http://slow.writerscafe.org/minicoop The original writings of author minicoop en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776117530 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Take a Second to Breathe.Take a second to think; Take a second to see how far you've come,And how far you still must go.Take a second to seeHow you're no longer trembling in fear,But take a second to rememberThat you're still healing.And that you still may fallAnd break, and hurt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1612495/ I've always been scaredOf that one little word:LoveIt holds so much weight,Even if it is not oftenUsed as such a weighty word.Yet I've said I to you,And I'll say it again:I love you.I love you deeperThan the Ocean's own depths,So rich and so vastThat every time we are s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1599487/ For HerYou may see yourselfAs this flightless birdWho’s barred mentally,as well as physically,of reaching your true potential. Maybe that’s because you can’tSee all there is to see about you. You’re right though,You are a bi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1574571/ I am Queer,And I grew up hereIn this churchOn its southern perch. I loved God unabashedlySo I listened to the words preached,I heeded the lessons taught,And I learned what were sins- And what were not. Yet I was a child,And soon I wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1570000/ I said it was a metaphor,I said I didn’t care.But what was I aiming forWhen I tried to hold your stare? I know it’s just a gameAnd I know that you don’t see,But I can’t help to feel lameWhenever you look at me. So I tried to f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551636/ These blurry skiesKeep me up at night,And in my ponderingI realize I am not alright. My heart beats,And I freezeAs that icey hand seizes my neckAnd I realize I am not alright I am a burning cometAnd I am stuttering;I no longer know who I amThen I realize- My emotions have taken contro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551634/ Pretty FingersShe has such pretty fingers,I watch as she moves those pretty fingersTo make her instrument sing.They’re mesmerizing;And as I follow the movement of her penGliding effortlessly across the page-I become jealous of that pen,For it has a lifetime to b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551633/ I think I’m a pyromaniac;Isn’t it comforting to know there’s a force out there thatcanDestroy whole forests and buildings in one go?I’d like to think so. Did you know that burning copper penniesReleases such a potent smell of copperThat it l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551631/ Remember those days When the world was yours for the takingAnd nothing could hold you back from mistaking?When you said yesEven against the hardest of tests? Remember WhenYou fell in love with everything you sawWhen you were in love with the world; in love with i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551628/ I turned on the TVAnd the news was on,Ranting about all the current issuesThat we care so much and so little about-All it caused was stress and anxiety within me.So I turned it off My mom baked cookies today-And not just a batch,A total of three batches!A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551627/ How amazing it must be,To see an image in your headAnd draw it out as it was seenHow amazing it must beTo see a scene to be readAnd write it out so breathlesslyHow amazing it must be,To hear it insteadAnd play it out so perfectlyHow amazing it must be,How amazing it must be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551625/ I think I’ve forgotten how to function.Don’t get me wrong,I still move and talk and breathe and blink,But I think I’ve forgotten how to live.Don’t get me wrong,I still laugh and love and hate and think,But I think I’ve forgotten how this goes,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551620/ Her laugh makes mesmileHer heart makes mesingHer face makes medance Wither her I ambetter,So much better. With her I am happy,So much happier. With her I am safer,So much saferThan I ever knew Icould be. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551619/ I only expressthrough words.I could stare at anempty canvas itching to draw,But nothing happens;That canvas remainsempty. But the words!Oh, the words come soeasily;They flow out beforeI can stopThey always come andgoLike a consistentbreeze in th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551616/ If I were to write a thousand wordsYou,Would not understandIf I were to wait outside your doorYou,Would not seeIf I were to hold you tightYou still,Would not feel You do not knowYou do not seeYou do not feel And if I were to tell you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551612/ What’s in a seed?It’s just a seed,Just a small little thingOne of many the same;Barely the size of a dime.They hardly make it anyhow. I am nothingI am worthlessI am one among many,I am no different.I am tiny in the world;I make no diff.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551610/ I want to cry-And I don’t know whyI am in love with you-And I don’t know whyYou don’t look at me that way-And I don’t know why I don’t know why I feel these things,But I doAnd I feel like I’m drowning,Every time I&rsquo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551607/ The swishing of dresses,The clinking of glassesAnd the floor below me has turned into a sparkling skyWhile I dance a mile high. I am surprised by your smile;It melts my heart for a while.I am a washed in this feelingAnd you are sowilling. I bask in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1551604/ I am constantly embarrassed by my own adorationOf your beautiful faceSo I look away before you catch me staring.I promise I don't hate youEven though I may seem put off or distant-But your presence fills theentire room with its effervescent glow.I cant breathe around you,But i won stop breathing inB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1547766/ I know I’m beingsilly,But every time shemakes me laugh,I always forget myplace. I catch myselfblushing-Stupid me,Why am I blushing? It was just a smileIt was just a hugIt was just a wink And yet my heart won’tstop.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/minicoop/1547764/