http://slow.writerscafe.org/Larry%20B The original writings of author Whiskurz en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776087543 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Our memories fail, they never lastFor time was made to erase the pastThough echoes try to preserve your voiceIt starts to fade, it has no choiceWhile tomorrow chases another dayMore of you will slip awayIf that's the way it's meant to beI pray this pain will set me freeSorrow comes but will not leav.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1903429/ Though now I lay you down to sleepI won't be sad, I will not weepIf the pain I feel shall never ceaseThe love we had will bring me peaceI'll count the memories day by dayUntil I too shall pass awayLife's a vapour, a momentary mistA distant echo the wind has kissedYou're the blessing that grew a smil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1583318/ Who shall lament at my demiseWhen this world below I leave?Who bears proof with blood-shot eyes?Will one among you grieve?Who will stand when I cannotTo trumpet deeds I've done?Am I the one that time forgotThe name that people shun?Who will walk me to my graveAnd mark the place I lay?Will one step f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1504772/ Buried deep in an unmarked graveA child is given birthBorn to a corpse, now death's slaveHe claws he way through the earthHe's not quite dead nor alive it seemsAs he tinkers on the fringeConceived by the sound of his mother's screamsHell bent on taking revengeHis mother lived only nineteen yearsThen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1236113/ Sparrows bleed as trumpets screamThey fall to kiss the earthCrimson proof it's not a dreamFor death has given birthDarkness smiles with broken wingsA feathered wake of sortsWhen death is born no one singsFor joy somehow distortsDevils dance and act a foolJust barely out of sigh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1228750/ Virginia walks where I cannotThe angels know her nameWhere my name was is now a blotMy muse hands me the blameI whisper love, she does not hearShe knows my heart tells liesShe listens with a cautious earAnd sees through my disguiseI try but cannot feel her painA mistress she shall stayI try my best .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1228522/ Born a garden fairy taleStands a simple roseA story only she can tellA story no one knowsHer beauty shines for all to seeBut she's so much more than thatShe longs to set her lover freeBut can't see where he's atThe thorns that sit upon her stemWill keep them far apartShe'll always be a part of himHe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1223078/ I sometimes hide inside myselfA place where no one seesAn empty wrong looking for rightAmong a barren diseaseI prick my soul to feel aliveIt brings no pain nor tearsAn indifferent stain, out of touchIt's been this way for yearsNo echos feed my screams for helpFor emotion is just a lieI see the world.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1219120/ I love the way she looks at meWhen we go out for a walkI love how she just listensAnd always lets me talkI love the way she lets me chooseWhat we're watching on TVAnd when I leave to go to workI know she's missing meI never see her motherThe way it's supposed to beShe never w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1161379/ When does a poem become a song?Does the music make it real?A melody makes us sing alongBut the words are from the quillWithout the words the music's blindIt can't see where to goFor the words are how a song's definedAnd the music's just for showWrapped in notes and chords to teaseIt's meant to enter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1156805/ My lips will whisper love unto thine heartFor my burden weighs heavy on my soulI will invade your dreams when we're apartEven by pain of death I'll pay the tollWhy not let Arthur choose another brideFor they stand in line to become his queenI can't walk away, for God knows I've triedIt's you and I a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1151579/ I choose to be thankfulNot to be sadFor all of the wonderfulYears that we hadYou gave me a smileThat no one can stealYou gave me a purposeIn life that was realYou gave me a blessingLike no other couldWhen I was confusedYou understoodYou gave me much moreThan I could ever repayGod put peace in my hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1146205/ I wonder if the wind can hearThe cries from unmarked gravesPeople taken before their timeDoomed to be death's slavesThose who've all gone missingThe stolen voices that remainTrying their best to let us knowThe purpose of their painThey're buried in an barren fieldOr under a giant oak treeThe places .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1141034/ I know that we were meant to beFor a time already pastA blessing God had sent to meBut wasn't meant to lastWe walked the winding road of hopeJust destined to get lostWhere love became a slippery slopeOn every path we crossedA love that taught us how to growThe kind that breaks your heartBut how were.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1127652/ I wanted to buy a dozen red rosesBut they refused to touch your handThe chocolates said that, "You're much sweeter"And, "Your lips would make them bland"So I tried to find just the right cardBut the words just ran awayThere was nothing that the cards could doThere was nothing the words could sayI wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1124508/ Awakened by the hand of dreadAn apprentice to the nightShe pulls me from my chamber bedAnd forces me to writeMy mind still captive to my sleepI do not understandClutching my quill, my fingers weepIt does not know my handA whisper slowly fills my soulMy quill now feels at easeFor I'm no longer in con.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1123777/ While most are counting sheep at nightWhen trying to go to sleepThe poet is searching for words to writeSo the little lambs won't weepThe paper becomes the poet's sleeveAs he wipes his pain awayHis pen becomes the poet's swordTo keep the wolves at bayThe sheep that cause our eyes to closeMust always.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1123659/ I wanted to believed in fairy talesI hoped that dreams come trueI thought happy endings were realUntil the day that I met youI thought I was your Prince CharmingAnd you, my Snow White brideBut who ever wrote our story of loveWas a little preoccupiedBecause the story was never finishedWe were loving .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1123224/ I said I would follow you anywhereBut you've went where I can't goSometimes you love me for who I amOr a stranger you don't knowYesterday you remembered our weddingToday you don't know my nameBut I'll love you today like I always haveAnd I'll know you'll love me the sameSometimes part of me goes mis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1123207/ I'd build the world's longest bridgeJust to reach your heartFor there's nothing in this whole wide worldThat can keep our love apartI'd build the world's tallest towerJust to look in your eyesI would climb all day 'til the sun goes downAnd the moon begins to riseI'd walk until there's no more roadJu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1122865/ I wonder what the moon must thinkAs it watches lovers danceThis light that brightness our darkest hoursCan also bring romanceAt least a million poems are writtenAbout the lover's moonHer smile is seen throughout the nightAs she watches lovers swoonThe moon and stars all gather roundTo see this thing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1121821/ Bewildered, I walk this barren placeA place my soul can't feelToo much damage to ever turn backA place my soul can't healForgotten dreams adorn my pathWith seas of liquid painBroken promises, my only friendThe scars are all that remainMistakes I've made are my shadowsThey follow where ever I goA reg.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1121739/ A mistress has found her way to my heartWith a love I cannot shakeI knew it was love right from the startShe often keeps me awakeShe's on my mind both night and dayHer mystery fills me with gleeEach time she leaves I want her to stayShe's becoming a part of meMy wife just watches with a distant star.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1121067/ A hidden place where smiles are bornIs tucked inside your heartsIt's touched by joy and begins to growThat's where it always startsBut before the smile can ever be seenAnd show upon your facesIt travels through your minds and soulsAnd stops in many placesIt will pause and kiss your funny bonesTo see.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1121008/ Why dost thou tempt me so?Doth my protest go unheard?'Tis thy smile I've come to knowTemptation without a wordYour glances feed my soulEach day as you walk byMy hunger I can't consoleGrowing weak as you draw nighYou feed this fire that burns withinBut yet you're out of reachI watch this blessing tur.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1120385/ Beyond the path of no returnBeside the lake of tearsAre things we lack and can't get backTrapped for what seem like yearsScattered as far as the eye can seeAre miles and miles of trustAnd tiny parts of broken heartsStolen away by lustSmiles now litter the many fieldsWhere they've been trodden downAb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1120339/ I want to love you in slow motionSo the world feels our emotionA love the whole world can seeFrozen in time, just you and meWith a kiss that lasts for daysWitnessed a thousand different waysWhere every second is usedAnd time itself is confused'Til eternity gets a new nameOur slow motion love, the bl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1119986/ Time is a lot like distanceWhen a memory is concernedThe older we get the further we areFrom the things that we once learnedOne more day is another mileFrom the way that we were taughtThe priceless time when we grew upA memory that can't be boughtThe day we finished high schoolWe thought that we wer.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1119535/ Tonight a wedding is taking placeI'm going to marry my museShe promised to always be by my sideAn offer I couldn't refuseShe's dressed in every kind of wordThe kind that gives me a voiceThey'll sing the songs of inspirationThe words of course her choiceWe even wrote our wedding vowsShe tells me what.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1118044/ I wish I knew where tears come fromThe eyes are where they showBut what goes on behind the scenesThat makes a teardrop grow?Are they planted by emotion,Then picked when they are ripe?Are the shirt sleeves only purposeTo catch the tears we wipe?Are they always on the surfaceOr buried someplace deep?D.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1117325/ She hides it in the raftersAbove the loft, where she sleepsIts pages wet with liquid painFrom all the tears she weepsIt's called the book of secretsWritten with her tearsShe tries to hide what's hidden insideThe hurt, she's felt for yearsFragments of a little girl's soulTaken, against her willThis b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1116975/ I found a place where love can't goThe silence is heard for milesA place where dreams will never growIn the land of broken smilesA land where love has been replacedWith lots of empty thingsThe only sound that's been embracedIs the sound a heartache bringsA land with echoes far and wideA lonely and h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1116847/ A poem can be written In many different stylesIt tells of our heartachesOur troubles and trialsIt tells of our failuresOur many victoriesWe write of our miraclesOr a fatal diseaseWe share our compassionOur sorrows, our smilesWe write of salvationOr the one who defilesWe tell of our friendshipsO.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1114928/ I write with pain and paperThe tears become my inkI live each day like it's my lastWhile standing on the brinkMy words become my saviourThey tell me where to goTomorrow has no meaningA place I do not knowThe paper is my shelterIt hides my past mistakesMy heart will tell me what to sayBefore it final.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1114889/ She lies in her bed night after nightWhile crying her satin tearsHer satin pillows, her only comfortHer husband's been gone for yearsHe went away to fight in a warIn a far and distant landHe didn't come home like he promised he wouldFor he died alone in the sandPeople would say, "It gets better in t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1114672/ Wilted flowers standing side by sideCandles with melted waxOne shadow cast where ever you goNow just one set of tracksA whisper can no longer be heardNo promises to be paidClosets get larger with plenty of roomA bed is easier madeOne straw stands alone in a glassThere's always an empty seatThere's m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1114401/ I found a land with broken thingsScattered upon the groundA place that only heartache bringsThat's where my heart was foundI found a pile of broken trustAnd promises everywhereA wedding ring that's starting to rustToo broken and bent to wearI found a pile of broken dreamsDreams that didn't come true.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1114113/ I followed my shadow to see where he wentTo see all the things he would seeI've often wondered how his day was spentWhen he wasn't following meWe walked to a place in a crowded parkThere were people everywhereI sat down beside him on a empty benchIn the middle of a busy squareWe waited for probably .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1110921/ Silence calms the evening breezeThe flowers all standing tallThe mountains tower above the treesMaking them all look smallA mountain lake reflects the skyThe clouds all wiped awayA place where time itself must sighFor it's such a beautiful dayUntouched by man, it's plain to see.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1110903/ Why must they scream at the top of their voices?Can't they see the quill in my hand?I've used them all, I'm running out of choicesWhy is it they don't understand?My muse is mad, I've sent her awayA maniacal being indeedShe steals all my words, I've nothing to sayHer heart filled with envy and greedI.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1109605/ I watch your kisses fade awayYour smiles all disappearYou thank God I'm home to stayBut indifferent, when I'm nearThe love I see within your eyesAre remnants from the pastI'm no longer your heart's prizeThe promise didn't lastYou gave your country all you hadThey gave you back a chairThat's all you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1109571/ Shadows still, as Fall lamentsWinter claims its prizeIt happens slow, in incrementsDeath is in Fall's eyesThe things of nature begin to ageIt happens every yearIt's time for life to turn the pageAnd slowly disappearWinter demands a final rewardSeeking to steal Fall's breathDeath will come, it's neve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1107697/ I saw a poet the other dayJust sitting with his museHe said he's getting too old to writeSo he gave her to me to useShe was filled with inspirationBut mostly filled with tearsShe missed the poet she used to inspireShe was his for sixty-five yearsI tried to write a poem that dayBut the words came out.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1106507/ I dreamed last night you cheatedYou didn't even try to lieWhen I said, "I felt defeated"You wouldn't even ask me whyI dreamed I said, "I Love you"You just turned and walked awayI said, "Tell me what I need to do"You had nothing else to sayI dreamed you packed up everythingAnd headed toward the doorY.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1104577/ I was going to write a sad poemBut my nephew shot himselfSo I'll guess I'll wait 'til laterAnd I put it on the shelfI finally took it down todayBut before I started to writeI got a call from a friend of mineHis daughter died last nightSo on the shelf it went once moreTo wait 'til grief has passedAga.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1100887/ Though forever seemed so far awayA promise that we both choseWe'd follow the rules that life demandsAnd see how far it goesTo live on love, our only planHow could we go wrong?As each day passed we grew apartForever's not that longA million kisses gone to wasteThe product of a lieLove's a gift that's.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1099439/ How do you mend a broken heartThat's shattered into pieces?I tried taping together the scarsBut the cracks somehow increasesIt's like a puzzle that's left undoneScattered from here to thereStrewn about like fallen leavesAnd lying everywhereBigger pieces crumble when touchedI cannot stop these breaks.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1096079/ Today you wrote a letterIntent on saying goodbyeYou packed your things and moved awayWithout even telling me whyYou said the words began to cryWhen the tears mixed with your inkYour mind was confused and cloudyYou could barely even thinkYou told me that you're sorryTo have to leave this wayYou hoped.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1095449/ I pray my soul will soon find peaceBut my prayers are never heardThis demon's grip will not releaseA prayer that's so absurdForgiveness is a futile questI send my words in vainMy sins will never be confessedThis darkness shall remainWho am I that God denies?He knows my every needHe chooses not to he.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1092567/ You asked me to tell you the truthAbout what I felt insideThis cancer that I've been hidingWas growing too big to hideThe words that I've been looking forWere found among my tearsBut I've quickly wiped them all awayAnd hidden them for yearsYou've sealed my lips with a thousand kissesKisses I didn't .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Larry-B/1091591/