http://slow.writerscafe.org/I123 The original writings of author Patricia Stephmore en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775980075 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My first optimistic poem. :-) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1805613/ Oh, you happy facesI know that there's darkness inside Open up and let me inShow me where the devil hides.Oh, the sound of your angelic voices Enrobed within is all liesI have met the devil himself Don't you see it in my eyes?The red rain is his thirstI tell you, give in, don't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1803420/ You see....I'm not that amazing http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1791894/ Everything that ever was Now seems to fade away.So far, it's invisible ,Too small to even care.It's forgotten and lost,Never to return again.Everything that ever was,Just started fading away.So far, it's unreachable A speck of dust in existence It's broken and hurt And drowning.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1791890/ Because I know I can trust you.... You were the best thing that ever even happened to me... I'll wait for you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1791885/ I know the title doesn't have much connection to the poem..... But this poem has a personal value and it is specifically meant for someone....who I just bid farewell for a long two years. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1791881/ I am a destroyed soul Who falters at the slightest blow of nervous winds And if there be nothing to hold me backNothing to mend me I might as well diminish into the darkness. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1783231/ A peaceful end http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1777529/ And I was back http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1777500/ And I'm afraid of losing youNot to someone elseBut to realityCan we be different?Or can we just change?And not be who we are right now?Well, I'm afraid,If I have to realizeThat someday you will change..And what happens if you seeThat I'm not the same as I used to beWhat would y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1774101/ You've been tryingTrying with all your mightYour life is on stakeI'm begging you Begging you to give upTelling you, I'll never resurface.I can't cut the world outIt comes flowing back inBut I can cut myself outTry to undo my sins.There's darkness all around meYou try to be the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1763193/ A sequel to my first short story "Her" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1759095/ And the moon just shone......I looked at it, trying to understand, what it was saying. The pitch black sky was only brightened up by the white moon.If I could, I would have been there all night, staring at the glowing moon....getting lost in its beauty.But a busy morning waited for me.I wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1758513/ You asked me why I did so?Over and over againI was at a loss of wordsAll I could feel was pain.I hoped you'd understandBut your colors changed this wayAt first you were a bright orangeNow you turned into dark gray.I knew what I did was wrongBut you thought I didn't feel ifAnd.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1757750/ A short story ..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1757709/ Trying to be, the medicine you are to me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1757380/ Every night when I cry myself to sleepI hope that the next dayWill be a better oneI feel like I should just give upGive up trying and hopingIt is better to fall in the voidThan go through this painIt's better to lose myself in the darknessThan to fight this emptinessBecause after a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1757268/ A small paragraph on my thoughts. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1756598/ Do you think this mask will last long enough? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1756595/ A poem about losing someone so close to your heart. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1756031/ I wrote this poem when I had lost all hope on life....I was going to give up but for a certain someone I stayed..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1756010/ I never thought I'd look backAt the past that's long goneI thought I'd forgottenAll that needless pain I boreI thought that I'd moved onFrom the moments of life I'd lostI thought that I'd run awayBut I'm back on the path I ran fromAll those fumes of anger reigniteAll that I fee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1755941/ All that ever wasAnd all that ever could beIs now lost in the darknessThe darkness that's within me.I thought I'd get awayAnd escape from this darkI waited for a light of hopeBut never even saw a spark.This darkness I've been living inIs where my soul residesHowever hard I mi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1752628/ A poem about life and how sometimes things that happen in it can keep haunting you forever. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1751254/ How unfair life can beI've realized it not too lateTaking away everything you needAnd putting everything on stake.It makes you feel the pain of livingAnd nonetheless makes you stayIf regret is what I'm supposed to be feelingThen I think you've had it your way.You can feel the pai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/I123/1751239/