http://slow.writerscafe.org/shantanu337 The original writings of author shan337 en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776021687 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The night sky is an advertisement campaignRun by the heavenly bodies-stars,planets,galaxiesThey are reaching out to usLuring us to their barren selvesHas it always been this wayThat lifelessness attracts lifeIs that why the mountains,the seas,the wild forestsHold a never-ending appeal for usOr are w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1601925/ Are we truly aliveOr are we the dead visiting the pastTrying to make up for the wrongsTrying to love those we hatedWhilst at the same timeKeeping an eye out for the futureHowever hard one might tryThe present does not make senseUntil one turns around to face the past http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1469832/ As I write this,I'm watching you peopleFrom my home planet Strafius 251 BWe've successfully monitored your progressFor your planet's five hundred yearsI've personally marveled at your achievementsThough not many from my world will concurI've seen your enlightenment and the triumph of reasonI've seen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1467642/ All that stands between her and me nowIs a wall tall enough for ego to climb upPorous enough for emotions to slip throughIt wasn't there beforeAnd it won't be up for longFor it matters not the power The forces have that try to separate usTry to drive us poles apart from each otherIt matters only tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1467371/ I see the mad species At each other's throats againThe battle lines have been drawnBetween those who serenadeAnd those who starve each dayWhose side I'll be on I don't knowMaybe I won't side with anyoneMaybe I'll watch from far awayThem tearing down housesAnd content I'll be in the knowledge thatI d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1467355/ Nights are a shackle to me nowConstant reminders of love's absenceMornings are a feeding tubeForced through me by devilish fateHow hard is it to find loveAnd to lose your very beingTo your beloved doveI see love blossom all around meSee it change people every which wayThen why does it keep eluding m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1465644/ Madness is when you have a hero in your midstWhen you worship him without questioningIt's when you wait for a messiahTo solve each and every problem of lifeIt is reaching for the absurd in despairHoping for the improbableMadness is to kill reasonFor the sake of culture and grotesque ritualsMadness i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1465096/ In whose hands should resideThe power to control a peoplePower-hungry control-freak politiciansThe Presidents,Chancellors and GovernorsTheir numbers too smallOr the gullible commonerNumbered in millionsWho whiles away hours watching T.VThe answer we might never findAnd yet these two elementsSmile th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1462416/ Two thousand years laterI find us denying and questioningThe existence of a manCrucified by terrified fanatical forcesTwo thousand years laterI see even more fanatical lunaticsTrying to wipe out compassionHis message is still the sameHis teachings didn't change with timeAll he wanted us to doWas lov.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1462315/ I decided to exploreThe unexplored parts of meI commissioned a study teamTo find out the most aridAnd the coldest regions in meHitherto unknown to anyoneLike I'd suspected they found nothingJust like the arid and coldRegions of our blue planetAnd just like on EarthThere were sporadic visitsBy the ou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1461870/ I never can really love anyone anymoreI am averse to lovingYou might want to ask"Then why did you lie to me before?"But i didn't lie,I really loved you back thenI used to feel so alive around youFelt like i finally belonged to someoneAnd that i'd found meaning in my existenceThe world didn't like me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1461855/ Maybe you should have told me beforeThat all I had to do was pretend..Pretend to know who i wasPretend to know where i need to goFor that is what you all doGetting drowned in an ocean of illusionsRelishing ephemeral trances and nirvanasNever did it occur to youTo love this meaninglessnessTo love thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1461850/ Oddly enough I used to believe In the old eye-for-an-eyeI too thought justice equals revengeUntil I heard the heavy footstepsOf an innocent man in the nightWalking about aimlessly in his cellWaiting to be sent to the gallows in the morningWould my heart have changed at allIf I'd heard footsteps of a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/shantanu337/1461846/