http://slow.writerscafe.org/jharris74 The original writings of author Shon Harvis en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776016765 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Ghost in the Mirror by Shon Harvis Blurb: “Ghost in the Mirror” is a poem about surviving emotional betrayal and rediscovering yourself in the aftermath. It explores how love, when misused, can u http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2879705/ I had a dream that led me toward youThe moment we met, I adored youWhen you said yes, to our first dateI said then, that we found fateWhen you held my hand For the first timeDriving home I just knew you were mineFrom our first kiss To your goodbyeI was so in loveAnd I felt alive .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2876005/ Sometimes I love too hard. To genuine and intense. The ending is more intense. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2872629/ I've written you a message, On my phone or a letter in my headOnly to erase it every day As I lay down and cried inside my bed I've clung to the moments The ones that made us laugh Or the times I felt so loved Where finally I felt whole You as my other half Un.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2869082/ You will never read thisbecause I will never send.I am merely writing it out.As a way for myself to mend.I am not sure why you chose me.Out of everyone in the roomThere were plenty of other men that nightWhom you could have shared your gloomYou lied for every momentDid you also.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2867044/ If I thought you could hear me, I would yell it out above the crowd, at the top of my voice, calm, crisp, and loud.I would scream that I love you,I'd let you know that I careno matter what you're going through,I will always be thereBut you cannot hear meTo consumed by your pill.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2850837/ The right time is when the present is no longer the path to the future. Sometimes the steps you take go beyond the path you shouldn't pass up. That is the key to life. Understanding the direction you must take with nothing more then the lessons you've overcome. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2846589/ I picked up the phone. at least a hundred times to call and say come over, Baby, give us one more night.  can we forget the question? The one that made you leave, can you lie here, inside my arms? for a moment so I can breathe  I know it is somewhat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2837033/ When time cannot chase the shadowsFrom creeping in the door The ones that haunt your memoryLeave you crying on the floor  The pains of hurt from yesterdayReminding you that it’s real Binding all your emotions Too intense to cope and deal Fear w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2801341/ It was 2018 I don't remember the month.I wish I did. It was a typical Thursday night. I know that because our group offriends hung out for karaoke at the same place every week. I was having a beer withfriends and watching the singers while enjoying the night. In walks this womanI have never .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2800382/ For me there's no empty promiseNo deceit in what in what I sayI'm not here for merely a momentI'm here with the plans to stay. I will always stand beside you Never let you downNo matter the challenge that comesI will always be around. I don't want us for just a moment I want you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2799942/ I hurt so badly when you left me. The pain was unbearable at times. I kept questioning myself about what was wrong with me. And then I realized the problem wasn't me and it never was. So every time I asked myself why I wasn't good enough the truth is I was too good. Your addictions to drugs, whether.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2798750/ I did it for a momentPut my toes into the sand, even drifted on the water, out of reach from land,  away from the walls, so carefully I had made, never diverted, introverted, safe if I'd only stayed.  I did it for a moment, I took a look around, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2798243/ Why do I still feel us?Your memory, it still staysWe are like a song that has endedBut in my head it still plays I miss your morning smileI miss your laughThe way you were sarcasticYou are my other half Without you, I feel empty Like a dream with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2797997/ I still miss you in the morningwaking up by my sideThe bed it seems so emptyYet full of the tears that I’ve criedI miss you in the living roomOn my lap your head would layFingers running through your hairThe best way to end the dayI miss you at the restaurantA booth that'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2797857/ I loved you in your moments When you were getting highWhen you said you were okAnd I knew it was a lieWhen you were always upsetand always getting annoyed Lashing out and screamingAs your anger was deployed I forgave you when you hurt meWhen you lashed out in spiteWhen you to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2796232/ Somewhere in the scattered ashesOf the once burning flameRemnants of our good times Are trapped inside a broken frame  I have sifted through the pieces Looking for some hope Only to find the memories That have left me here to cope  The dreams of fore.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2795164/ I couldn’t wait to see youIt seemed like it’s been yearsWeeks felt like monthsAnd time saw many tearsIt was nice to hear your voiceTo listen to how you’ve beenTo finally press my lips to yoursAnd feel your touch againDreading the final momentsWhere the day wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2794937/ I picked up the phone.at least a hundred timesto call and say come over,Baby, give us one more night. can we forget the question?The one that made you leave,can you lie here, inside my arms?for a moment so I can breathe I know it is somewhat selfish,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2774805/ More of a song. Written a few years ago. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2766265/ Dearbroken heartYoualways seem to thinkYoumade the wrong choicesBlameyourself for not listeningToother voices Dearbroken heart,Ididn’t give you bad adviceItwasn’t your brainThatmade you hurtConvincedyou to roll the dice.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2766162/ I don’t want to be let downI don’t wanna to walk awayI don’t want to live with doubt So many words to sayBut my thoughts won’t keep me warm I don’t wanna live today I don’t want to deal with it I just wanna sleep it away I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2076179/ Last night as I held youI could only think of him Did he make you feel the way I didAnd how did it begin?Did he do it betterOr did it feel the sameOr did he get it better Did he enjoy it as he cameDid he hold you too?Did you cuddle with him backDid he say I lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/2048864/ There are photographs still in my mindof you and I and all that timewe spent wondering if love was trueI realized that the whole time I was standing next to youand I reached for a dream to only findthat the moment would be our last time how can I have felt so muchwhen all you felt was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1718023/ The pieces, they lay scattered at my feetThe remaining shards of another loves defeatpiece by piece I bring them inrecutting and bleedingas I try to mendher smile still burns meas she walks with graceI stand alone beside her empty placeI dream..... I scream....a hollow shell echoing inside.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1717987/ I wish I hadn’t met youNow it’s a little lateThings you came and taught meFrom your malice to my hateDid you think I wouldn’t notice?In the end it was liesFrom the moment that you fucked meAnd put your head between my thighsThe things you said an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1540747/ I just ran 2.5 miles. When I was done, I sat on a bench and looked up at the sky. It was covered in white clouds with the exception of one small patch of black with several clearly lit stars. It was very awesome looking. Makes me realize how much bigger our lives are than the universe. Two p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1484831/ If I stay, do you think you’d come around? If I stay,Could we find a simple moment?To stand on solid groundIf I prayGod can you turn this around If I prayWill you dance http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1483232/ Where do we gowhen we lose ourselvesWhere do we find that personwe wanted to be?Somehow we set them freeroaming, wandering, lost inside a worldthat lingers inside uskicking and screaming and begging to escapebut we can't hear them.....We search, we dig, we hurt, we swallow pridefor what? the innocen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1470638/ Shadows FadeThey Always doSilently through the doorway That led me straight to you With echoes of how you feelAnd the words they seem so realYou as I, felt it toochasing a dream I almost flew You used to smilewhen I looked at youthrough our eyes something no one knew  shall .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1454400/ Storied linesThat push us throughWe turn the pagesYet there’s nothing new The Unwritten timesThat led to youOpened our mindsYou felt it too Now a storied fateHides the truthHolds us back From being in view The Stories mineI must face the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1453183/ Remnants of a momentnow behind closed doorsto left of my shoulder and the right of yoursI seek for this moment to rest in my mindmay the universe guideand not leave us behindfrom the moment you grabbed meand slid me insidethe moment you straddled and began to rideslowly, gently, passionate.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1451518/ I miss theway you’d call me Every day at sixI couldcount on hearing from youTo get mydaily fix The way wetalked and laughed Making jokesabout your hairEvenfighting like husband and wifeWE werealways there I miss theway .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jharris74/1450589/ This is a poem/song I wrote about loving a woman who wasn't available. 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