http://slow.writerscafe.org/BaraaR The original writings of author -Batata en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776363104 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I can not see.I can not see!Do not pity me, gentlemen!I beg you not to!I have now fled the inescapable,Severed yet another bond with reality,Ended the thralldom that curled my wristsfor 20 years20 years gentlemen!I gouged my eyes and nowI can not see.Rejoice, rejoice!I am at last free. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/2092654/ I sit on my desk trying to writeThe sound of Athan in my ears To the left and then to the right  My legs contract in a desperate attemptTo capture the delight I open my eyes againAnd Hold a pen Now what's to a moment of sheer joyBut another of deep woeWrite!Write it all down B.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/2066392/ Don't. It's too facile, too ordinary,Rilke said.In my quest for individuality,In my probe towards perfection,I abstained.But tonight,Tonight I confess to the blankThat, in you, my whole sank.Tonight I mournThe girl,The forlorn beingThat I have beenBefore you touched my wret.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/2063587/ Readers!Gentlemen of the jury,As Humbert Humbert would say,Here's a peep of my day:Barren and stale,All my life in this day.21st century's Mrs. Dalloway,You guessed well,It also ends that way. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/2059237/ Upon stale water, I standBare as eveGazing at your frail silhouetteThere, by the distant shoreUnable to move, to utterI try to reach out to youI flounder, I stutterBut in vain, in vain" Why the trouble?O poor creature !He's but a filthy treacher"My alter ego, gentlemen, that wo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/2059234/ To shivers,To awes,To snivelsAnd joys.To the serenity I found in drastic chaos,To the rapturous delight I savoured in deep apathy.Cheers!Cheers to it all!To life as a whole. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/1938071/ I know,I was thereI saw the great chasm in you,the drastic chaos in youand you saw mine. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/BaraaR/1882369/