http://slow.writerscafe.org/raineesteigs The original writings of author Rainee Whiting en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775985113 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 FingertipsMorning light pierces trough the drapes, particles of dust, twirl in the air.Tiny fingerprints reach for the dancing flecks,a little girl with dark-eyes and auburn hair. Far different from the other six,this little one heard voices in her head.She often pla.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1971574/ My Composer Its construction exquisite,intricate detail in each thought.Solid and hollow surface, strings tied in a peculiar knot. Curves cut into shape,an instrument few would know,then before it he would stand,his curiosity would grow. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1889522/ LostEyes close, heels click,a plea to return back home.Eyes open to far away,still lost on yellow cobbled stone.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1875926/ RealityTilted head to morning sun,dreams find me in the light.Eyes close again a blanket dark,I count the hours until night.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1875925/ 3AMThe muted beat of a broken heart,a heroic fight to heal the hurt.Palms pressed in silent prayer,bare knees into dampened dirt.The silent whimper from quivering lips,as tears fall like salted rain.Mind manipulates memories past,she finds redemption in the pain.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1853884/ June 7th 2016A swift blow to heart and mind received as I stand in the window framed in stone. Its sill dampened from tears cried as I stood weeping, wishing... no pleading to falling stars to grant me love, life and happiness. Here as I stand in this fortress dark, it is realized that there is no P.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1848826/ Journal Entry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1848824/ ExtractionA burn as I open,all of me you try to see.With thrashing hands you rip,searching for all the secrets that I keep.Screams, they escape,as from me, each you tear.Each extraction of the hidden me,a piece I never wished to share.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1846649/ FlightI took a flight on the wings, of my childhood dreamsand flew to far away.A happily ever after found,in the land of wrong in so many ways.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1846643/ My VesselMy vessel not as strong,as those who had gone before.Yet, he had faith that I would sail,and find my way back to his shore.Carefully he placed me down,upon this life's unpredictable sea.He knew my spirit weak, but he believed in me.Without oars I was often pulled,into storms that raged.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1846323/ He Loves HerA heart, that isn't whole,its beat shallow, its beat slow.Then him,the heart complete,passionate love,beneath the sheet.Her mind,it isn't well.Her mental state,unstable, her body frail.He stays,despite it all,as in love with her,he did fall.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1846319/ HairTousled by the wind,tangled in passion upon a sheet.Draped over erect n*****s,pulled back nice and neat.Soaked with tears of pain,hiding the sad that she feels.Grasped firmly in your hand,dancing across bare skin causing chills.Dampened by spring rain,twisted in moments and in thoughts.Straight .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1846313/ Crazy LoveHe loves me for all that I am,through my constant chaos and my pain.He stands as my pillar of strength,as I rage in my own storm, my heavy rain.His eyes are the first to greet me,as I wake from a restless sleep.He kisses the scars I caused myself;every promise he makes, I know he'll keep.H.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845805/ Mad-HatterThe hat that she wears,seems to muffle the soundof her minds chaotic chatter.As beneath all the mysterythis beauty she is as mad as the maddest, mad-hatter.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845798/ Valley Of DeathI walk through the valley of death,stepping firmly upon shards of bone.I do not wince as slivers puncture skin,as it is here where I make my home.I walk through the valley of death,the damned cry out in fear,I whisper "All will be well...""I am the only monster here."Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845797/ MedicateHand to mouth, a treatment,an illness with no cure.Swallowing tiny pills,erasing what's left of her.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845795/ Addiction http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845524/ I Like Her BetterI like her better,the one of stone,she needs for nothing,but to be alone.I like her better,she does not cry,fearing love,but not to die.I like her better,the other me.The one in the mirror,only I can see.I like her better,she refuses to feel.She welcomes lashings,that will never hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845008/ TinHollow shell,vacant stare.Absent heart,no longer care.Movement strained,motion slowed.A ping then drag,on the yellow brick road.Rain falls,smears painted grin.Exposing she,is made of tin.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1845004/ I triedI tried to forget you,each time in thought you crept.I tried to not see you,there in my dreams as I slept. I tried to not feel you,in each beat of my heartI tried to move on,life without you I tried to start. I tried to let go,of what was .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1841906/ TugWrists wrapped andpulled,a game of tug apart.Violently shiftingfrom then and now,the victor, he winsmy heart. Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1840672/ Rabbit HoleAs swiftly as I surfaced,I scurried back down the rabbit hole.A rapid descent from who I am, and the women they think they know.Into the dark dampened earth,comfort I find within the ground.Out of sight and of mind,my frantic breathing the only sound.When forced I will appear,on the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1840668/ TeacupsWe spun,in the now, two kids at play.We spun,no worry of tomorrow or yesterday. We spun,euphorically dizzy in this space.We spun,blurring the sadness on our face. We spun,escaping in the spin.We spun,our laughter carried in the win.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1838069/ Forget-Me-NotFall has claimed the flowers,madness has captured my thought.Knees pressed into dirt,I pluck dead petals from the forget-me-not.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1834983/ PuzzledBelieving once, I was incomplete,missing pieces to the puzzle of me.A lifetime spent searching for,what I had long tried not to see.A million pieces laid scattered,many shapes of dark and light.Convinced that pieces were forever lost,I gathered them up, and secured me tight.Years later I woul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1834979/ HimAs my winds of mental rage lifted,he waited patiently upon my shore.His arms reached out to catch me,when mind and body could take no more.As my storm again gathered,he did what he could to shield my heart.He wrapped me in all the good of him,to keep me from pulling apart.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1834554/ In love she fell...From her hand he took the pen,as she captured her life's tale.He kissed her brow, turned the page,then simply wrote "In love she fell..."Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1834549/ Winters BedFrigid air captures dew drops,now frozen gems upon leaves of red.The crackling as the foliage falls,coming to rest in winters bed.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1833205/ Her SeamsThread carefully selected,the needle of the finest steel.Each puncture a sting, a bleed,her wince silenced by the humming wheel.Each loop strategically placed,tied with an intricate knot.No area left unsecured,no detail is forgot.When finished she admires her work,then into the darkness she.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1833203/ FlyWatch as I rise up,from rubble on the ground.Listen as my soul,still hums a shallow sound.Hear my soft whimper,as I again reach for the sky.Watch with taken breath,as I lift off with broken wings...and fly.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1831599/ Dust Dust I have become,I await the gust to set me free,spreading ashes of one once whole,over land and over sea.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1831596/ GrayOnce vibrant colors, now she fades to gray.No more rainbow leaping,to the land of far away.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1831593/ TransformationAn existence of spinning,a cocoon she'd make her home.Wrapped within despair,held firmly and alone.An existence of believing,hidden away was best to be.Yet in time wings of colors splendid,would ache to be set free.An existence waiting,held suspended in darkened sleep.From a branch tuc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830385/ FlavorLick and taste the bitter,of this woman I have become.Let my flavor find its way,across your swollen tongue.Suck me into you,all the bizarre of me, do savor.Then deliver your nectar into me,dulcify my bitter with your flavor.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830383/ Lost YouthAging hands caress the painting,now faded from years of sun.Tears fall upon pigments once vibrant.Into black and amber the colors run.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830377/ BloomFalls crisp breath exhales,frost bleeds leaves brown, once vibrant red.Withered we crawl beneath the soiland wait for spring to raise our dead.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830376/ MeBent to nearly broken,tiny fractures and missing things.Hollow and yet hardened,back bare with clipped wings.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830368/ I wanted to write something beautiful,but all things beautiful have become redefined.Pen finding its way to parchment,I thought of you.. and simply wrote, "Mine..." http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1830367/ Edge of ReasonUpon the edge of reason,the depth infinitely steep.Eyes close, breath exhales,I count one, two, three then leap.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1815099/ ...as he released the seal of our lips he exhaled, his breath carried the words "I love you..." and even though I knew he wouldn't recall his admission come morning, in my heart I knew that he did. The whisky loosened the tongue and heart of this man, and I loved him back.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1815094/ Moral CompassAn Impulse, action without thought.I traveled far beyond lines drawn,my moral compass, I forgot.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1815090/ ...had I known that was the last time I would ever see him, I would have waited long after sunrise to leave the bed, just to lay listening to him breathe. I would have sipped by coffee slower, and found reason to delay breakfast. Had I known that was the last time I would ever see him, I would have .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1815087/ Beating...he had come to find himself within her heart,and how she loved the beating in her chest.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1815086/ SalvationA promise of salvationas she wades into the tide.Mouth moist with salted sea,and tears she has cried.A promise of redemption,as she slips beneath the waves.Here beneath the water,can souls like hers be saved?Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812180/ MiningPeculiar blackened gems,tucked deep within my soul.Each encapsulating all the things,no one's meant to know.Mining through my thoughts,chipping away at all you see.Unsettling the unsettled,in search of all of me.Exquisite blackened gems,you admire, then you steal.Leaving a million holes in me,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812179/ Return To YouPress your mouth to mine,suck from me all there is to know.Swallow all that you love,spit what you despise into the melting snow.Breathe into me all that you are,fill my lungs with life that's new.Don't quit me, as I am still here,I will return to you.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812170/ "Forever, beyond death..."I can still taste his cigarette on my mouth,and smell the liquor on his breath.In a whisper I hear his promise,"I'll love you forever, beyond death."Early morning comes,I imagine his hand tracing across my skin.The sound of his laughter cuts through me,as it's carried in th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812156/ Cautious SipsLike dew upon petals red,her kiss clings to quivering lips.Moisture left upon his flesh,he takes her in with cautious sips.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812152/ No RegretI sit draped in linen,my mouth sucks a cigarette.With disheveled hair and thoughts,I suck with no regret.I pull my legs to my chest,rest my chin upon my knee.I watch the sun as it sets,and make believe it's just for me.Smoke snakes from my lips,stained a vibrant red.I smash the butt into th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812150/ Love & CigarettesI once inhaled you in,I now fight to catch my breath.I choke as I exhale.I die a slow and painful death.Rainee http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/raineesteigs/1812149/