http://slow.writerscafe.org/Leah84 The original writings of author Vertigo en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776021473 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 The afternoon crowThe soundless waves of motionBefore the storm could break break breakA heart-beat-sun I could hardly breatheI could hardly takeAnd I continue to followI continue to runInto the light of the mid-day sun http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/622644/ Making the change that is omnipresent in the red glowOf the sky that held usAnd there is wonder in soundBringing me back down with dilating irises And bent kneesAnd the waves upon waves of green grassI am the only settling that I knowAnd it is in these memories that have kept meMore awake than in dr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/621223/ We all debate it...but there is nothing more true than the sound and the waves and the motion of how we meet between goodbyes------------------------------------------------------------ Time can hold us so stillAnd I would dream at 16...I could flyAs I reach my hand for that familiar graspCompromisi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/621202/ Born of willow treesBorn from lionsAnd their golden eyesHidden mysteriesUnited livesBorn of their bloodIn heat and rage A requited love in the stormWhen I was first held my breath and saw the sky http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/616602/ The cause of this Like dew that melts through Could you understand how we breathe under the sun?The mounting rise in my chestRain will always fall leaving trails on my skinAnd the damp chill is a comfortAgainst the flow through faint eye lidsWonder is an unknown flight of winded breathLike the light.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/613733/ The endless depths of supernova irisesHolding this fountain of youthLike a featherOr a waterfallAnd we rise to the inevitable crossing streamsI am night-feltAmber stillUnder the sunless reverberations And soundless autumn windsThat pull at me as I stand under every known constellat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/613075/ <3 him http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/611752/ This light, oh secret morning stillnessWhen I can see my breathAnd hold the skyCounting the distanceBetween you and IQuiet steps I take through golden fieldsAnd I wake in calmI am the eye As well as the stormAnd I have been following you in my dreamsBursting to breathe in endlessly through these sea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/611370/ The blue black surroundingThe faded poundingOf a single heartbeatAs if humanity could breathe with a life of its ownI am underneath it allThis silent beingThe masses could never guess with their plight for religionWhat if the accidental calling could bring lifeAnd kill fate for what its worth...With.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/611066/ I am crowded with shallow aches Like cracked ice and every shining breakFinding it a mistakeBut I learned too lateI walked the thin lineI am running out of time with the constant tickingThe loss of sunsThe cradling clock The constant thrummingThe timid knock The sound of falling in quiet stepsAnd I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610885/ Imperfect reflections cast upon cracked stained glass windowsI breathe in the coolness of morningHearing nothing but my soft stepsI love the feel of old abandoned churchesAnd the lonely echos that emanate within their wallsIt reminds me of times when love meant somethingThough God is such a mythTo k.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610565/ This love only crossing beams of lucid starlight clouded in waitingWithin the dark spaces betweenUnderneath irises holding these universal followings Of winter night skiesThat have held you and IAnd I just want to be felt among the frigid constellationsTo draw our names to feel the flames just to un.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610340/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610330/ I was the amber irisIn falling lightAnd I would climb a mountainIn order to face a new worldWith the weight of countless memories Held on a butterfly's wingI close my eyesAnd you remain namelessYetI can feel your heartbeatThrough my palmsI close my eyes in the silenceJust.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610324/ Its like dreaming aliveUnderneath this fallow morningWhere there is nothing but mistAnd the ashI open my eyes to this lossThis sunriseThat refuses to bring bring bringThe light we needUntil I breathe How is it so endless...this falling...Through my chestI am fleeting, wanted, depressedBeautiful and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/610087/ Nothing is ever the same and nothing is ever worth doing when you have to do it alone... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/609948/ Making time to breathe in the pages of a bookCarrying the only light that has held meIn every sunlit window where I would sit and wonderIn my dreams we are awakeEven in the solemn moments when I feel the lonelinessAnd the ebbing silence that draws me into myselfWe wear our human skinBut I know where.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/609926/ Thrumming your guitar strings with that knowing glanceHave we stood so far?And I can feel the vibrations through and throughWith the flow of your voice Remember me you say...As I am http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/609913/ Only to be heard through this shallow breathingThe shy interludes when I stand so farApartThe silentUnmoving glanceAnd no one would guess...No one considers what brings this underlying frictionBetween how we areAnd the apathy that lingersAnd only I...I count the days like stars when every light fade.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/609293/ How to fathom these petals that have held my youthIn silent awakening daysWhen I would just lie in the grassWhen the honeysuckle mornings would riseMy days of simplicityAs I would fall into the quietOh how I fathom these petals That have held my youth... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/609066/ Within every summer sunLiving in heatWith the solemn settingOf the unforgottenLiving in the rising The reflections of shallow poolsWith fingers running throughUnder the windBreathing inUnsaid The last The falling And the lights in your eyes are out of reachWith the sile.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/608460/ Dragonfly hearts underneath autumn skiesI breathe this calling that we all once knewClenched hands and dilated pupils Rising against the sunset waiting always in its only stillnessI watch my shadow unfoldAnd wonderI have loved...And I have knownI have fallen underneath the weight of a featherBright .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/608451/ I hold warmth in my handsWith the brewing silence as I look through the windowNothing but the silence and the familiar scent of coffeeWith the crisp cold and skeletal trees And winter skiesFlowing memory that holds me through countless awakeningsThe past has always wandered through my mind at these .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/608196/ Carrying the weight of something you can't explainCreation in its only fallWhen the night skies lose their light under a red moonAnd it is a solemn undertakingI carry the weight of something I can't explainThis is life's bane http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607915/ The suns haven't changed the morning doves that swimAs I am more awake...than aliveAnd the shoulder breaks through the oncoming stormBreathing these shadows for eyes http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607906/ Temporary embodimentCrossing streams held at lengthWith the redeemed in risingAnd I looked through the glassWith pressed handsAnd my mouth would curveWith our present stateAnd you would smile through the glassDrawing the outline of my eyesOpen and sunlitStrewn with a bare historyAnd i was built on m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607570/ See them fall within the breath of autumnKnowing the waves 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resonate in my mindIn the sunOf all the wonderBetween who I wasAnd the silence that held me underI had known better weatherFrail leaf withstandingLife is more than the stress and tiesThat held meSeizing storms guide me where there is soundAnd the radi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607384/ The warmth becomes familiarAs we would breathe just to see if the daylight would fall under usLike thunder waking with its unbroken quiet tumbleAnd we are so far unlike lightFiltering through your sun-like irises when they awaken over meAnd we would cradle the inevitableWith the pass.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607383/ "Walk with me," I would say and he would close his eyes and sigh "I only have one day left before this is over Leah"I watched him for a moment as the light through the window played along his skin It wouldn't take long for me to realize the ties between us would be broken,I left oblivious an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607149/ It is the sudden chill that brings me back to autumnEmbracing wind with trails leaving strandsAnd I am more than this with slight armsAnd clenched handsSpeaking with clouded breath and widened eyesTo the frigid stillness...And autumn held usIn that momentFaded wonder falling within.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/607005/ I was born with my legs in motionWith that sundress wrapping aroundLike the windEven as the earth moved to the sunWe had our own partingA grand awakening And we dreamed grand dreams...And there were no angelsBesides the shadows that follow our very stepsWith the only distanceHe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Leah84/606999/