http://slow.writerscafe.org/kristen0928 The original writings of author kristen0928 en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776084828 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 RunningAnd runningAnd runningIn circlesRunningAnd runningAgainRunning And runningAway or to?PullAnd push meTear me in two Because I'm running And runningToOr fromYou http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/2179008/ Not a poem, so much as a thought/feeling. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1999615/ ShatteredBroken into a sea ofEndless pieces I can't seem to make pieceWith the reflection I see in the shards. Changing and morphing Pieces force themselves togetherBut I cannot be what I am not. I have molded too many timesAssumed my rolePlayed my part. My heart aches .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1999103/ You're all I see& it scares meThat I'm blinded So indefinitely There is no sight greater No sight beyondNo male spectacleBecause you are all I see& it undeniablyTerrifies me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1999084/ Wallflower wallflowerCan you seeThe darkness swirling,Exuding from inside my every poreCan you see my smile frayAnd fade into a frownEverytime somebody elseturns around Wallflower wallflower Can you hear The tweak in my voice Tethered to the edgeCoated with an acheOf .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1990899/ Round and roundThe carouselMy mind swirls With the nostalgic tunesTwinkling Like a music boxWhere the ballerina twirlsStopping when I close the lidHalting her neverending performanceIn this worldBut the carouselJust won't stop turningAround and around it goesAnd the one.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1990897/ Memories etched in my mindlike the plagueI'm wishing I could shake them outBegin a new slate The wounds have scabbedBut still they oozeSlightly sticking to everything on meTime has pastBut who can tell my heart thatBecause it still feels the tremors From when my ground was .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1975457/ What does the wreckage of a heart look like?If I turned inside myself to seeThe remnants remaining inside of meWhat does a heart look likeUnder constructionRebuildingRekindlingRestructuringStill recovering from mass destruction FragmentedSharp edgesStitched piecesAnd stil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1974716/ She carried these things inside herThese things no one can seeShe swaddled themAnd coddled themAnd simply let them beThe things she thoughtWere dormantLying deep within her soulLittle did she know They were bubbling Waiting to unfold http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1974712/ The heart is a complex organPurposefully coursing life through my veinsWhile simultaneously driving me insaneHow long does a heart take to recoverA dayA monthA yearForever?My heart and my mindBanter behind my backCarelessly and continuously misinterpreting Aching and oh h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1974046/ I've been thinking lately How this lifeIs just so crazyStrive to be a good personBut is it even worth it?Slaved for six yearsWorking to pay for collegeSo that I could get a decent jobReach society's new barNow I'm searching for a jobTo pay for attained knowledgeNo one tells y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1936571/ Strength takes timeGrowth takes timeTime to sink your rootsFirmly in the bossomOf mother earthTime to form scabsTo make it easier to breatheThat in time will become scarsThat tell my storyDefine meTime to reflect And look back on my past Become wiserAnd strengthen the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1935837/ Snapping picture after picture But none are hanging on the wallsGot 100 pictures of my catBut of my momNone at allCounting all my likesBut not a single of my blessingsStriving for perfectionWhat'll people thinkI'm just guessingWhat ever happened toLiving in the momentWhatev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1935545/ Sometimes I feelBrokenClinging to the pastI try to wash the memories off Burn them all to ashBut they stick and regrowFrom my head to my toesThey reach around my neckI'm in a chokeholdSomebody turned the lights outI'm cold and I don't knowAnything about myself or anyone I l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1935544/ Youngsters are afraidOf monsters under the bedThey flip the switchDarkness snarls Curling around the roomTheir tiny feetSwiftly pitter patterDiving under the sheetsWrapping themselves inwarmth and safety But what of the monstersWith innocent, plain faces Or the demons insid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1924939/ Love is what rears its head when infatuation fades awayIt isn't blind,but painstakingly all seeingIt is seeing every flaw, imperfection, and dark cavernOf someone's mind and soulAccepting and embracing themAnd loving them in spite of their ugliness http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1924502/ Shut up. You're annoying.Do you know when to stop?Drip dropThe rage simmers Inside of my chestHeart churning Acid burningThumping and sloshing My emotions rise to boilSplaying heat across my cheeksSideways glancesBated breathsThe thunderous clockTicks seconds awayAn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1914657/ I love yous on the couch When you're drifting into blissful slumberI love yous while we're cookingAnd when your hand is intertwined in mine I love yous all dayEvery night All the timeI love yous when your eyes are cryingAnd when your mouth is smilingI love yous when adventuring .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1909774/ Skin to cover Skin to protectSkin across skinSeemingly thickAlthough it is notMy thin skin is the problemI thoughtYour words stamp across my thin skinAnd it burnsYour truths gouge it Pick at itAt the charred and burnt fleshMy thin skin can't take your jabsIts false sense of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1908842/ I wonder if you whispered the sweetest nothings in her earIf you caressed her so gentlyLeaving your soul bareOr if you took her passionately Fiercely and roughI wonder how she touched youWith her fingers and her lipsIf she kissed the mouth that I hadSo many times beforeIf she wra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1906302/ If I'm not listeningAre the words still spokenIf I'm not processing Has your confession been received Have I been notifiedIf I'm outside of my mindAnd do I have to face itIf I stay there all the time If my mind is where I want to beAnd reality is notWhat is the harm in stay.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1906301/ The truth is pouring out of your lipsAnd the truth is thatI would rather be deadThan hear the words you just saidThe truth is splintering into my heart Seeping into my brain Trickling through every veinUntil I'm frozen in a twisted numbnessAnd it's all I can do to not fall apart.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1905580/ Real feelings aren't prettyThey ooze like a blisterSeeping out every ugly truth and Unwelcome realityFearUncertaintyEmptinessAnd RemorseAre not easily sharedOr unloaded from the heartHowever, if we keep thoseDark, toxic feelingsLocked in the crevices of our mindsBuried .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1904421/ It's okay to feel undoneIt's okay to not have it all togetherIt's okay to not be okayLife will be what it will beNo matter how much we plead And beg And question why me?The truth is that in our sorrowIn the darkest corners of our mindsDrowning in our own emptinessOur strength.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1903047/ I will never force harrowing truthsFrom your lips I will never cast judgementOn your actionsI will never try to mendThe pieces you arePiecing back togetherI will never pretendThat I understand your demonsI will never falsely reassure youThat everything's alrightI will nev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1895013/ If the future was mine to holdI'm not sure I would want to seeWhat the hands of fate have Sealed and marked Implicitly for meI don't knowIf I believe in fateIn the theory that everythingIs meant to beThat every collective experiencePassing strangerLost love Serves a divine .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1891297/ If souls are meant to be togetherOurs are already intertwinedEvery moment from the beginningUntil now and beyondFragments of me have crept and dispersed into youAs you have to meMy mind has been openMy heart exposed and expandingMy body yours for the taking Heartstrings of .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1888612/ Pretending that I'm okay Pretending that you're therePretending that I don't care That inside I'm emptyAnd bare Pretending I'm not falling apartAnd that my mind's still there pretending I don't miss youand that my lungs Still have some air Pretending to be living while neve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1884208/ With sandy toes andKnotted hairI watched herBuild a sandcastleShe built it up with all her mightShe sweat and strategizedShe imagined and dreamedShe decorated and worked Diligently through the Feverish, relentless July haze I watched as the waves came barreling downTurnin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1883499/ I woke up one dayAnd things were neverThe same I woke up one dayTo find my heart tatteredAnd no one thereTo ask what's the matter I woke up one dayAnd my love was goneHe left me aloneBeaten and defeatedI woke up one dayTo a great mess To a world I don't recognize Ne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1883492/ Standing hereTears streaming down my faceNo feelingNumb to the painWill I ever love againNo feeling Heart's crusted overIt thumps in my chestMeekly and slowlyNo feelingWhere do I goWhat happens nextI take a bowDone with the restNo feeling http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1883488/ How does a heart beatOutside of its chestIndefinitely bleedingNot a single days rest How does the body copeWithout its own heartWhen there is no hopeWhere do you even startPutting back togetherWhat's fallen apartIf everything is splinteredBroken and shatteredAnd you no .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1882864/ I chased a white rabbitForgetting all that I knowAnd stumbled into a worldFull of mad hatters just soOh how different the world looks underneath Dark and tumultuous And filled with mystique Oh how puzzling it isTo not feel quite rightToo large, too smallToo short, too tallN.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1879339/ When all the world lays their headAnd it all melts awayIt is then that I imagine all the words that you saidI feel your hands on my bodyThey keep me awakeYour breath on my lipsYour scruff nuzzling my faceOh for sakeWhat can I doEverything reminds me of youEach breath that I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1878145/ I took a bath until I was pruny and weakUntil my body was primed and pleading for sleepI soaked in the bathMy troubles awayAnd watched them taint the perfect bubbles where I layI drained the bathAnd observed the troubled water as it floated awayAnd experienced joyous catharsi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1877231/ Tired of your half-truths telling me what's half true lying to me to spare yourself why don't you care about anyone else?Tired of your good-byes never really saying whyI feel like crying is all I do and it's all because of youRebuild trust just to put back the wall they weren't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1877228/ NightThe cynical devilClaws and manglesWhat's left of my heartWildly and fiercely feasting on its sorrowSinister nightDredges thoughts of you back into my soulHolding my attention hostageIt coerces me to seeEverything I want Everything that isn't and cannot beWhere my mind .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1876145/ Thump thump thumpMy heart clammers and jolts Against my chestTick tick tick The silver cloaked clockMethodically maps my unrestPurr purr purrThe cat slumbers below at my feetOblivious to the battle occurring within the sheetsIn and outI release a bated breath to the world .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1875744/ I live in a one sided dimension It's trueWhere the belief is you love meAnd I know that you doI live in denialEveryone sees And they stareThey don't understandBut how could theyThey don't dareI love my fantasyMy fantasy is trueMy fantasy is intoxicatingMy fantasy .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/kristen0928/1875736/ We hide from our goblinsTry to scratch them awayBury our bones in the gardenExplore new ways to wipe our slates cleanWe filter out the things we don’t want to see,The things we don’t want to rememberWe suffer from temporary amnesiaTo shield ourselves from the painWe a.. 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