http://slow.writerscafe.org/ImagineYourself The original writings of author Paradoxical en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776070598 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I still don't know what to do,I don't know where to go,But I'm safe in knowingThat I have you.You're there when I need you,You're there when I call,And I'm so happy that IEven know you at all.I think that I love youMy friend, but no more,Because of who I amI must shut your open door.Promise me you'l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/998070/ Howcruel is itTokeep her tied like thisTokeep her bleedingDeathheavy like a kiss Acurtain of bloodSeparateshim from herButeven hell’s handCan’tmake their love deter Shecries out for his touchWantingmore than anything.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/996472/ I hate myself every time I do it,Every time I commit these sins.I regret it, I wish I hadn't,'Cause self-loathing is all it causes.And I wish I could hurt myselfAs a punishment for my crimes.I wish I could cut againJust to feel the pain of living.But I won't, I can't.Because my promises mean more to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/995531/ I'll make you laughWhile you cryI'll dry your tearsAs you lieJust tell me truthI won't pryI don't believeYou say you're fineI'll set you freeFrom your heartJust give it to meGive me a partI'll play for youShow you artI'll break you downBreak you apart http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/994516/ Hate, it's normal I supposeBut is it necessary?Why must people exhibit such emotionIn such hurtful ways... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/983722/ I remember youFrom that first partyWe were introducedAnd you captured meMonths went byI forgot about youBut when I saw you againI only saw the truthAgain, separationAnd again, we metYou didn't rememberBut I didI fell into you againShe gave me your numberAnd I stared at itFor hours, fearingYou didn't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/980242/ Why must everything have a meaning?Can we not write as humans do?Can there just be rhyme and no reason?Or must everything be a symbol?Picking apart every detailEach syllable, word, phrase, yesA word has a meaning in itselfBut can't we jumble them meaningless?Poets, we talk of the strangeAnd yet mean.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/978563/ I love that blonde beautyThe way she movesThe way she speaksBut she's been gone for weeksWhen will she return to me?As I lay down to dieAs I try to hold herBut I know she will neverHe's put her down before meCan I bring her backCan I save her lifeBut she's under the knifeI don't mind clinging to shr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/964697/ Play me a songTickle the ivoriesWith your tender loveYour finger tipsAnd let the lullabySlowly caress meAs I fall asleepInside my dreamsI'm held in a tranceIn your lovely embraceI never want to sleepBut I awake, arms emptyAnd I only want to believeSo I close my eyesSleepless, I will singThat lu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/958922/ All these wordsBleeding out onto paperPouring from our hearts as writersInk and parchmentHow the written word isIt's how we survive in this desolate worldWrite me a storyCraft your limerick and haikuYour words have no limit in these meaningsNo need for rhymeOr even flow and rhythmJust spread yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/956897/ Beautiful mystiqueAs you grasp my hand closerHold me to your loveCarelessly willingNever let go of the fearAnd carry me throughFiery oceansAnd frozen wastelands you seeAs we gallop homeNever reveal meOnly burning me insideEscape the warm chillHate me with beautyAnd love me with all your sinProtect t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/950739/ I had a dream last nightYou asked me what I fear mostNone of it felt rightBut I told you anywaysI said it was the one I loveThat she would fall over againTo people undeserving ofEverything she can beYou asked me who she wasAnd even though it hurt meI didn't want to say becauseIt's always been youYou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/948640/ I will light your scarsLike a cigaretteAnd feed your happinessLike a loving petI will heal your hurtsLike a doting drugAnd cool your tempersLike a soothing hugI will hide myselfLike a paintingAnd find you outWhile you're faintingI will keep you closeUnder my coverAnd treat you the sameAs if my lover.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/946888/ Why won't you hold meWhen I cry-Why don't you kiss meWhen I say-Why can't you hear meWhen I shout-When will you see me-I love youIt's so pointlessWanting youNeeding youLoving youIt's not worth my whileTo feel this wayBut I just can't stopWanting youNeeding youLoving youI wish I could stopWantingNeed.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/946523/ Corruption at its finest. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/945964/ She asked me what I was doingI said I was glancing aroundShe told me that she loved meAnd I just looked at the groundShe said I have to stopThat I can't be me anymoreShe said it was not rightAnd that burned me to the core"You can't do this, you can't do thatYou have to do what I say" and suchIt kill.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/945428/ I miss who you wereBut not who you areBecause I don't  think I can love that person ever againI miss how we could talkAbout anything under the sunBut I don't think ICan care for that person anymoreI told you to never speak to meThat I hated everything you saidAnd I don't think IWill ever t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/944442/ Losing youIt's like a part of me is dyingThat piece that's always been thereAlways kept me feeling strongI see you hold her handI feel no jealousy, only sadnessBecause it means what I already knowThat you've  been lost for a long timeYou never talk to me anymoreBarely spare a glance at meEven t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/944055/ Dear, can't you seeThat all they say And all they doIs worth nothing to me?It hurts, like hellBut we can make itWe can get throughWhere others have fellI love who you areEverything is rightIt's natural to feelLike you have won by farAnd I feel the sameSoftly singing to meTouch gentle skinIt's h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/940043/ LifeSuch a sad and lonely wordFar less terrifying than the real thing"But what is there to live for?"LoveFamilyFriendshipJust the natural beauty of the worldYou may not see itYou say that the world is too dirty"There's too much painAnd heartbreak"But move on, dearestLife is full of surprisesAnd you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/938465/ I never meant to give you upI only wanted you to get betterI couldn't be beside you for the hurtAnd I admit that I regret herI wish that it had been youThe one that would fall into loveMaybe we would have been differentIf I had kept you hiding aboveTogether, can we move on?I'd hoped you would forgiv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/894122/ Shoot me in the throatSteal away my weaponDefenselessDon't surrenderBreak all my bonesBurn me in the nightI'm restlessSubmissionChain up my wristsCreate my own hellI mourn thisSacrifice meIAmNoMoreBut aSoulless Vassal http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/864727/ Although I know it's the truthI loved that one but I hate herShe taught me how to liveBut then she broke meShe says her life is a messBut she made it that wayI tried to turn her rightBut she succumbed to the wrongMy girl is different nowShe made some bad decisionsBut she's working for the betterSo I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/862672/ Glowing incandescenceThe deepest shade of purpleBoiling, bubbling, burningFind your way home http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/842728/  DearMum and Dad, It'sbeen lonely here at Gramma's. We don't spend much time around each other. Gramdoesn’t really get into the holiday spirit either and it’s quite boring. Wedidn’t even get to put up decorations. As you know, Kelly’s birthday w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/840678/ I can't break youSo please don't leaveI can't live hereWithout youDon't say goodbyeUnless you really mean itThis can't be goodbyeBecause I still love you http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/839653/ But these tears I cryNo matter how hard I tryThey're my salvation http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825682/ Burn me in your gloryBurn me in your graceBurn me when I turn on youBurn till I'm erased http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825680/ The dark, the heartBeating in your chestThe black, the lackOf love beneath your breastWhy do you cry? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825675/ It's gone now, everything he's ever saidExcept for the things inside my headEverything about him inside of me is deadThe love has perished and hatred bredBut there are no tears that I would shedFor my gravestone is now my bridal bedThis anger you had built and fedIs burning like a book you've never .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825673/ I reached to touch himHe thundered "Leave me alone"I cried out but leftI look at this gunHe yells "don't do it"Too late, trigger pulledBlack http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825669/ It's cold sometimesSitting out hereIn my ow dark cornerWith nobody nearThere are voicesOff, far awayFloating past my earsStraining in the wayLike the sun on my bootsCurling brightlyOr the moon in my eyesDancing ever so slightlyThe Autumn hill glistensOn jeans and black coatsBut who ever listensExcep.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/825660/ They yell, they fightThey scream and cryThey love each otherBut they say goodbyeSomething doesn't workSomething must endIt's tearing them apartAnd someone must bend http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/805042/ He looks at me with a shy sweetnessHolding my hand, his love flawlessA light kiss on the cheek with a messA fire burning in our hearts like prowessBut it's not long before he turns on meDarkness filling the light that is keyEvery touch like death forced on the seaCompulsive lust overtaking our melee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/803056/ I don't like the colorI don't like the colorI don't... NoI do like the colorI do think it's prettyI just wouldn't wear thoughBut you wouldn't understandYou say I'm so blandBecause my closet is all blackAnd gray, and white, and denimYou say I'm so emoBecause of the colors I wearBut if you really unde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/794576/ Softly the lark singsFighting its way to daylightWill it reach the top? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/792173/ One is tall, dark haired, standing straight, and looking proudThe other is tall, dark haired, slumping over, and looking at the groundOne is short, blonde, wearing too much makeup, and batting her eyesThe other is short, blonde, wearing no mask, and avoiding her own liesOne passes the other in the h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/792140/ Your voice is still implanted in my headEven though you're long goneYour last words still echo in my earsEven though they've long since fallen silentI still have your number in my phoneJust to remind me that you were once mineI still have your last messages savedJust to remind me how insane you were.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/789123/ I wonder, if I dieWould it matter?Would he be sad that he hurt me?Would she ever know how I love her?My parents would cryBut they'd move onMy friends would cryBut they'd move onAnd he would never knowHe'd spend the rest of his days hating meNot knowing that my last wordsThat I said to him were liesI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/789120/ When everything feels hollowAnd tears come without me calling themWhen the memories surface And play back scenes I don't want to seeEverything is just so blandFlavorless and devoidI can't feel what I usually doAnd anything I touch seems to screamThose screams fill my earsEchoing in my blank min.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/787041/ I asked my mother a questionNot expecting an answerBut there she was and proved me wrongAnd she said what had never been saidI asked my mother a questionAnd it went something like this:"What's the best thing that's ever happened to you?"And she replied what had never been saidI asked my mother a que.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/784831/ Some would call me sickSome say I'm a messSome, not many, tell me thatI'll never be the bestBut I am who I amAnd I like what I likeAnd if you have a problemThen please put up a strikeBut I won't ever changeNot for anyone, not for youI'll keep being who I amI'll keep searching for my truthI don't car.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/784284/ I want you toLay with meStay with mePray with meI want you toHold me tightSee my lightWatch me shinePlease, won't youHear me out?Hear me shout?Please don't doubtI can love youAlways, foreverI can be betterWe'll be togetherI won't alwaysCall your nameBring you shameCause you painI'll be there toHelp .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/784245/ You dress up all niceWith your too short skirtsand your too low topsWith your gaudy jewelryand your caked on makeupYou speak all properlySaying "like" every other f*****g wordWith an "um" thrown in tooComplaining about your boyfriendBecause he wants to f**k you too muchYou act all confidentThrowing .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/782783/ Dear Suicide,How are you?I'm doing just fineActually that's a lieI'm not doing alrightDear Suicide,How's it going?I'm getting along wellActually not so swellI'm just saying farewellDear Suicide,What's been up?I'm doing some stuffActually it's pretty roughI'm not all that toughDear Suicide,Where are .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/781881/ Give me back my heartGive me back my loveDon't tell me I never gave itIn your childish wayDon't tell me you never took itEach and every dayBut you don't understandAnd that you never willBy force you took what was mineYou took and took and took untilFinallyThere was no moreGive me back my heartGive m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/781807/ A single lamp burned in the corner of a library on the second floor of a large mansion in London. Its fiery fingers reached outside of the glass, illuminating the letters on the spines of the books that lines the shelves. The soft yellow glow lit up the whole room, touching every inch of the wooden .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/781186/ I have to be strongerStronger then youStronger then usI have to be betterBetter then who I wasBetter then we wereI have to keep movingEven though I want to cryI want to run to youTo scream at youTo be held by youI want to run from youTo hide my feelingsTo protect you from meIf you don't understandSo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/776771/ You told me not to lie to youYou told me to always tell the truthBut then you go and lie to me?How is it that I couldn't see?Why couldn't I tell that you were wrong?Why didn't I hear you weren't singing my song?And now you're crying "sorry" to meHow stupid do you think that I could be? Did you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/770581/ She’s like poison in my bloodHer memory haunts me insideI can’t forget her touchOr how many nights I cried The way her body movedWhen her lips touched my skinAnd whenever she whispered“Where do we begin?” I loved those lips.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ImagineYourself/753022/