http://slow.writerscafe.org/Mrrlopez The original writings of author Mr. Lopez en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775407418 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Here is where nothingCan and will resideHere is where lonelinessCould never ever hideAn empty crate will compensateFor everything I've lostA sober tear for every yearThat turned my heart to frostHere is where nothing livesAmongst the cracks and fearLook no further than this placeThat's where you'll .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/2070313/ Muddied are the watersOf afterthought The bridge's burntThe rainbows soughtFickle are the fingersOf this and thatThe who,the whatThe where I'm at I climb, I crawl,I jump and skipI'm known for shooting From the hipIt's no surpriseI say, I doLike yourselfMy point of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1986598/ If it's your intention for dimension Beyond the realm of threeMight I suggest and acid testVia LSDIf you can cope you'll meet the PopeAmazed at what you seeA melting glass and purple grassAnd donkeys in a treeKaleidoscopic lemon drops Ink blot tears and dancing mopsFrogs that bar.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1946221/ Disappearing is appearing in reverseIt seems to me that for youThat's your talent and your curseOnly lonely every hourI can't think of nothing worseButterfly can't say goodbyeAnother breeze to carry youTo bigger liesDon't feel bad if I'm sadIt's your talent and your curseDrunk an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1946188/ I spoke to an army of idiots todayBut wouldn't you know They had not much to sayI did everything right and made perfect senseBut wouldn't you knowThe army was denseThey wasted my breath , they wasted my timeThere were hundreds of them Not one worth a dimeThen I go home to the insid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1918819/ Woke up to thoughts of bitter daysWhen I folded them up and put 'umIn my pocketHead feeling like I put my fingerIn a socketBut that's alrightI'm ok'Cause this one is a Brand new dayI won't get caught in the undertowOr find myself among the foldLife's too short and I'm too old.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1898196/ Today you see in one dimensionSomeday you'll see in threeAnd on that day you'll understandWhat it means to be me http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1896438/ Hello lonely pencilthere on the groundI'm so gladyou're what I foundImagine all the things that we can doI have so manyplans for youThe things that I felt the things that I sawwill turn into wordsand picture's I'll drawOh lonely pencilleft there to rotIf you'll come to a pointI'll feed you my though.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1887097/ The forecast calls for chaos and violenceBoth children of lies and neglectWith 90% chance of dysfunctionAnd loss of all self respectHigh pressure produces mountains of guiltShrouded by storm clouds of shameExpect increasing levels of disappointmentAccompanied by denial and blameFloods and torna.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1884200/ The conditions of interactionCould be off by just a fractionWas it in my stance?Or words of choice?Perhaps the timbre in my voice?It's a matter it's a factIt's in the way we interactLet's not jump to conclusions Open up your mindBut first impressions with aggression?I'll respond .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1884038/ Filed away insid a boxBehind the letter "E"Is where you'll find my pictureLabeled "Everlasting Memory"Forget me not for what I taught Of how I helped you growYou might not give me credit but....You and I both knowThe smiles, the yearsThe pain, the tearsWere those a joke as well?.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1879395/ My inspiration had been taken Unjust, improper, untrueInterpretation is an evil nationBut what's a man to doYou watch your strideYou run , you hideBut this timeNot no moreI'll put my chin Into the windAnd fight Forever more http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1870727/ If you come into this lost and lonely nightYou'll stumble upon my dormant heartWhere you'll find me waitingFor love to startCome into this night to hear my songSure and strong I amRight hereLet me show you thatThere's nothing left to fearEvery moment is wasted Without you and I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1862531/ In certain circles you will findThat some are cruel and others kindPeople are fickle, some shallow, some deepSome of them not worth the space that they keepOthers are loving and giving of careSome, I wonder, are wasting the airHow do they do it? How do they sleep?And what of the kind o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1859963/ Come on, save your "sorries" for someone elseSave your "I would never's" for them tooKeep your secrets in your pocketThat's how all your dreams will come trueCome on, sit beside the fireWarm your cold heart for a spellI know you say this feels like heavenBut in your heart you know it.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1856859/ I didn't buy tickets to your circusThis isn't a puppet showI'm not your little pet monkeyJust thought that you should knowI didn't just fall off the turnip truckThis isn't my first rodeoI'm not a guy who's down on his luckJust thought that you should knowI'm not a slow dull minde.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1855384/ Here I am once again in my pot of prolongWhere the east meets the westAnd they clash inside my chestI listen to a new station that plays the same songI ask him aloud"God,is this all a test?"If the north meets the southAnd finds no breath inside my mouthPlease make sure they knowI t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1853606/ This poem is dedicated to a friend. I believe in you! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1853596/ I'll need just a moment....Or perhaps I may need threeEventually I'm sureI'll be back to being meI'll need just a moment Or maybe two or fourNo wait.....I thinkI'll need a moment moreI'm really really close I thinkI'm almost fine ,I'm on the brinkPerhaps by moment number six.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1853554/ The three gossips gather 'Round the watering holeTo share little tid-bitsOf what they think that they knowThey cackle and whisperNot to be over heardThey sharpen their tongues With damaging wordsThere is although one thingThat they don't knowThat God is now watchingTheir go.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1852237/ I wrote this for the "cry me a river" contest years ago. Don't even remember how I did. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1852094/ If I should passOne quite dayOr lonely nightUpon a perchAbove the pinesAt heavens heightIf my last beatSounds in my chestAnd leaves my gazeWith miles to restIf I should be So blessed to shareMy last breath withThe mountain airThen I will pass without defeatI wil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1850692/ With a kiss and an embraceShe held me fixed within her gazeEvil is attracted to the colorOf the lightMaybe that's why I feel blind when I'mWithin her sightAll my strength and my ambitionRecognition's not my health condition She would knock and I wouldLet her inThat's when all the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1848917/ Free verse http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1847009/ There is magic that waits for you in a dreamClose your eyes don't be scared take a peekFar away you can fly on a current of sleepWhere a minute can feel like a weekYou find yourself floating high over fieldsIn a cloud on the back of a beeMaybe this means that you'll find something swee.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1846994/ You could spend a lifetimeCrawling through the darkLosing the who's, the why's , the where's While trying to find your heartYou could lose count of the hours you spentRunning through your headSorting through the lies you toldAnd words you never saidAll the while there are things .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1846868/ Trapped beneath the rubble Of a mountain of despairI wonder if they'll noticeOr if anyone will careI'm walking in a dazeEvery single dayI will sign with my bloodAnd with my soul I will payLost in a nightmareYet still awakeI'm not sure how much more My heart can takeNow .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1844424/ Keep adding your sour into my sweetKeep putting hot coals under my feetKeep piling your s**t on my plate to eatKick, spit on, scrutinize then wash and repeatTell everyone how much of me you'll missS**t on me today, tomorrow ask for a kissTell everyone while you kneel for me you prayW.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1844417/ With the silent grace of a midnight shadow Fallen somewhere between wake and dreamThis emotionally bankrupt victim of loveWill never be as far away as he seemsAs I take my place lying in the dirtMy bones take on the form of dustStolen were mine eyes for the last timeAnd it was all in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1844413/ I sold my pride at a yard sale for fifty centsAlong with some other old stuffThere once was a time that I used it a lotBut I guess that I'd just had enoughSo I took what I'd earned and went to the storeTo buy ingredients to make humble pieI was relieved because after I'd eaten it all.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1843567/ Dark and endless are these cold corridors of lonelinessAlways ending in stairways to nowhereLiving under the curse of which wounds cannot be healedBy even the most talented of handsTime waits for no one yet stands still as stoneSo is this battleground of love, ambition, dream and lifeWit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1843509/ In a pitch black room filled with obstacles Of whom I once was but am no moreI see a glint of light beneath a locked once opened doorIn that light are dreams and hopesThat I wish to know againDreams of new beginningsBlocked by signs of a dead endFrantically I search through keysTha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1843097/ Swim into my depthsAnd that is where you'll find meDeep in thought and all alone See how clear the waters of my mind areTime has cleansed me of pollution Now you can drink of my soulLook how still the waters of my mind areNow that the ripples of your stone Have found the shore.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1843095/ I could tell that he was growing oldJust by the stories that he toldI could tell that he was growing wiseJust by the lines that framed his eyesThere was something familiar in his voiceWhen he said to me that life's a choiceI knew that we had met beforeBut when and where I wasn't sure .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1843091/ There were no woes,no wails no tearsNo glasses raised of tepid beersNo flowers laid or petals cast There were no flags hung at half mastNo candles lit,no vigils heldWhere mourners grouped for peace to meldNo songs were sung,no long paradesNo heads hung low,no speeches madeThe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1840443/ All was for nothingThe fan fair,the tearsDid you expect somethingFrom all of the yearsThe scrapes and the bruisesWe're part of the fallI gave to you too muchYou took from me allAll was for nothingGod knows I triedI fed to you truthsWhile you only liedI've come from so f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1840441/ Not by lure of hem or coinDo I find peace withinNor by cast or even whimDo I find use of sinBe they only blades of grassTheir voice goes not unheardThey call me into simple blissAnd I hear every word http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1840437/ I've been branded and labeled Tagged and abusedTwisted,temptedThen lied to and usedI've been brushed to the sideWith my heart on my sleeveSpoken to words you can never retrieveI've been thrown out,sold outBetrayed by a friendTested and broken Again and againI've been pushed to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1840433/ The germination of want Grows into the needWhich ripens to fruitFor trouble to feedThe burden of guiltThen acts like a seedThis cycle of shameIs weakness indeed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1840429/ And oh how slow the bud becomesThe blossom of the Rose'Twas the moon who could not seeBeneath the sunrise beauty growsWith scented breeze this wild heartGave in to winters kissUntil another season comesThe Wild rose I'll miss http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839967/ Among the jumble of keepsakesThe gems and the jewelsThere were slices of heavenAnd promise for foolsPieces of places with namesFrom the pastFraming the faces Who's smiles wouldn't lastSome shards from the mirrorSome ash from the flameSome whispers of storiesWhose end never .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839962/ I drank from pools of deep duressBut suffered only little stressIn my reflection crystal clearI saw that I was free of fearAlthough the mass could not have guessedThere were no signs I was depressedI then picked fruit from trees of hateThen realized that it was baitI went to cafe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839954/ Let not a wisp of light be swiftTo find my rest dare sayI'll fare thee wellThough none can tellThat darkness was my dayThe shore,the deepWhere fishes sleepIn song or silent driftI'll fear thee notFor what I gotMy freedom as a gift http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839949/ The things that I've learned most recent in lifeAre that friendship and trust are both liesHard work and determination crumble like sandAnd most certainly love always diesThese things that I've learned in most recent of yearsI knew but I didn't keep scoreI've experienced them all many .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839944/ Though they may be deepI will fight to keepMy head above the watersOf forgetfulness Through the ashes siftFor your precious giftHow I cherish soYour ungratefulness So hollow am IWithout my sorrow cryLest I be but justAnother shadeIf not for tender feetWould crumble br.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839939/ It all came about in an round about wayI remember the minuteThe hour,the daySo nonchalant yet ever so clearI remember the weekThe month and the yearIt came and it went it happened so fastI remember them sayingThat love doesn't lastI began to believe that this must be trueI .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839935/ We are so much alike but stand so far apart That we don't even recognize when patterns startWe make our own monsters,we create our own hell We drink our own poison and we cast our own spellWe have our own heaven, we find our own peace We bu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839526/ Fellow fish with secrets keepYou dare not venture in too deepShy from what you're sure to findShallow pool will keep you blindCursed you are and cursed you'll beIf you do or do not seeWhat's a little fish to doBut try to run from what is true http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839238/ Who's to say that in a dreamYou can't reclaim a thing or twoOf who you wereWho they once knewJust not quite the sameWhat have they done to youThis child of loveNow cleaved in twoThere will come a day whenUninvited and maybe even deserving Hell comes in from the coldTo burn .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1839236/ Fishing in the oceans of dimensions In my mindNever sure of what or even who That I might findThrough fields of screams on balance beamsThrough thick and thin sublimeOn blades of ash down nowhere pathsWhere clocks cannot tell timeThe serpents crawl through valley sprawlIn f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mrrlopez/1838874/