http://slow.writerscafe.org/scarletm The original writings of author Scarlet M. en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775965357 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I wrote this piece for a friend who lost her mother years ago. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/2875464/ dust collected atop her handlike a conquering ineptnessthat taunts to scrape outa flash point of some sortIt was a perennial happeningthat she had to broach habituallylanguidness was a part of it alland like a bona fide poetshe vowed not to shirk from this impasseher fly-by-night t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/2875463/ a ridiculed soul deemed worthlesstrapped by society'sundefeated crueltyone feet deeply buriedin the throatthe tittering grows louderas his laughter echoesuncontrollably, resentfuland frighteneddesiring only but onesemblance of normalityyet humanity has failed once again, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/2148088/ On rare occasion,a memory of you pops up,jagged, epoch, unwanted,like a balefulsign,It comesknocking at my door. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1954503/ I guess I was missing how empty you made me feel, how I felt like it was everything that mattered; that soul crushing, heart wrenching emotion. I was terrified of letting go of what's left in this sadness that were slowly placing cracks in me; because I'm afraid. I'm afraid of not feeling. I'm afrai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1828343/ Don't leave me whole,  leave me broken; broken enough to make me miss you, but whole enough to make me strong.Strong enough to make me want to walk away and forget you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1820327/ Kill my heart so it can live forever,            Ifnot in you,            thenat least in between the lines         &nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1795415/ You were the reckless kind of love            thatwas destined to kill me.            Not to destroy, but to be able to make me feel. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1795389/ I felt a lot for you            butI didn’t know where to direct            thesefeelings. Towards where?        &n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1789279/ I hope I will never have to write poetry again;about you, about me, about us. I hope I will never have to sit on my corner;            mydying space,            th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1789278/ She did not know anythingexcept the fact that she was falling;continuously and heavilywith all the feelingsshe carries for him,In a speed that took awaynot only her breathbut also her heart. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1775817/ He had the kindof smile I would want to take care of,eyes that could melt myentirety,a voice I could listen toforever,and a heart Iwould dream to have. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1773697/ I am the girl who falls in love easily but never surely, the kind who wears her heart on her sleeves but never allows anyone close enough to touch it, the type to openly say her feelings to the rightperson and also to the wrong.    I am the girl who crie.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1764831/ I could only make use of this emotionand bottle them up until it overflows.Until then let me hold on to them;our precious memories,till I learn how to forget and to let go. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1747755/ It comes once a year, a few days time,It blooms and it falls,It scatters at its toll.Like the transience of human life,a fleeting beauty.I watched as one petal fall fromthe other,Iwatched as it dances, with each mellow sound.Still it answers to the windsintricate calling,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1747746/ Remember Me,On a full bloom paradise,a sweet spring escapadeWhen the first bud flourishes,on the day you ended myfeelings with a drought. Remember Me,On a dwindling heat, a midsummer’sdayWhen the ocean wavecrashes, with you shouting myname. Remember Me,On a soft autumnb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1745091/ Guilt ran through her body as she continued to blameherself for a love she gave, and did not receive. She wanted to keep him  but he was not hers to keep.Her thoughts, filled with nostalgia  and her heartscreamed in pain. She gave her love on a piece of paper  until no.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1744860/ The heavenly bounds of Gods Kingdomand a pit of Inferno surrounding the gates of Hell;A thin line of boundary which separates these twoworldsIs where two dissimilar beings met.If an Angel and a Devil were to fall in love withone another,can their love transcend the law of hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1744132/ Nequam, latin word for 'worthless' http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1742781/ For my actions, I became unaware, my word, for leading you into a chimera, I deeply regret.A wishful thinking, fool’s paradise, that’s all it will ever be to you, and to him, to her and to this.In a contrite tone, I say I hope one day they realize the fa&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1742633/ Once, a boy came, new to the coast tall figure, his skin supple dusted with white, he was silent at times, quite sometimes laughing like a child, vulnerable yet strong, she sees. The mermaid was in awe, but she didn’t realize, a crashing wave, that&rsqu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1742563/ He chased her like drifting clouds,A beauty behold, he longed for her,Adorned her with jewels, sparkling, brilliant,Like her eyes, reflected in the stars.He filled her milieu with flowers, and all fine things she could ever imagine.He was entirely captivated, primed to run aw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/scarletm/1742043/