http://slow.writerscafe.org/breannariddle36 The original writings of author Breanna Riddle en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776165871 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 flRunning Trying to escape This horrible pastThat's eating you aliveClosing in on youLike you're a deerYou're painful past the hunterTrying so desperately to gain controlCornering youJust when you thought you got awayRun!Faster!He's coming for youYou know he's thereLurking in the woodsWait.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1763757/ Pride is nothingBut humbleness leaving the bodyOf a once righteous manCreating the shell of a narcissist.With pride a man is weakIt is when his pride is destroyedThat the man can buildUpon his humble beginningsAnd become a true hero  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1749413/ I fought so hardTo be where I amAnd you just come upAnd push me in the sandYou act likeThis is all my doingYou did this to meYou are why I'm crumblingEverything I say It always comes out wrongEven when it short and sweetYou say it's way too longHere's a news flashJust for youI'm not going to ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1742129/ Growing up as childYou taught me one thingDon't hide your smileAnd let your life always bringHappiness to othersWe were always taughtTo hide our tearsAnd never to be caughtRunning from our fearsFor the hopes of othersNow that we choseOur very own wayWe aren't afraid to loseAll our time in one dayBec.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1742127/ Losing you was a battleA war within myselfThe tears I shed had left me deadMy sadness placed upon a shelfWhen I lost youI was broken Even my loveWas unwanted tokenWhen you left me thereAll by myselfAs I stared at youWondering what to doWhile you were ripped out of my life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1742125/ Please forgive meFor letting you goAnd not fighting to keep youHere as long as I couldPlease forgive meFor trying to go pastAll the pain that you broughtWhen you took your last gaspBut most of allPlease forgive meFor not being anythingLiked you dreamed I would be http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1742124/ If mom were still hereI would be differentAnd I would be ableTo call you my dadIf mom were still hereI would be happyAnd I would be ableTo actually love youIf mom were still hereYou wouldn't of remarriedAnd I would hug youJust like I used to If mom were still hereI would still be your little gi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1740343/ When she was aloneAnd when no one was homeShe would close her eyesAnd look up to the sky"I know that your there"She would say in despair"But why aren't you here""Why did you disappear"When she was afraid Her burdens she laidOn the one up aboveWho showed her such loveWhen she looked up to the sk.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1722284/ When I was aloneI would look up to the skyAnd I would find peaceAnd find loving eyesThe man in the moonIs my only friendHe will always be thereUntil the very endWhen I was afraidI would see the moon shineI would find the one thingThat I could call mineThe man in the moonHas always been thereHe would.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1722283/ On our flagThree colors showWith thirteen stripesAnd 50 stars as white as snowEach color is specialAnd each makes a standFor our country it wavesIn our brave soldiers handsWhite is for the purityOf each loving soldiers loyaltyAnd Red is for the blood they seeAnd the blood that they have shed for meB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1714297/ Love is peaceLove is careLove is sweet Love is sharedLove is angerLove is painLove is hateLove is disdainLove is good Love is badLove is happyLove is sadLove is our lifeLove is what we doLoving one anotherIs what we find true http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1713613/ You can regretThe mistakes that you've madeBut you can not changeWhat you did that same dayYou can regret How you live your lifeBut that won't stop youFrom drinking away your nightsYou can regret And wish to go backBut if you don't changeYou can never turn aroundSo stop the regretAnd chang.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1713612/ In between the words we sayAre spaces that just waste awayBut in those spaces that we seeIs what our hearts really needLove and care.and true desireAll the things that we aspireSo in the spaces are our livesSo please look out and don't let them die http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1713611/ If I pretend That I'm okayWill you promiseTo go awayIf I pretendThat I'm whole againWill you promiseTo stop trying to winIf I pretendThat I'm not aloneWill you promiseTo leave and just go home http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1711161/ It's warm insideAnd the cars drive byBut I can't help but wonder Why tonightThe crisp winter airBlows through my hairAs the lights flashAccording to the musicI stand outsideWondering whyYou left me aloneTonight of all nightsTonight is the dayThat I go awayAnd find my new futureAnd live my new l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1711160/ If the sky fallsI'll still stand tallBecause I have youAnd I love you toIf the sky rumblesI'll refuse to tumbleBecause you'll be strongAnd our life will be longIf the sky disappears I'll always be hereBecause I won't go farFrom where you areIf the sky darkens Your voice I will hearkenUpon .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1711159/ It doesn't matter How hard you tryIf you don't fell the sameOn the insideIt doesn't matterwhat they sayif you don't let it hurtthe way you live your dayIt doesn't matterwho you areif you don't love the way you feel http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1708294/ Love is a choiceThat our heart makesWhen it believesIt has found our soulmateLove is a wordTo describe great desireFrom one lonely personTo the one they admireLove is a giftFrom my heart to youTo help keep you warmSo you don't feel so blueLove is a choice, a word, a giftIt is a thing that we need&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1695311/ The way we talkAnd spend our time behind a screenThrough the day and through the nightMakes me think I'm falling for youYou like me and I like youBecause of the way You say hello at nightI thinkI really thinkI'm falling for you http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1691961/ Thanks to youI see a newFuture for myselfYou said "Hello"I said " Go to hell"But you never gave upThank youFor helping meSee what my lifeCan really be http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1691957/ Why am I so angryWhy do I have to be hurtWhy can't I have a decent lifeWhy should I be anything but happyWhy am I not skinnyWhy do I have to live this lifeWhy can't I fit in with societyWhy should I have to deal with the painWhy am I stuck hereWhy do I have to act strongWhy can't I show who I amWhy .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1690173/ If you knew Who I really amDo you really thinkYou wouldn't walk awayIf you knewThe pain I'm inDo you believeYou would understandIf you knew What I've been throughDo you knowYou wouldn't see things the way I do http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1690172/ I hate thatYou don't love meI hate thatYou can't seeThe pain that you have caused I hate that I'm not perfectI hate thatYou don't think I'm worth itBecause all I want is to make you happyI hate thatYou can't see meI hate thatI can't be who I want to beBecause all I ever wanted Was for.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1688269/ The voice in her headTold her these liesIt broke her downTill she started to cryThe voice in her heartMade her life hellIt hurt so badHeaven rang its bellThe voice in her soulWanted her deadTo end all of her painSo it took her last breath While she was resting in bed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1688267/ The days are darkThe nights are brightOne is my futureOne is my lifeChoose your dayAnd choose your nightBoth can be dark And both can be brightBut one must be dayAnd one must be nightJust keep in mindOne is your futureAnd one is your lifeChoose it wiselyChoose it wellJust be carefulAnd don't tu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1688265/ I'm not perfectI'm sorry for thatBut just so you knowTo be perfect takes a proI'm not perfectI'm not even closeBut I don't careI don't have that kind of time to spare I'm not perfectAnd I think that's okayBecause i know that perfectionWill reach me one day http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1686690/ I don't crymy eyes are dryI can smile nowI'm not madmy heart is so gladI can smile nowI'm happy againmy new life can beginbecause I have youI can smile now http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1686562/ forever and always thats what we would saybut today is the daythat i knew they weren't the sameforever to you and forever to meare like comparing purple to greenalways to you and always to meis like comparing a frog to a treemine is till the end of timeand yours is as fast a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685926/ I try so hard to understandwhy don't thinkyour worth a chanceI try so hardto understandwhy you don't know you are beautifulI try to so hard to understandwhy  you don't see everything i want you to beI try so hardto understandwhy you don't knowthat you're perfect http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685924/ I remember the day i would hide awaybecause the monsters at nightwould grab a hold tightI remember the day i ran awaybecause the monstersruled the nightThen one day i stood up to saywhat the monsterswouldn't dare fightI told them the waythey scared my life awayand then the monsterssaw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685923/ When i look at youthere is only one thing i can docry and crybecause you wish to dieWhen i look at your heartall i see is priceless art but it could be taken awayany moment of any dayWhen i look at your smilei see a sweet defenseless childall i want to do is love itbut it wont let me touch itWh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685922/ I look in the mirrorand all i seeare small bright lightsshinning back at meThey are my futureand will always bethey are small and creativejust like meThe shinning lightsare a sign from aboveto show me what i can really becomeLook in the mirrorand you'll see them toobecause the small bright ligh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685912/ I used to be brokenI was way beyond repairThe pain that you put me throughCaused such great despairI used to be angryI was so hatefulThe anger that controlled meMade me so ungratefulI used to be sadI was always upsetThe sadness that took overWas my lifes biggest threatI used to be unhappyBut now i a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685909/ you wake up everydayand look in the mirrorthen you look awaywith an expression horrorbut i promise youit will be okayyou go through your day and try to be strongthen you throw it awaythinking your whole life was wrongbut i promise you it will be okayyou put on a smile and hide all you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685742/ You've fallen down You've hit the ground You've lost your loveAnd your heart has yet to be foundYou've stood up tallYou've refused to fallYou've made a dreamAnd you put up a wallYou've struggled a lot You've given it a shotYou've found a small light And in your life it seems like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685176/ Mirror, BrightOn the wallPlease can you show meHow to stand tallMirror, DarkOn the groundPlease can you stopPulling me downMirror, LovingIn my roomPlease can you save meFrom creating my own doomMirror, true I ask of youPlease show me whatI can really do http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685174/ The way you walk Covers your talkThe way you smileHides that poor defeated child The way you dreamDestroys what love really meansThe way you cry Shows you're broken insideThe way you wishBrings that knife to your wristsThey way you stareProves you need repairThe way you loveMakes you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685173/ she used to smileand now she criesthe child insidejust wants to diei think she's falling apartshe used to be happy but now she's sadthe days shes faced have made her go madbecause she's falling apartshe's falling apart and it can't be undoneeven if the life she is livinghad only just .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685172/ if i were a birdi would fly so far away i would fly over mountainsi would fly all throughout the dayif i were a bird i would be freethere wouldn't be painand the meaning of love i would finally seeif i were a bird i would be okaymy problems would be gonebecause i simply flew awayif i .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1685171/ Are you okayor are you hurtAre you okay or are you contemplating your worthAre you okay or are you in painAre you okayor do your feelings cause disdainAre you okayor are you cryingAre you okayor is your heart lyingAre you okayor do you need meAre you okayor can you not be happy with what y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684344/ When i think about the pain your inand how everyday you imagine the endi realize how lucky i amWhen i think about the scars you hideand how much you cry deep down insidei realize how alone you areWhen i think about the tears you shedand how much you wish you were deadi realize i need to be there for.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684338/ The smile you wearIs full of despairThe smile you keepCuts my heart deepThe smile you needIs your hearts only pleaThe smile you hideIt's crying insideThe smile that's realIt only lacks love feelThe smile i likeYou stabbed with a knife http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684324/ I'm alonein the darkIt's cold hereand i can't get outI'm alonein my struggleIt's cold hereand there's no one to cuddleI'm alonein my battleIt's cold hereand i feel like lost cattleI'm alonein my lifeIts cold hereand i want a better lifeI'm alonein my sorrowsIt's cold hereand it will still be tomorro.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684323/ I love you so let me helpI love you so I'll lift you upI love you so let me hold youI love you so I'll help mold youI love youso let me be thereI love youso I'll promise to careI love youso let yourself be happyI love you so I'll help you to not feel crappy http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684322/ Why do you hide your painand suffer from the beatings your heart gets from your brainWhy do you hide your tearsand suffer everyday from facing your fearsWhy do you hide your sorrowand suffer from your dismal future that is held by tomorrowWhy do you hide you sadnessand suffer from your mind creating.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684321/ Every time she wakes upShe grabs a bucket of paintShe smears it on her faceto cover her painEvery time you see that smileRemember it's not realAnd its hiding a defeated childWho only wants to be lovedThat smile she wearsIt seems so unfairThat she hides her sadnessAnd therefore creates her own madnes.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1684317/ When i wake upI have a smileOne i haven't had Since i was a childWhen i wake up I don't rememberThat you weren't hereLast DecemberWhen i wake upI think if was a dreamOr rather a nightmareWhen i realize, Its not what it seemsWhen i wake up I have only on pleaFor you to be thereAnd stay.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1683404/ Eight yearsAnd i still cryI look at your pictures and tears flood my eyesEight yearsAnd i still cryI dream of you hereAnd i wake up in fearEight years And i still cryI know that you're safeand that brings me to my happy placeEight yearsAnd i still cryBut they're happy tearsBecause i know y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1683403/ You're in painYou're hurting real badThere isn't anything i can doAnd it makes me so sadIn a perfect worldI would stop the painAnd in a perfect worldI would be the first to say" I will protect you " http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1683400/ I like you And you like meYou said helloAnd with thatYou took the key I wonder nowIf this could workOr if the time I’m usingIsn’t  reallywhat it seems it’s worth But I know one thingYou took your timeTo say hello.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/breannariddle36/1683310/