http://slow.writerscafe.org/CherylF The original writings of author Cheryl en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776033612 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I walk up the balmy beachOn a warm summer eveningI watch the sky kiss the seaAnd turns a pretty blush.I remember how you'd steal kisses Just to hear me giggle The memories never fade No matter how much I try.You're simply here to be And you're who I always see.The waves crash l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/2923246/ Look me in the eyes. Do you see the shadows of a bird? Caught in a golden cageYet, not fighting to get free, Resigned to it's fateThat you'll never let it fly. Look at my hands. Do you see the lines scarring my skin? These lines speak of my pastAnd the gnawing presentYo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/2823235/ Every day I pass you byYou never even look my way.Every day I turn aroundJust to catch another glimpse of you.Everyone is in love with youGirls for looks, guys for style.Everyone sees your maskWhile I see the face behind.Every thing you do is fakeNot the real you that I know.Every thing is just a pl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1811048/ It's like only yesterday When I made my great escape.I might have been weakBut I did not break.I gave you everything All you ever did was take.I was stupid and young Yet I did not break.It took me ten yearsTo realize you're a snake.I might have been an innocent But I did no.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1802690/ I'm just a tiny girlWho is insignificant as a moth.I may not be strong I may not be able to lift a mountain But I can care deeply And I can care for you.I'm just a silly girl With stars shining in her eyes.I may not be cleverI may not solve the world's problems But I can always.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1801169/ Someday you'll knowWhy my eyes sought you out.One day you'll know What you meant beyond any doubt.Someday I'll know Fear wasn't worth me backing down.One day I'll knowMy mistakes would make me frown.Someday we'll know We lost a fight we never fought.One day we'll knowThe le.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1796173/ Say what you willIt won't change anything.We are what we areYour judgements don't mean a thing.Yet that would be a lieIf it never affects us in the least.But we'll never show it outIt would be a strength to your beast.Bully us all you wantOur struggles keep us strong.You thin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1768319/ Far away I have to goWith an empty space in my soulDefeated and withdrawn, left hollowWithout you, I'd never be whole.A dream- to have you come with meTo cross planets and a million starsFly away like birds, uncaged and freeBecause this world is ours, simply ours.But our time has.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1755779/ All the while I wished and hopedTo free away from bonds so closeWhich always kept me leashed and ropedWith invisible twines to be obeyed by force.Little did I know what they meantThese bonds that I forever despised?Now I realize they were God sentBut it's too late to have been realiz.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1755771/ My heart, threatening to break freeEven when exiled by my head's decree.Filled with bloodied tears, left unshedBut some things are best left unsaid.You always seem to think I'm strongSweetie, you've got it all wrong.I'm barely hanging by a threadBut some things are best left unsaid.My face may be ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1742593/ Saw a beautiful girlSitting on the broken pavement.Cold and lonely, refusing to unfurlStaring into the distance, blank and vacant.Wonder what's in her beguiling mindSorrow, hatred, vengeance or shame?Perhaps all of it, bound and twinedDragging her into darkness while Satan laid claim?May be she need.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1731919/ Caught in a blank space warpThe time between turning a page and closing the bookA meandering road with a curve so sharpThe world spinning on an axis which is crook.Everything and everyone arranged to perfectionBut that's just the bird's eye view.On a closer look, there is no connectionIt's chaos in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1730825/ You said it was just a flingLeaving behind a remnant broken wingWith the white shadow of a ring. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1711732/ I have a very strange obsessionAnd it is called logolepsy.Unique words led to its successionThough I know I wouldn't end up with a baronetcy!It may seem grandiloquentBut it is something very orphic.It turns me into a scripturientAnd I happen to think it's very chic.Maybe an example would sufficeI am.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1711684/ Chaos, a close friend of mineBut in it is my safe havenSpreading through me like a vineColoring my soul a cold black in the shade of raven.It's like a slow poisonFlowing through my rusting veinsMaking my heart devoid of any emotionWith no more pretenses to feign.My soul may be filled with blacknessB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1704541/ There she sat in quiet contemplationSurrounded by throngs of strangersWho seem to be drowning in a world of tensionEach unaware of the fear coursing through her like the forest fires.We have become a self-centered generationThere's no space for persons like herNot a single one who'd comfort her from.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1698375/ Tell me somethingabout yourselfSomething which noone else knows.Something I cankeep for myselfIn the darkrecesses of my mind's rows. It may be yourthoughts or insecuritiesYour luck, memoriesor secrets.Just about anythingwith possibilitiesOr everythi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1661337/ Heartbroken and lonely, that's what in you I sawI know the reason 'coz I broke the news to youBeing truthful, that's my greatest flawI couldn't let you live in a lie, it's such a sad view.Beat beat pause, beat beat pauseThe way it sounds is so beautiful.This is a feeling I wouldn't want to tossWhat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1657724/ She clambered through the lonely trailSeeing the golden shore before her, unveil.She heard the excited cackle of her sweet daughterHappiness broke through with a bubbling laughter.The beach filled her with calm and peacePent up sorrows seem to ceaseThe crashing waves like unique musicSpreading throu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1649011/ Three years apart, it's a long gapIt always seemed to disappear just with a snap.The apple of mum's eye, you may beBut happiness you bring coz you're the key.There are times I dislike youThere are more times I simply love youThere are times I want to throw you off the rooftopRush down just in time t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1638101/ Do emotions have the power to make or break?Or do we stress on them so much, it simply derives it thereon?Are we foolish enough to let them rule and takeEverything that we cherish, we become a mere pawn?Grudges, resentment, spite, envy or feeling green, So many synonyms for a minute emotion lik.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1638048/ Have you ever fleetingly wonderedWhat silence is all about?Is it like being temporarily deafenedOr a way to get oneself out?I've had silence throughout my lifeIt's been my companion even before time.It has helped me live life without strifeCoz all along this journey my life has been a mime.I sometim.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1628775/ The tears kept streaming downStreaming down my sunken cheekSorrow awash, these eyes speakA confused mind, my thoughts drown.A hollow soul with a deep frownAlways judged as the silent freak.Isn't comfort what I seek?But shallow stares haunt this town.Comfort, here she comes and saysIt's alright if yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1626920/ As a child I always wonderedWhen will the next time soon arrive?The count of days never falteredUntil the second your footsteps came alive.And now, not a single day goes byWhen you're not here in my lifeNot a single night without a lullabyWhere sleep comes abandoning its strife.Blood may not be what.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1626897/ I'm being torn apartApart by thoughts of priorities.They seem to plague my caged heartWhy isn't there free sureties?Enveloped by the ceaseless chaosLeft to despair, crying in the dark.Drowning in my constant state of pathosNothing remains that'll leave its permanent mark.Haunted by an abominable pas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1626887/ What is pain?I asked myself over and over again.Is it physical, mental or emotional?Or simply a concept to forget the unforgettable?What is pain?I asked everyone over and over again.But everyone knew the physical oneIs the mental or emotional pain a secret not undone?What is physical pain?I asked ev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1611535/ I'm not lonelyThat's where you're mistakenI'm just a person loneBut your belief stands unshaken.There's a thin line of differenceBut your judgement is centeredYou beg no deferenceHence your actions are mirrored.You think my stance as arrogantPerhaps even bordered on maniacalI simply am ignorant'Coz .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1611528/ A new beginningA whole new chapter in my bookLike a new turn in a meandering brookTime to move on, the wheels spinning.Liberation, such an unknown feelingEvery step taken is tread so slowlyEvery mistake is judged so closelyThe thoughts in my head are left reeling.My destination seems like a far off .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1609928/ I carry your heartI carry it in my heartA poem, in my mind engravedThat keeps me going through life's charade.It came to me through death's embraceTwined our fingers for journey's paceDistance left my soul to bleedBut words, my fuel, a fire to feed.'Time heals', so I've been toldNone to guide, left .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/CherylF/1609581/