http://slow.writerscafe.org/ellemorell The original writings of author danielle. en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775986544 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I think of this more than I should Not like I can’t although I would I find my mind wanders away…Perhaps we’ll meet another day?And oh the places that I go when I have leadmy self astray… In waking dreams I ebb .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2832047/ Hello dear friend, I’m grateful you have comePlease may I lend your conscious for a while? There’s something I’ve been wanting to explain, It happened when your eyes encountered mine… You’ll have to walk beside me while I try To find the words for something.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2824329/ I’m looking for a metaphor Like a beggar seeking faithI’m trying to out run myselfBut can not get away Everything is perfectEverything is fine Except the sheet of plastic wrapThat’s stuck across my mind I took it to the forrestI took it to the seaI took it throu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2823817/ I can hold it in. I’m keeping on the lid till the contents are contained.Because in there, honesty and lies are merging the fragile meniscus turgid A tempest of unspoken words; of truths untold. Captive as glass tear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2823816/ I was here Then over there I thought I could I didn’t dareThen it was gone I wasn’t found I couldn’t hear Or touch the ground Thought I could see But I was deafNext it was clear Then it was left So no.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2820421/ Every time you look at me it penetrates the haze It’s all I have to meet you there, Inside that steady gaze. So I pretendIncase you guess the places I have been… And deep inside I hide away a part that can&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2819922/ Keeper to the secrets of her mindA steady gaze lends justice to her truthWisdom sharp yet ancient as the skyFearless with an air of boundless youth Master of the destiny she walksWhom freedom follows even through the darkAn alchemist: creates hope from despairA muse of iron will and lion’.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2818904/ Passion as a candle burns,and I am like the roomWhere fire flirts with whispers… A waltz to absent tune.Though masquerading silence Would willingly adjourn, If they knew the lyricsTo thought’s relentless turn. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2816814/ At first, it was shy creatures of the night,who tempt me barefoot into silver dark.Soft rhythm of their sound somehow enjoined,in keeping with the beating of a heart. Within a fragile moment they preside,Pure voices in a concert mine alone. Whilst solitude finds comfort in sweet song, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2814274/ Who are you after you have taken off all of your masks? She asked. As a tear slipped down my cheek in secret at the back ofclass. I came surrounded by a thousand smiles but they weren’t for me. I was atthe mercy of the chaos in my mind. And so I couldn’t see the beauty that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2770336/ Lover take me to the place where three dimensions meet I’m only drifting through today upon distracted feet Whilst doing ordinary things in truth I’m in disguise Inside I long to lock your gaze with heavy lidded eyes I shake myself and push the vivid images aside&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2765424/ I do feel likeI left a littlepart of me behind it’s true that when I sit and reconcile in truth and nothing else there’s you I ponder this In solitudesometimes I wonder if it’s realit seems that we exist in dreams and stories that I never tell http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2763303/ She speaks to me of things unseen In tongues of green she speaks to meI’m not awake or in a dream In whispered screams she speaks to me Her voice is not a sound I hear She calls directly to my fear She speaks from far away and nearShe’s neither far away nor here She .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2479747/ She speaks to me of things unseen In tongues of green she speaks to meIt’s not a whisper or a scream In whispered screams she speaks to me Her voice is not a sound I hear She calls I hear her with my fear She speaks from far away and nearShe’s neither far away nor here .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2479713/ The distorted pride of man has colored history with bloodshed. It is the ego that says: shame me and I will make you no more. You mistake fear for respect and yet you have no control but instead you are controlled. You are controlled by the hatred that takes you,hatred born of the sh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2467942/ Ever since you came to me I’ll never be the sameFor everything I want for me I wish you twice againIt’s my calling to protect youI must teach you to how liveThere is nothing bigger Than the love I have to give I will be there when you fall I’ll comfort when y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2177839/ I can not bear these bones she said I can not lift theses bones of leadOh how I dread to rise from bedAnd carry all this weight againWhen I wake my mind I begTo wait for me to catch my head These thoughts are taking all my breathThe oxygen can’t reach my legs On concrete fe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2171207/ For the ones we miss today For finding things to celebrate For things that we appreciate Though nothing really feels the same For the hope that leads us onFor the fear that keeps us home For the ones that we hold closeAnd extra for the ones we’ve lost For the fighting and b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2170261/ I fell in love again last nightNot like I ever have before I saw myself with wings for flightDon’t need to hide them anymore I let you in to touch my soulSo many times you’ve come before And I have left you standing tall But now I’m airborne, watch me soar I am .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2166952/ Devil with a big heartAngel with a broken wingLoser was a champion;Sacrifices made to winThe innocent advantage tookDismissed upon a single lookThe battered pages of her lifeJudged as the cover of a bookThe angry man is quick to blameHe's haunted by a child's painThe lucky girl who got it wrongWent .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2163318/ Distance is never a barrier between true friends. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2163315/ A twist of fate has closed that doorThis grief is like a slow decayI find I'm staring at the floorCan't lift my eyes though try I mayIt's not a space that can be filledThe sadness is consuming meIt seems the cup I held has spilledI watch its contents drain away  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2163313/ I touch myself And I transcendThis earthly realmAnd with each breath The feeling risesGold and shiningA harvest moonOn the horizonBathed in warmMetallic huesIt draws me downIt builds and grows There’s magic hereI call upon The mysteryOf ages goneI am the queen.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2152245/ She waits for him on sacred groundWatching, as he marches down The battle’s done yet armor still he bears Her gentle eyes take in his scarsAnd with one hand upon his heartShe whispers her intention like a prayer Guided by a guardianWho watches as she draws upon The wisdom tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2149137/ Please don’t leave me alone here. I am awake now and gazing into your sleeping eyeswaiting for them to open and let me in.I ache to be seento be feltto be filled.I long for the dam to break so that the river may run once againall the way to the oceanto be drunk in turn by the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2148119/ The puppet girl lay brokenIn a corner of the roomHer puppet face, it’s painted smile Did not betray her gloom But despite her rosy cheeksAnd pretty colored dress A silent tear escapedAs her wooden heart digress She reminisced about a time When effortless it seemedTo hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2145131/ Back here Back againEmpty page; Hello friend Up down Round and roundOften lost Sometimes foundIt’s a circle Where’s the endFind the start and maybe thenLike the verse that found a penThe little broken part will mendClimbing goals Kicking hills&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2127598/ My mother said ‘the wind will change And leave that look upon your face’ Today it blew from east to west Decipher this expression, guess?What do you judge by a facade?There’s worlds between from end to startAs the gusts tear through the treesI’m watching you b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2124327/ It always begins with a space that begs to be filled desperate in its need to feel satiatedbut that which the emptiness cravesis poison and the antidote is poison tooproblem and solutiona catch twenty-twothis drive to imbibeand then to turn back the hands of timeswallow.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2118712/ It was in the rhythm of the rattlethat I tapped my toe to todaythat rattled me yesterdayin a differentway. It was there when the clock told me I was lateand I told it that being in a hurrywouldn’t make me any faster. It was the exhaled breath with whichi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2116175/ Maybe we have too muchBut not enough of the right stuffMaybe we've gone too farThough we've yet to arrive at the cruxMaybe this cluttering crushThats jumbling everything upAnd the space that we're trying to fillIs in fact like a bottomless cup?Maybe we're trying to fitA circle into a square But.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2116167/ The greater the risk The greater the stakesThe greater the fear The deeper the spaceThe deeper the rootsThe deeper the woundThe deeper the breakThe stronger the glue The stronger the bondThe stronger the voiceThe stronger the gripThe harder the choiceThe stronger the wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2115414/ Luck and Serendipity Stroll easy down the road Injustices and tragedies Are harder to atone When there seems no rhyme nor reason On our round haphazard home It makes me wonder baby, Is it written in the stone?There’s an answer in your sleeping face My precious flesh and bon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2115193/ No peace to keepNo love to winNo right or death No tears wept No war to fightNo hate to growNo seed to sow No promise kept No victory No heart to break No justice here No one is left http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2111840/ It was not the finality of death but that which lingered like a mist as I gave of my self, to lend life beyond life’s last last breath. Heart beneath chest, beating only for these hands of flesh. For every count of one hundred, breathe twice. Count again. Don’t stop. You. M.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2109671/ We all arrive upon this earthWith zero, at our time of birthThe cord is cut and so it startsWe’re at our path’s beginning mark.Seven billion souls and countingBeyond this miracle, we’re nothingWho-knows-how-many paths, plus oneThe only map to guide us onAnd while the planet spins a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2109429/ Sometimes it's like a blanket Sometimes it's like a blade Sometimes it's like a flower Or a shadow in the shade Sometimes it makes me weightless Or turns my bones to lead Sometimes it's in my heart And others in my head Sometimes it is the instrument that le.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2106785/ Rancor seethes through flesh and blood A war is being lost and wonYet from the frontline you won’t see the damage done. Collateral withinThese are wounds below the skin Winner, loser and a casualty of one. The propaganda being spun: Poison thoughts in loaded gunsFoster.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2098838/ Even though I never willEven though you always won'tWalk the ocean swim the hillTake the chance, or maybe don't.Even though you really canEven though I seldom can'tIs there something I can havethat's nothing, that will play the part?Even though I shouldn't haveEven though I almost didWalk the ocean .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2098380/ She sits Shackled by fear Rescued by hope She standsAlone with herselfSurrounded by loveShe comesCrowned with ironyCloaked in fortune She wearsThe weight of judgement With a rebellion of freedomShe holds The poisoned chalice And the keys to anywhereShe walks.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2097310/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2096052/ She wore it like a locketSuspended 'round the neckHeld fast upon her bodyBy a chain, close to the chestOne day she tried to lose itJust take it off and leaveAdorn herself with something elseForget about this pieceBut when she thought she'd run awayJust far enough she trippedAnd there it was, as plai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2093709/ There are those we missed todayAnd those we will miss forevermoreThose that we have chosenAnd blood is thicker than waterWe've all had our troublesAnd perhaps they are not overBut the choices we have madeHave led us to this moment http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2093707/ I could be the only one As daylight breaks earth’s crustAnd fallen clouds from up above gather on the ground like dustI could be the lone witness Of silent rise to power As sunlight conjures warmth from cold Upon this magic hour I hope I’m not the only one&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2088789/ Jammed in the space between thought and actuality lives the most desperate kind of fantasy;An ideal reality Beyond a wall of jealousyBeneath a scaffold of conformityBehind a door labelled ‘Impossibility’.The complexities of him and me and of her and me and of one plus one p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2068750/ Godless. Faithless. Helpless. I have chosen to believe in nothing and so here I am aloneon my first try and my last chancewith no all-mighty to sooth me with no destiny with only LIFE and what-will-be-will-be So it happened: the ultimate test of believing in life is watching.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2038567/ I’m stronger than the doubts of self That drift along like clouds with stealthCasting shadows causing strife Across the fabric of my life I’m stronger than the first world painsThat niggle at me day to dayMinor ills and bills unpaid These are not what I am made ofI&rs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2035543/   It feels like an eternity ago.So long that the memories have become rumors, but here she is justacross the bench, sitting on a bar stool in my kitchen.Nerves effervesce away with the hiss of another bottle opened. Ourcompany is easy, like it alw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ellemorell/2032689/ Droplets fall. 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