http://slow.writerscafe.org/Megan%20E%20Merritt The original writings of author Megan E Twenter en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775964445 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I never thought that heart acheCould come while you're in loveOnly thought it followed heart breakNot two hearts as oneI never thought missing someone...I'd ever feel this pain Never thought that having someoneCould make me feel this wayAnd although I know you love meAnd that y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2091108/ Ive had writers block for yearsor so it seemsso much time has passedbut nothing unseenI want to tell you everythingExactly who I amHow I got here, Why I stay herebut its hard to understandI know that I am needymaybe because Im insecurebut I try to leave my baggageat the last closed doorI know that I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2089594/ I've heard the word so many timesI read up on the meaningSo many family and friends affected bybut never knew the feelingIts like the world just loses colorturns into blurry visionthen white and grey, they turn to blackand your heart surpasses beatingYour stomach starts to twist and turnyour brain, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2089592/ Wandering in isolationliving life in desolationwaking up with revelationfueling life with new starvationsat in darkness, sat in silencelied in misery, head full of violencenew days are dawning, heart of defiancefill me with elation, my new alliance http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2064635/ You came in like a ghostmy own haunted dreamyou didn't say a wordbut you were looking for meI followed you slowlyas you ascended the stairsmy own heart's possessionyou were already thereYou came like a violencefast and ready to pushI fell into silenceI fell into the rushYou came like a waveon the sh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2064388/ a whistle in the windthe leaves on breezea dew on the grassI wait for nights like theseA warm cozy hoodieand a pair of high socksa dimly lit fireI await for the knocka haunted feelinga ghost of my reflectionit must be Octobermy hearts main selectionthe scent of nostalgiacinnamon and clovesa long str.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2064380/ There sits a house so whiteon the slightest hillwith a stream to the righta single rose on the window sillthe air smells of summerof a fresh cut lawna dog sleeping at the foot of the bedsmall breaths asleep till dawnthere's a little girl laughingas a little boy chasesthere's a woman taking picturesa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2062896/ What's this feeling?My mind is warpedDare this be meLooking back at me?Is it love or is it fear,That makes my heart race when you're near?What's a future,Is this mine?Is it you?Is it time?Years spent cold, lost beneathThe hollow shell i used to be.Have i cracked?Am .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2062711/ I've been beatenI've been brokenBusted upBeen abusedI've been fightingThrough the lighteningOf this lifeI've had to choose I've been shakenI've been put downI've been scaredAnd alone Even in the arms of one manYou can't feel a sense of homeI've been cryingI've b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/2060437/ The first time you hurt me
Was when I realized that I loved you
I forgave you and never looked back 
I would have ripped out my heart for youThe second time you hurt me
Was when I learned I couldn’t trust you
But I really thought I needed you
.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1860696/ I wanted to love youYou watched me burnIn front of your eyesCaught up in your liesAnd yet your pride was worth moreThe difference between a man and a boyIs one will acquit while the other liesAnd if a woman is breakingAnd she's in faint of heartThen that man will be torn apart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1739949/ Last night I watched you cryYou came to me with an open heartYou told me that you loved meAnd I held your handLast night I didn't cryI held my heart togetherI listened to your wordsAnd I felt your hand on my faceFor four days I had been cryingFor four days I've been aloneI'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1739650/ The times that fall in betweenwhen youre in love and meant to be freeyou equate yourself to lonilessbecause without someone there's only thisi only miss you when im drunkand im alone in my bedbecause our relationshipshouldnt leave us in eachothers headsthe secrets that you whisperand all that im to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1661827/ I lie in a bed that only sleeps oneAnd it seems I can't feel the defeatI constantly awaken to the morning sunWhich is all that gives my body heatI thought this would feel much more lonelyWithout your dresser in my roomBut atleast now when I do the laundryIn the baskets it does not si.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1655616/ The thoughts that consume me Unreasonable and rashAre a direct effectOf the ice that won't lastI am not faint of heartSometimes I wish I wasCause my mind overpowersWith a bullshit facadeI swore I'd never grow upAnd I'd never changeBut the person I wasIs nothing I became.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1490042/ The heart speaks notof hurtful thingsin the time with youupon the second springAnd the mind does restwhen present is trustand it is but lovenot naivety nor lustWhen the night is upon isand the air is coolwhen hand in handI feel not a foolWhen the sun is risingand does glimmer your lipsI lie in waiti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1392634/ SilenceSuch silencebut the wind of the fanand the breath of a dogIn darknessnot darkestto the flame of lighterto the simmer of a logIn comfort, In safetyIn house or in carIn life, In deathin bed or in barThe warmth in the airand the cotton of your shirtyour scent lingers in waitingfor freshening wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1388928/ We waste away in worriesof what tomorrow may bringbut we don't relinquish all our thoughtson what today could beWe wake up in the morningand think damn, another dayinstead of waking upknowing were so far awayMany people in this worldare so caught up in time and spaceeverything is on a scheduleevery .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1348320/ For the first time in foreveror so it feels when im aloneI wake up with a smileand dont feel so far from homeFor the first time in my lifeor so it feels when I see youIve learned to love someone and at the same, myself tooYou always seem to tell methat I dont see myselfbut what you see and what.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1344160/ Ever wake up in the morningbut the air is bitter coldand you had all this s**t to do todaybut dont want to anymoreEver try to sleep at nightwith a song stuck in your headand you wake up the next morninghumming every word it saidSome days I wake up feelinglike the world is passing byand the morning i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1324637/ Ive dreamed of all the placesin the distance where I'd be but now that Im twenty twoIt feels more like twenty threeIve dreamed of every cityevery meadow in every stateIve been looking for my outbut I've yet to find that wayBut this place where I amand where you areRight here with meIs everythin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1323097/ Driving my way home tonightI couldn't see the streetsAnd I couldnt feel my handsI could barely move my feetWhen the street lights shinedall I felt was misplacedI had waited a whole dayjust to touch your faceAnd as the roads kept windingand my car began to warmand my fingertips were movinglike the fe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1322212/ Sometimes I forget that this is lifeThat tomorrow may comebut yesterday is already goneSometimes I forget that I am realand the things I say, and things I dopeople hear, people see, and some times they careSometimes I forget how to smilethat I just want to crysomething eats me up insideSometime.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1290035/ Every year I get olderthe weather grows colderand the rose starts to fadeand everything is greyAs I look to a new daywith the same damn routinesstuck in the same placeall the motives, not the meansI hope for a new wayto lead the life I liveFor Ive handed over everythingIve nothing left to giveAs I p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1287266/ I could whisper all my secretsWrite them down in the darkest inkI could tell you all the storiesthat had my heart shrinkI could listen to you breathingand fall instantly asleepI could feel your arms aroundand know that it's okay to weepI could look at you smileand feel not that it's fakeI could hand.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1286718/ Do you remember what it felt likewhen you were but a childand you'd meet a cute boyand try your hardest not to smileYou'd tell everyone you liked himand THEN ask for his namewrite him notes, stuffed in his lockerwithout an ounce of shameYou'd wear your cutest clothesAnd you'd always looks your bestY.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1279903/ I was so confusedTossed away into the darkWandering all aloneForgot I had a heartWhen I was sitting quietin the blackest of my roomIn the quietest of soundsmy head held the loudest boomwhen i would wake up cryingfrom the fears that haunt my dreamsof always being lonelylost my broken heart's seamwhen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1279784/ Its nice to know that all alongI was right and you were wrongand Ill be damned if I see it againyou were always just a better friendIm not worried about the pastor all the things that never lastcause all Ive found is what I needand you'll never take that part of me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1277600/ So tired of worryingwondering, wishingthat everyone would pull their head out of the cloudsIt feels as though Imrunning, fightingand everyone else is standing aroundIm tired of feeling likeracing, battlingwhile everyone else falls to the groundWhat happened to peoplethe ones who had dreamsthat woke .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1272059/ Im trying to think of something to writebut I cant but smirk and laugh a bitBecause all of the feelings I have insideAre block all my wit I want to write you lines of loveof admiration, infatuationBut the words keep getting stuckbecause all I write is just repetitionI wanna tell you that inside.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1271682/ Ill start this out by laughingBecause I cant understand howA boy like you, would dream of meWhy this is happening nowIm lazy and boringIm loud and Im meanIm an a*****e with no worriesIm nothing that I seemYou see a pretty faceand a smile to match the worthBut everyone before youHas left me broken an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1269109/ The same blue eyesThat I've always seenA face with no nameBut the heart that I seekThat smile through the darkHas lit the wayMy heart has been beatingIn hopes of a new dayThose lips could be poisonAnd the venom I'd tasteWill leave me breathlessIn my heart, in this placeYour voice tells the storiesOf.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1269100/ Its a windy nightadmist the month of Novemberand the last taste of loveI cant seem to rememberI miss you when it's coldand this bed begs for your bodyTo you my heart is soldEven when the road seems rockyIts been raining for daysSince my hand has been in yoursWhen you dropped me off at homeThe clouds.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1269098/ Some things in life, need not explainingIf it feels right, just do it, no procrastinatingId lie in your bed on the days its not rainingJust for the sense of joy I'm attainingSome things in life, need no explanationGod damn it felt right, no more hesitationI'll hand over my heart as confirmationIf yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1268069/ I want to tell you everythingbut the words dont leave my mouthI want to give you everythingbut Im afraid Im fresh outI know that its perfectThat everything is alrightBut I just cant helpThat Im filled with frightI know that it's easyAttention is never lostBut for what I seekIm afraid there's a costI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1266171/ Some days I'm happyHappy enough to be aliveSome days I dont careEnough to surviveMost days I miss thisTalk the whiskey awayEvery thought in my mindJust a drink to stay saneCovered in blanketsSleep away every daySpend my nights in a hazeLet the memories playI cant help but wonderwith my tolerance hig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1265148/ Ive been waiting for a long timeto miss wanting to come homeIve been trying for a lifetimeto not feel so aloneIts as though I've known you my whole lifewhen its only been a few yearsIts as though youve known my smilewhen my face is streamed with tearsI want to say that I miss youalmost like we've me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1265142/ My mother used to sing mea song so full of lifeHer voice was kind and gentleand love was on her mindI thought when I got olderthe song would stick withinBut the more that I hummed itthe words just didnt fitIve slowly come to realizethe words they always changedand every time she sung itIt never felt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1263248/ Ive been waiting for a lifetimeFor a smile like yoursIve been waiting to feel somethingsomething simple, nothing moreIve been waiting for a year nowto find something that I wantAnd thought it feels like a lifetimeIve known you all aloneMy eyes have been openWandering the streetsAlways looking never .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1263059/ HonestlyIll never be the girl next doorIll never be the girl just out of reachIll never be the one that got awayand Ill never be the one to sweep you off your feetHonestywill always bring painthe truth does hurt too much sometimesbut there's no other wayand this is what I remain to beIll never be th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1261679/ I sit here and lose myselfin the thoughts of years agoIn the images that passOf a once so happy homeAnd I am still connectedthrough the heart to those I lovebut the ones I've lost, so manyare the ones forever goneI look up in the mirror and I'll smile though its brokemy teeth are crooked, my sk.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1259685/ I've been hearing lots of silenceBut your voice rings in my headI've been sitting here trying to write thisHours since I've left my bedLately I've come to realizeof music I listen lessI've been writing my own melodyputting such sad lyrics to restI've spent most my life dreamingAnd the other half sle.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1220371/ There's a path or reflectionthrough the days of misconception, where I once was what I am not, and everything I lost. Now are the days of construction, of mending my own destruction, the fire that had commenced, started by my own breath. I still see a smoldering fl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1195358/ Do you remember the timewhen we sitting on the couchand you told me that I suckedand I just began to poutAnd then your eyes grew heavyand a light inside you burstyou looked me in the faceand told me I was the worstIt wasnt how you said itbut the way your hand touched mineand the room just started sp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1189725/ You write songs about loveThe girl that broke your heartBut what about the oneThat searched for all the broken partsYou write songs about leavingWhen you're never here to liveYou're not stuck here dreamingabout all the good you have to giveI think it's kind of funnyAnd I just cant help but laughHow .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1181238/ I'm not one to say I'm sorryWhen everything was all your faultI never made you worryThat I'd ever break your heartAnd I'd be lying if I sayI'm not angry, I'm not hurtThat I didnt want to stayDidn't want to put in the workIts those eyes, those damn blue eyesthey could bring me to my kneesThose lips h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1180162/ I thought it was your smile, or the way you'd say my nameand I counted every milebut still nothing feels the sameI know that I've failed youand I've begun to fail myselfBut what am I to dowhen I cant yell for helpI feel that I'm sinkingthe water rushes inand though my lungs are drowningI've mad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1169134/ Its hard holding onto somethingThat was never meant to beAlthough I swear I triedThere's just something wrong with meI know I said I'd be thereBut I had to walk awayFor all the knowledge that we shareHas set me a strayI got distracted by my feelingsand run away with every thoughtWhen we wanted the s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1156582/ So here we are againstaring at blank walls, they're breathingand there's no words between usour hearts they deceive usI cant stand the way you laughyour smile, the way it feelswhen i can sense your eyesdigging in my heelsI hate you for acting normaland I hate you for staying sanewhen all the while, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1156531/ Breath me in, just swallow me wholeconsume my life and possess my soulKeeping quiet, my grounded feetCant sweep away, when all's kept neatI saw you smile and I saw you cryeverytime you would just want to lay down and dieI reached out my hand and you held on tightI tried to pull you up with all my mi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Megan-E-Merritt/1155411/