http://slow.writerscafe.org/Rileybbean The original writings of author Riley McKinney en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775997115 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 You are an "almost"A "so f*****g close!"A "we were right there!"A 2nd place when I was striving for first. A note I missed by one piano keyA heart just barely out of my reach....Almost. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1860250/ I need to stop thinking in pairs because we are not a pair anymore. I need to stop hoping that every text is from you because you won't be texting me anymore. I need to stop listening to our favorite song because it's not ours anymore. I need to stop planning my weekend around you becuas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1837001/ He must be the sun and I must be the moon. He burns anyone who gets too close.And I drown people with my tides. He must be the sun and I must be the moon. He left my body red and hot. I left his body cold and blue. He is the sun and I am the moon. He rises when I set. I set.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1837000/ I don't regret telling him things I never told anyone before. I don't regret letting him read my poetry. I don't regret letting him touch me in ways no has ever touched me or letting him kiss me in places I thought no one would want to kiss.I don't regret the time I spent with him or the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1834446/ I read poems that compare women to exploding stars or glittering galaxies,but I only feel like a black hole.No one wants an empty shellof a woman that destroys everything around her.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1816286/ I’m sorry I’m so awkward. I’m sorry I’m so young. I’m Sorry I can’t go to bars with you and that you always have to drive me home. I’m sorry you’re all I think about.I’m sorry that your smile is my sun. I’m sorry that ev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1798143/ You take my breath away. You break my heart.  You crush my soul. You shatter my sanity. And you lock them in a vault which I don't have a combination for. You left behind a black hole where my heart once was. A cavern where my soul should be.  Delusions where sanity.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1796166/ There will be a time in your life when you will be struck by the lightning bolt of inspiration  but you will have neither the tools nor the talent to achieve the vision that the storm has brought to you. So, it will live on you like a scar, until the day were you have both the supplies and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1778115/ I'm at the point in my life where my identity is shaking andthe ground is unstable  and I no longerfeel secure in who I am or where I'm at. In any given moment, my soul couldcollapse and my heart could burst into flames leaving behind only the ashes ofwho I was and the scars of reb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1777290/ Do not presume you know my world!Collapsing, crashing, burning, retracting.I have fought a thousand demons!Biting, scratching, screaming, smashing.And I will fight a thousand more!Pushing, clawing, kicking, tricking. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1772588/ I'm a sucker for the idea of home.Not my house, mind you, though at times that can be a home too.But for a place in which I feel like time is not a limiting factorWhere I could be doing nothing but staring at a blank wall and still enjoy every second of itAs soon as a place I love is referred to as .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1745588/ There are people in your life that aren't always around,and when they are it's not always to be with you  specifically.But you are okay with that...Then,one day,they are around you again. And it's just like every other time they are around, their normal presence, they a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1745580/ "I am real!"I scream into the void of human consciousness."Hear me!" I demand. "Please try to understand!"I beg. "See my soul!" I plead."Feel my presence!" I wail."Know me!" I cry.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1741429/ Ignite your Goddess inside your soulAllow it to overcome you completely Feel your strength begin to pulse and growAnd when days come along when the east winds try to extinguish it Revel in it's warmth and feed it with your beauty Do not let it fizzle out or disappear in the windProtect itB.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1735903/ I'll call you an artistEven if you don't feel like oneBecause when you brushed your hand against mine,the way Vincent did a canvas,my soul turned into a midnight skyand the stars in your eyes guide my colorsinto the most splendid master piecea human could ever wish to be http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1734329/ Paint me the way Divinci painted Mona or Vincent the night sky Because I want to be beautiful Even after we say good-bye http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1734328/ It's funny how humans convince ourselves To believe in a false reality.And I think it's because in the momentReality seems to bend to our every will. It's not until the facade of hope cracks, And the truth seeps out, blinding uswith rage, or sadness, or grief, or fear,That we realize .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1731368/ Forgotten Deep Breath DecisionLeaving Jacket and Purse StairsDoorSlamWindCobblestone and Pavement FootstepsCrowds CarsCrosswalks Shouting and Screaming TearsRunning"Do Not Cross""Walk"Bus Station#7 BusRunningEngine Starts and Drives AwayPayphone "We're So.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Rileybbean/1728538/