to where I am free to roamNever to look backNever to return To leave without any burdensI won't have to suffer regretBut, I carry this heavy burdenMy feet cemented at the entrance Even with this opening in front o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1414807/ We have lost our voice of reasonSacrificed to make a cohesionIs there nothing left that is sacred?We have lost our voice of reasonYou insist that we have come so farEvading evidence that could leave another scarIt's complicated and you want the simple truthEnds don't justify means, yet this is what .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1414753/ Latent significance unable to awake from hibernationInstead, dormant as to leave an empty huskLending to a misanthropic guise donnedIll-tempered manifestation destined to remainMisunderstood mission to bring any semblanceUninhibited free fall and wings brokenMalignant decadence from a temptuous mind.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1414742/ Let crimson seas flood the gatesThe subjects of excommunication have risenThis reign of tyrany will be torn apartRipped limb from limb and snapped skeletonGouged eyes force fed to a mutilated tongueWere you so blinded to the degradationDeluded to believe we would idly complyThere is nothing veiled b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1414294/ Variable in perpetual fluxUnbounded to exponential compoundingAbated thermal transferAdiabatic interfaceConstituent to fabricationUnrequited phenomenonConvolution of complex termsSatisfying initial conditionsDynamically discontinuousParticular integralCharacteristic forced responseAssumed steady sta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1413793/ A stone haphazardly passed amongst allMy precious gemFeigning ignorance towards its valueDespite the crowd having appraised itChastising the impurityA blight upon communicationsIn open, admitting a disinterestNeglecting the unholy extrapolationsAn abomination better drowned in a bloodbathFlayed and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1413354/ As night blankets these inner skiesAs I am enveloped within liesI close my eyes and reminisceBefore consumed by infectious stiesAs acid rains sear my fleshAs I convulse, asphyxiate, and threshEroding into an unrecognizable corpseTo be decomposed, and with the earth, enmeshI lack the will to ascertai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1412977/ One question endures, never answeredThe hardest part, the unknowingSimple as I am, I cannot fathomAll the intricacies and obstaclesAt times, I feel at homeMoments later, a dark coldIntertwined, yet ever distant fateI hold on with a degree of uncertaintyOnly a fool could not see the tragedy impending.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1411823/ A new day finally dawnedBut, set before I could bask in itI am completely destroyedAgony in every step, every breathMy own cruel punishmentTwisted and mercilessI am drowning, vision fadingWhy must I do thisI only have myself to blameFor my inability to move forwardEndless fall from the heavensJust l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1410499/ Torn on how to alleviate this tensionAfflicting the integrity of my resolveTempted by the mere fantasyTantalizing my every fiber of being Stuck and reminiscing distractionExalted fascination fixated internallyHeralding the rapture from dissonanceLofty aspirations instigate condemnationIn verita.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1410112/ To transmit the signalRelay/response/reactionConnecting the pathwaysNeurological contraptionSentient, nerve infrastructureFixating/feeling/feedbackAsphyxiating the impulsesInvariable riposteDefective synapses fabricate inconsistenciesDevising a flawed systemErrors compile exponentiallyThe flow welds.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1410057/ Days pass without a traceNo means to latch onSpinning until I am sickStuck in the cycleDisoriented and lostA forest of samenessNo paths, nor trailsNothing to indicate a headingThe anxiety cripplingDissociating from allLeaves will soon fallHues bleed to scarletPetrified and stillBitter breeze and rot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1410049/ As the rage subsides, new life formsThe storm inside, finally fadingThe damage done, soul fragmentedA vice to clutch and standSanity restored after all enduredRain subsists withinIn a daze, blinded by the shineAdjusted to the darknessTo be reforged, I must shedThi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409717/ Each day lessens the burdenMore tranquil than beforeThe painful flame enduredSlowly starved and smotheredHope everlasting, butAcceptance becoming easierTo walk away foreverA choice must be madeFor indecision tormentsThe scattered puzzleComplete disarrayOnl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409715/ How do I know what is truthWe have our walls and veilsSo, am I seeing a side exposedYet, I still stay in shadowsFearing the real intentWas this your confession to meMaybe to someone elseWas it but a faded memoryOr simply something beautifulI am unable to comprehen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409714/ An empty void, I alone resideunder despot terrorThere is no escape, thisconfinement infiniteAnd to create is but to constructa wallAt a glance, mighty and flawlessWith a breath, threatening tocollapseAn immense tower of leavesDried, brittle, decayedExhausted, I pe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409713/ This land eternally forsakenNever to return to its formergloryA nesting place for fallen angelsBlood stricken skies and eclipsedsunFields laden with countlessmoundsGraves erected by the plagueEerie, the tension in thissilenceA conquered hatred, festeringmalevole.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409711/ A collection of short prose bits and pieces http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409710/ Fixated - on the lies saidLiving in fear, anxious for theworld to endIntoxicated - by the snake'svenomA poisoned embrace, unable to(ever) mend Walk the line or feel the fallInto a realm of psychoticwithdrawalLearn to lead or leave a nameEternally carved i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409556/ I feel lost [in an empty hole]Dust turns to dust [until nothingremains]Why am I here? [can no one hear me]Take me away... I know I made so many mistakesBut, I stood back up and tried tomakeAmends, for the faults I couldn'tfakeUnaware of what was really at.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409554/ I was in a trance for so longBlinded and misguided, when didthings go wrong?Dancing with shadows in darknessso coldYou made a fool out of me, howcould you drag me along? (I cannot see) what is in frontof me(I cannot breathe) you sucked thelife out of me(You.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mhylands/1409552/