http://slow.writerscafe.org/xx13rulesxx The original writings of author caitlin en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776020016 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Run,Run far away,Run to the edge of the Earth,To the edge of the worldAway from this madness,Away from this life of chaos.Take my handAnd together we will run,We will run across land,Across oceans,We will run across the worldUntil we’ve reached the edge of the Earth,Unt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812962/ Inspired by the quote, "Though time and distance keep us physically apart, our hearts are side by side." -Viyanna Rosemarie Langager http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812957/ I’m waiting,My love,Waiting for you to return to me.You’ve been gone for so long,Gone to fight a battle That no other man could win,Gone to fight in a warTo protect our beautiful empire.I wait here,In the very place I was When you rode away on your horse.I watch,A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812951/ Originally written for a contest on Allpoetry. This is a piece about the blood countess Elizabeth Bathory If you don't know who she is you can google her but I'll warn you her story is very disturbing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812506/ Dear most beloved,It has occurred to meThat I have yet to speak to youThe words I’ve been meaning to sayFor oh so very long now.You see,There’s a small secret That I’ve managed to keep hidden from youFor many year now…Perhaps I am wrong to say it is a sma.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812492/ Most pass her on the streetAnd pretend she’s not there,Some take a single glanceAnd quickly turn away With a look of disgust. It seems that no one takes the timeTo consider her story.It seems that no oneIs willing to look pastThe deep red marksThat show so brightUnder her.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812491/ Oh the things that you could do to meIf you had more than just two hands,Oh the ways that you could thrill meIf you had more than just ten fingers.Can you imagine all the waysThat you could touch me,All the ways that you could feel me,And all the ways that you could love meIf you had.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/812489/ Inspired by the quote "One cannot love and be wise." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/811404/ Inspired by this quote, "The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along." -Rumi http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/811188/ You left meOut here in this fieldAmong the browning blades of grass,Out here in the rain,And when you leftYou took with youThe strands of leafy green hairThat once hung from the weeping willow tree.You left meOut here in this field,Out here in this mournful rain,And now here I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/811177/ Love comes and love goes,It is born and then it dies Only to be reborn once more.It restsOn the petals of roses,Petals of many colors.I’ve seen love Rest on the petals of yellow roses,This is the love of a friendship,And I’ve seen love Rest on the petals of red roses,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809974/ Remember the nightWe confessed our loveTo one another?It was raining that night,Tears were pouring From the clouds aboveAs we left the theaterUnaware of how one felt about the other.We were going to walk home,But you began to shiverIn the cold of the tear dropsFalling from some.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809973/ I’ve fallen for you,Fallen from the Heavens,Crashed through the clouds.I try to make my wingsCarry me up high once more,But no matter how hard I tryThey simply will not.I’ve fallen for youAnd now I knowThat to fall for youWas a mistake.I gave awayA life in Parad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809869/ I originally wrote this for a contest on AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809517/ My love,It seems to beThat there lies an ocean between us,But I beg thee,Do not fret.For I will walk upon the water,For I will swim across this oceanThat has placed itself between usSo that I may reach you,And be with you once again. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809087/ I never really had you,You were never mine,And now you’ve gone awayAnd miss you as ifYou’d always been mine.I suppose I could have had you,If only I had asked you to be mine,If only I had used verbal wordsRather than writing themOn that rose red sheet of paperSprayed .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/809071/ I’m not sure if you can see it,Not sure if I’ve made it obvious,Not sure if you could tellBy the notes I’ve sent you,The words that I’ve written.I’m not sure if you know or not, But I’m falling back in love with you.I’m not sure if you knew b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/808621/ You stole my heartLike a thief in the night,You stole it and ran away with it.I searched for it, Searched for my heart for so long,But I couldn’t find itNo matter how hard I looked.I guess I should have knownThat it was you who had stolen my heartLike a thief in the night.N.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/808619/ She’s got a sensual touch,One that matches my own.Her fingers raise GoosebumpsWhen they caress my bare arms,And my lips quiverWhen her fingers trace their lines.Her hands make me shiver,And her arms make me melt.She turns me to ice,And then lights me on fire.When she holds .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806469/ I’ve got one more chanceTo make my life right, To turn things around,Change in me what needs to be changed,One more chance fix the mistakes I’ve made.I’ve got one more chanceTo make you see,Make you understand,To make it perfectly clear to you,One more chance to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806468/ In the simple blink of an eyeEverything seems to just disappear,And time seems to just pass us by.In the simple blink of an eyeA childhood vanishes into thin air,And an entire life seems to fade away.In the simple blink of an eyeThings seem to go from bad to worse, And no one see.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806466/ I don’t belong here, This place isn’t for me,And I can’t wait till the dayThat I can finally break awayAnd find the freedom I’ve been searching for.I don’t belong here, I can tell I’m not wanted hereBy the looks I receive,And the hateful words I .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806459/ Another 9/11 poem transferred from AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806458/ Another 9/11 poem transferred from AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806457/ Another 9/11 Poem that I'm transferring from AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806452/ I wrote this on 9/11 about 9/11. It's been on AllPoetry since then, but I haven't gotten the chance to transfer it until now. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806450/ Fear is a treacherous And torturing feeling.Often it is nothing more That an illusionCreated within our minds,A trick played by our eyesOr our ears,By our sense of touch,Perhaps even by smell or taste,But most of allIt is a trick that our heartPlays on our mind,Especially whe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806445/ Originally written for a contest on AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806442/ I keep trying to escape The tight grasp of your arms,But you won’t let me go.We’re miles and miles apart,But you’ve still got a hold on me,And there’s not a chanceThat I’ll be able to break free.I can’t get you out of my mind,Every time I try to lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806441/ I originally wrote this for a Halloween contest on AllPoetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806440/ Shh my dear,Close your swollen eyesAnd drift into darkness;Embrace the silence that surrounds you,Let the night skyTake you in it's arms,And dance with youOn the gray clouds overhead;Let the night's somber lullabyFill your ears,And send you into a trans;Let hallucinations fill your clouded mind,As s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806041/ originally written for a contest on AllPoetry. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806035/ Inspired by a really creepy instrumental song called "the trial" by a band called attrition. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806033/ I’ve hung from the gallows of heartache,Hung from them for so longBarely able to breathe,Barely able to hold onTo the life that my heartache tried so hard To steal away,Until you cut me down,Until you rescued me From the gallows of heartacheThat I’d hung from for so lon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806026/ Jennifer’s mother carried the last box into their new apartment and set it down in the small living room, among the other boxes. “Do you want to help me unpack?”Jennifer looked at the boxes in the living room. There weren’t many of them, but the size of the living r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806006/ A girl and her mother move to a small town haunted by the janitor of an old Asylum and the spirits of children who he took as his victims in the past. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/806005/ I don’t know if it was the scentof the perfume that I had just sprayed in my bedroom or the old music that wasplaying on my radio that brought on the flashback of a memory from someforgotten time. But, I know it had to have been one of those two things. I’mnot really sure why.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805992/ I can’t focus,Can’t concentrate,Can’t think about anythingOr anyone but you.You’re like a fogThat is clouding my mind.I can’t take my mind off you,Can’t get you out of my head.I keep thinking about how much I love you,How much I wish you were b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805667/ Love if a horribly beautiful thingThat fills one with joyWhile ripping ones heartInto tiny little pieces.Love is the best friendWho you believe in and trust in,Who stabs you in the back,And stabs you in the heart.Love will lift you highAnd then throw you on the ground.Love wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805651/ I know in the pastYou’ve been hurt,I know you’ve been betrayed,I know your heartHas been torn into pieces.I can see it all in your eyes.I can see the pain that you hideIn the tears you so desperately tryTo hold inside.Baby you can cryWhen you’re with me,You ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805641/ If looks could killThen I’d be dead,And you’d be the prime suspect.If looks could killThen I’d have been buried long ago,And you would have walked away,Shovel in hand.If looks could killThen every time you’re around meI’d be fighting for my life.If l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805472/  I’ve been trying real hardTo forget you,To leave you in my past,Just a shadow stuck in a corner,A file locked away in a cabinet,Just another person that I once new,But it’s harder than you know.You see There’s something’s you might not know.You might.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805465/ I’m rewriting our song,The one they always used to play,The one we’d sing toAnd dance all night to.I’m rewriting our song,Taking out all of them,And adding just you and me,Just the way it should be.I’m rewriting our song,Making it ours,Our own personal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805303/ Our first mistakeWasn’t falling in love,It wasn’t holding each otherIn desperate arms, Or intertwining lonely fingers.Our first mistake Wasn’t flirting with each otherTo make our feelings known,It wasn’t the smiles we sharedOr the kisses we wish we could hav.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805287/ These four wallsCould tell stories of centuries past,They could talk all night long,Speak of the things they’ve heard,The horrors their invisible eyes have seen.These four wallsKnow more than any human could,They’ve heard more, And seen moreThen you or I could ever im.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805271/ My heart fluttersLike a butterfly flapping it’s wingsEndlessly,Tirelessly.It hurts like hellThis damn fluttering,And my breath catchesSomewhere deep in my throat.I need youLike water and oxygen.Without you I can not breathAnd my heart cries out.I can’t take .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805264/ The thought Of your sweet cherry tongueMixed with your honeysuckle lipsMakes me ooze with lust and desire.To me,You are betterThen the finest,Most delicious chocolate .When I’m with you,I prefer white wine to red,Cream to milk…… Of course with youI could s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805242/ These dreamsGo on all day and all night,Because I carry you with meEvery second of everyday.These dreamsAre meaninglessUnless it is your faceThat I see before my eyes.These dreams Are what carry me through the day.You are the oneWho carries me through the day. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805238/ Sally had never really been overwhelmingly angry with Paul for his cheating. However, this time it was different, this time he was falling in love. She kept telling herself that it couldn’t be true. But when Paul came home late several times, smelling like the same girl, she knew it ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805234/ The smell of stale perfume and last night’s affairs still lingered in the toxic air of the dimly lit room. Paul looked around at each of the candles placed strategically in different places around the small bedroom. The sheets on the bed still lay pushed to the edge of the bed in the s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/xx13rulesxx/805233/