http://slow.writerscafe.org/bjzdamone The original writings of author Drako en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776012891 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Dare I hope that this time is different?That the risk is worth my timeand that you won't be the same as I've had before?Dare I hope that trusting my heart won't lead to more pain?That I've finally found the one I'm waiting forand this thing we've started will become something more?Dare I hope that m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1778254/ Love is sometimes elusiveSometimes fleeting, maybe even temporaryRomantic love is most often a source of painBut this is not the love I write about hereThe love I feel here is unendingNothing done by this one can kill thatIt's the love of a parent for a child not their ownI have not been blessed wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1748028/ Love is so frequent, yet elusiveAll consuming, yet unfulfillingIt burns with the power of the hottest flameonly to be doused in pouring rainThe desire to be one with anotherOne day overtakes us allnot just in flesh, but in mind and soulWe all seek our other halfYet on this journey, we find such pain.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1564755/ Alone is how I spend my nightssurrounded by darknesslost in my thoughtsadrift in a bleak seareaching, clawing, prayingdesperately needing rescuebreathing is shallowwaves of despair trying to overcomei have but a simple raftand there's no shore in sightthere's no rescue on the horizondark clouds are .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1564752/ I never knew I'd end up like thisIn love with a man who doesn't love meI never knew love would hurt so muchNo one warned me of thatI never knew I'd feel such painunable to fake a smile and hideI never knew my journey would be endlessForever searching for a soul mateI never knew such a being doesn't .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1427867/ Who am I?I'm a manindependent, self sufficient, pridefulI'm stubborn and difficultYet I'm easy to read I wear my heart on my sleeveI'm brutally honestI work too hardI play very little I'm impatient and sometimes recklessI don't think before I speakI rush into thin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1275836/ Days like today are when I miss you the mostI miss your laughter, your smile, your humorI miss the love we sharedThe time we had was so much shorter than we could have knownthe loss of you was so suddenI remember still the crushing pain of your passingI remember that look in your ey.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1275759/ The storm has passedalone I sit on the shores of my mindlooking out over the wavesthe reflection of myself has changedI see myself differently Am I weaker now than I was before?No, my strength is as eternal as the waves of the oceanHave i changed at all?Lessons have been learn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1257659/ The end approachesDarkness settles over my soulReflecting on years pastThis feeling is not foreignIt is old and familiar Like all forms of darknessi know this feeling wellIt starts out small and becomes so much largermorphing into something much worse than what it was .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1257555/ Stupid to continually pour my all into someoneonly to face rejection at the endstupid to continually risk my heartto wish for the chance to be with one forever i feel so very stupid to cry so much over thisto have taken a risk one last timeto try to prove myself wrongto show mys.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1254130/ Alone in the darkAlone with my thoughtsthoughts of love and lossmy love turned awayloss i feel deep in my soul my thoughts are as dark as this roomrejected at my most vulnerablelove has turned to angeranger to hatehate to darkness i am home here in darknesslonelin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1254126/ Desire and longingNight and dayThis is what I feelI long or joy denied to meI desire a life I do not haveWith age comes changeFamilies are startedChildren are bornSuch things seem not to be my fateI am cursed to be denied my heart's desireInstead I must merely walk through lifeLonely yet not aloneAl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1120036/ Heartbroken, painedScreaming insideCalm outsideTormented and torturedThe light at the end out of reachDesire never to be satedLonging is the sad destinyReaching, clawing, graspingFor what will never come to beDefeat is inevitableThe conclusion nearsIt's the calm before the stormWhen it ends, there i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1120033/ Landon avoided Kevin for weeks. Brian continued to stay withhim and every so often would try to get him to call Kevin over. Landon refusedeach time. Kevin wouldn’t come to the gym when Brian asked either. He knew whythe boy was asking, and there was no point. Landon didn’t do anyth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1014597/ Landon wasn’t the most patient of men. He didn’t like to sitand think about things. Nor did he intend to sit around until he decided whatto do about Kevin. Instead, he finally called Xavier, the barber that had givenhim his phone number. Since he was off work the next day and Xavie.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/1000843/ Feelings lingerI sometimes question my decisionPerhaps it is naiveté But I almost believe you when you say you’ve changed But in the end, I know the truthSomeone else has already taken my placeWhat we have has got to end What hurts is that s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/983110/ Time has flown byDays, months, yearsAnd all this time was spent aloneWithout you I never thought I’d be without youI could not have foreseen thisSometimes it feels like just yesterdayYou were here with meWrapped tightly in my arms We made p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/983109/ Sitting here with troubled thoughtsReflecting on my past My mind rests on one idea In a way this idea bothers meLove has been so fleetingNever lastingBut there is always one constant One person has always held my heartThough no longer of this world.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/983108/ Heart don't fail me now, courage don't desert meDo not turn from the painFace it now, take it head onThe pain is familiar, yet altogether differentIt is never-endingThe cause is the same, and yet it has changedThe pain always has a face, and the face has changedLighter, prettier, more desirableYet t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/968274/ The next day Landon took Brian to school before going onwith his usual day. He gave Brian a spare key to his apartment so that he couldget in after school and went to work as usual. When he got off, he decided tohit the gym. Brian asked to go, so he stopped to get him first. Normally, he&rsquo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/950312/  Landon left his phone off for the rest of his shift, just toget some time to get his mind off of Kevin and their situation. Throwinghimself into his work for the next four hours certainly didn’t leave him anytime to reflect on his love life. When he left work and got into his c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/942709/ Landon had gone home while Kevin went out. He slept thenight away and awoke late the next morning. Knowing he had to work, he calledKevin and got no answer. He had a feeling that he was missing something. Overthe years, he’d had this nagging feeling before, that feeling deep down thatt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/941687/ Later that evening, Landon drove Brian home. He stopped infront of his house and waited."Did you have fun tonight?" he asked.Brian nodded. "It was good to get out of thehouse.""So, are you going to tell me what's really beenbothering you?"Brian stiffened. "Nothing else is bothe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/822665/ Alone with my thoughts, I think of youI remember a pain no amount of time will dullI recall everything so clearlyYour smile, so bright and dazzlingYour eyes, so full of emotionYour presence, so overbearingYou radiated a dominance unlike any otherYou commanded my attention, not letting me restBut thi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/819573/ "So what are you cooking?" Landon asked.He sat in her living room looking at her moving around in the kitchen. Brian was curled up next to him and he had an arm around him. "Baked lasagna,' Renee told him. "And some garlic bread."A couple of minutes later and she came to join them in the living.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/817214/ Landon was awakened the next morning by his phone ringing. He untangled himself from Kevin and looked at the caller id. The name of a teen he'd taken over mentoring came up, so he answered."Shouldn't you be in school, Brian?" he asked."Dude, I'm off today for a staff development day," Brian replied... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/815387/ Landon stepped under the warm spray of the shower first. Kevin followed a few seconds later, handing him a washcloth. Landon grabbed the bar of soap from its holder and lathered the rag, then began to wash Kevin instead of himself."What are you doing?" Kevin asked."What does it look like?" Landon re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/815297/ A one hour ironman match was quite a challenge, even in a videogame. Both had their own created wrestler and were now down to one minute. Kevin was ahead 20 decisions to 19 and trying to get one last pinfall in."I got this won now," he bragged."Bullshit!" Landon shot back."Watch me." Kevin's charact.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/805809/ Without youThe wind blows, the grass growsthe seasons changeThe sun burns, the earth turnswithout youthe flowers bloom, rivers flowrain fallsLife goes onbut my world stopsWithout youTime goes onBut I'm lost, in a dazethe world passes me byWithout youBabies cry, children play, adults workSeems nothin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/804115/ The path we choose is often wrongin the eyes of our loved ones lies the truth we don't seethe heart and soul wants what it wantsSo we plunge head first into the depths of desirewe do things we later wish to take backBut we must do these thingsIt is in our nature as mortalswe cause ourselves such pai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/804114/ I question the issue of soul matesBefore it seemed so simplea soul mate was so clearbut sometimes the soul is torn, pulled in different directionsunable to settleWho you thought was the one now holds no interestOne you thought was a friend has taken overalways on your mindeven in your dreamsan impos.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/804109/ There's something so appealing about the forbiddenespecially forbidden lovelove that society says is wronglove that major religions say is immorallove for someone that belongs to someone elseThere are boundaries that shouldn't be crossedfalling for one that is soul mate to another especially so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/804108/             Jarel’sgreat hall was filled with people from all species. There were rows of chairsfrom the throne area to the door, with an aisle for walking. Demeter hadprovided the most beautiful roses anyone had ever seen to lin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/793617/             Vicstood on the roof of Jarel’s palace, looking out across Solaris. He was inquite a bit of pain at the moment, but he already knew why. He was dying. Ofcourse, he was a phoenix, so it wasn’t final. He would ris.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/791233/             Andreaswas thoroughly covered in vampire blood and was quite satisfied with it. He didfeel sorry for whatever cleaning staff there was in that motel. Clearly theydidn’t really do their job as the hotel had been pretty.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/790358/             Kalosscowled as he looked at his surroundings. The cheap motel was the best he coulddo on such short notice. He hated running, but he’d had no choice. His motherhad effectively wiped out his forces. Unfortunately the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/790332/ Landon and Renee had just finished eating when another text came through. Come to the Metrolink Landon raised and eyebrow and responded. Why? "What did he say?" Renee asked. "He told me to come to the Metrolink," Landon answered. Renee laughed. "This is going to be hilarious.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/788693/ Landon pulled his burgundy 2000 Mitsubishi Galant into a parking space at the Janley Metrolink station and waited. Pulling down the visor, he examined himself. Looking back at him were light brown eyes inside a fairly handsome and smooth face. Reaching up, he pushed a long black dreadlock away from .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/788671/ First in a new series, this is the story of Landon and his lover, Kevin. Landon is openly gay while Kevin is a former straight friend turned lover just entering the gay lifestyle. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/788608/             Backhome finally, Brandon collapsed on the sofa. Kazarian sat in the chair in frontof the window while Andreas stood next to him. Vic came in from the back room.          .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/785987/             Brandonpushed himself back up, slightly sore but mostly pissed off. Frankly, he wassurprised he wasn’t in more pain.            “Apparentlyyou never bru.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/785970/ The twins and Kazarianhad gotten inside with very few problems. Brandon’s senses were on high alert,searching for their targets. He stopped at a flight of stairs, then looked toKazarian.“Cassandra is downthere,” he told him.Kazarian nodded. “Youtwo be ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/770107/             Cassandrafound herself in complete darkness. She was on a cold stone floor and chainedto the wall. Eris hadn’t hesitated to bind her powers either. She had eventaken the gifts from Apollo and Artemis. In short, she wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/770042/ Eris' realm was a realmof eternal night. It was a rocky, barren wasteland of desert. Her strongholdwas made of dark stone and it sat on the ledge of a cliff. The building itselfwas lit by torches which could be seen through the windows. Thanks to the desert,it was clearly harder for anyo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/755365/ Andreas and Kazarian were awakened by a bright, blinding light. When the light faded, Jarel stood before them with their clothes in hand, which he tossed at them. "Get dressed," he ordered. "You've got serious problems to deal with." Andreas was the first to begin getting dressed. "What ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/754739/ Brandon sat in his room on Solaris, his mind wandering. Seeing Andreas reunited with Kazarian made his imagination go into overdrive. He couldn't help but wonder if he'd ever find his soulmate. Thinking about soulmates made him think of his parents, and he couldn't help but ponder if he'd turn out l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/750004/ When I'm with you, I don't want to leavewhen i'm not with you, i'm missing a piecegot a lot inside, need to releaseyou fulfil my every desirewhen i'm with you, you take me higherYou're my aphrodisiac, the only one i needyour touch, your scentyour smile, your laughyour lips, your kissthese things are.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/bjzdamone/696133/ "This world is so different now," Kazarian remarked. He stood in the kitchen looking around. Times were vastly different, not that he hadn't known before. Still, it was different to actual have physical form again and see all the wonders of the modern age again. 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