http://slow.writerscafe.org/oakheart The original writings of author Gaige en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776002420 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I wonder if I could save myselfFrom all these fragile miraclesWhat I wouldn't giveOr let be takenTo not be the still boySo easily shakenWalking uphillStruggling in ways I solely canPushing a soul of stoneLike I'm SisyphusBut with a better planSo I steal, and harbor, and then retreatI lock up my hous.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1302860/ My revenge is silenceTo the voices in my headGhosts haunt this machineMade of soul, sinew and fleshHappily vicariousorVicariously happyWalking the worldWith mismatched stepsA hint of wanting smileEtched upon my lips http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1289214/ I admire your fireThe electric burnOf your touchI want for ashesSmoldering momentsFor which I lustWill I rememberPulled to lengthBy ceaseless yearsBreaks that I have borneTo keep what I loveEver nearI am a shadowEternal and weatheredAcross moon's frameLonging for purposeFor will to changeYet remaini.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1287103/ I am bound in translucence;A hollownessBetween walls that can feelLost in the world's storyAnd in all the beautyThat takes place hereMy time takes its meaningIt's prophecy self-fulfilledFrom the desperate actionsI wearTrying to make my worldRun still http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1285533/ I am more than linesDrawn into the sandMore than the seasonsThat weather a manI have tread worn pathsRunning east to westChasing a sun ever-set http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1228424/ I draw from my pipeAnd watch smoke-etched linesPaint my faceWith hazy memoriesForlorn and sublimeI touch upon the lostThings foreignand beautifully abstractDays filled with sun and sandAnd nights of delicious darknessI taste smoke to rememberSo my mind may whetherthe trials and tribulationsOnly my h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1149769/ A misunderstood prodigyWith an adequate lack of mercyA master of philanthropyWith a disdain for humanityHale to the victimAnd bear silent witnessExorcise his demonsAnd his wretched sicknessRumination of a flickering switchA thousand empty sparksWrought from broken circuitsCrafted in truant dark.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1136773/ I've always counted stepsand passing road signsbut I've never botheredto keep the timeI've waited on lightPromised in a sunrisewondering what is one man against the stars and the fateof which they are comprisedI've seen endless sandand the sorrow waves consumefelt strength in gentle handsa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1132186/ Awakening to a dayRestless and wearyPassive, wasting awayCaught by insecuritiesCold thoughts a cancerMaybe he'd be better offWith silent serenityA brief reflectionOf dreams and aspirationsWho he might have beenForlorn hauntsOf the full manHe could beBut the hollow takes himSearching for a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1130974/ illuminated by seams of deceitdecrepit sleep finds me in dreamsfailing faith won't let me believe wishes slip beneath sun swept wavesin ocean-air i am cleansed but left unchangedthe innocence within me ever the sameon yielding horizon i spot hope in landbut i hold my sinking ship with wanting h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1126159/ Sympathy sewn into my sleevesA melancholy feeling stitched into my mindForeboding words haunting my every stepI find my serenity in silenceWatching my shadow dance aloneWeighted wounds anchoring me to this homeHarboring the heights from which I fallEnsnared by this world and its pullVoices tell me o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1115139/ My thoughts bound to a little townWhere a thousand lives have taken placeA book with a different face on every pageWith unique words etched upon every graveHere, like the seasons, people change and fade http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1054099/ Swept into autumn blissSweat and blood stain this earthBearing witness to foreign starsFlesh tasting waters serene and coldShedding my introverted skinTo birth a soul into this humble worldI have swam the berth of this riverBitten by its undertowI grow both young and old http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1044642/ A light filters through meHumble in natureI see from a skewed viewThis world of tamed dangersI contemplate the looming of foreverBrought by the word neverToo poor to afford attentionToo insignificant to mentionA forgotten kingOn a hollowed throneThe weight of his crownTaking his head from the clouds http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1040933/ I wish to forever sleepAm I worthy of this dream?A question loomed in silenceMan enthralled by apathyIn encroaching dark I rememberLove cherished and forsakenWith a heart of tender stoneThe world is how I make itSetting in the light of my sunStars for every wish made and taken http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1037568/ My sick strange darknessFilled with faded treesAnd wilted photographsBlurred and buriedA foreign feeling of alwaysMy siren softly singingWith the voices inside my headDrops of watered down apathyTrickling from cupped handsNews print headlinesTrailing behind my eyesDescribing a worldOnly be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1031461/ Sun-touched; my ever present shadowOn this cloudless night I miss youAs moonlight falls all around meIn solemn solitude I rememberA happiness without need of words http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/1029777/ I know the fate of this momentCounting sunrises on fingertipsTasting sorrow in the distanceThere is no sweetness between usAnother whisper painted by touchBurning cold letters by a candle's flameWords I can't hold stain the pageSigned with a love meant to separateCadence etched upon soft lipsLu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/962557/ Now that I am a memory sent so far awayA reminder of what I was beforeDreaming sleeplessly on a bed of yesterdaysCounting the tolls for the path I takeThey will make a man of the boy I am todayI grow ever colder though I burn my fire brightAlone in the rain clouds that occupy my mindI pray.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/961025/ If you're lonelyI'll take your handIf you're the oceanI'll be the sandIf you are the nightmareI am the dreamIf you are the seamstressI am the seamYou are my heartand The reason it beats http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/960559/ Warped within a conscious mindA dimly lit room shed of skinEyes for damnation and the proud man's sinI hate the crossing overIn my shadowy mind I wear my prisonBuilt up from jilted memoryA sense of morals dulled by apathyClose to man than I wish to beA wallowing sufferer of delusionI .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/960284/ I don't want to breatheYour air of toxicityYou have infected meMy favorite diseaseMy preferred drugI'll use you upThe darkness that remainsA mark of my craven loveEverything is emptyEverything is sinI'll carve my words into youMy words will mar your paper skinYour weapon is beautyMine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/959384/ I awoke to the sound of finches outside my window. It faced west so my room was rather dim. I scratched the cat sleeping contently on my stomach. It must be 9 or 10 am, but time doesn't exist to a fifteen year old on a Sunday morning. I pushed myself up, the cat rolled off my sto.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/959133/ Am I wasting my time trying to feelReaching for something fallen far awayI can't contemplate the end to my daysBut it's far too close and far too realDays pass and months endHollow years which keep here; a prisonI see you in dreams too surrealI'm too weak to ask for moreGod how I wish I was stronger.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/959123/ Clutching at the falling piecesAlone on my island of trepidationSo desperate to controlFloating adrift on a sea of holesHumble my arrogant state of mindReflected in a world that judgesDrown me ever so gentlyLike I'm a small, impudent childGive away my fleeting soulCrushed into contorted an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/957373/ I will find my fireA heart bleeding loveThe faintest of candle flamesIn a sea of darkI touch your whisperBreath lingering in longingWounds I cannot mendImperfection within your beautyStitches of scarlet stringBinding us togetherBecome entangled In the words my passion weavesInnocence .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/953476/ I watched the storm bring us togetherDrowning in the waves of sandReminding me of a desert winterAnd all the dreams I once hadMoon smiles, sun tastes our lipsI feel the fire in my veins The bite is nostalgic of a kissWhispering words made of nightYou've taken my silenceTracing my soul with gent.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/953127/ I've filled the cupsI'm behind the lineStaring down the competition My current missionWinning eye to eyeI don't break the arcI shock them allWith a shot as flatAs a brick wallThey call me lazerI'm the trail blazerOf the sniper shotSet a cup upWatch it dropGet under my tableI ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/940278/ Promise meThat love doesn't endBecause I miss youLike the moonMisses the seaCalling it to herEndlessly http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/940052/ It's not about how you lookOr the cute things you sayI just love you girlBecause you move in your own wayHead over heals completelyI'm the leaves on a treeAnd you're the breeze making me shudderWe aren't star crossedBut I'll forever be your loverI just want you to rememberThe place I'll always stand.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/937720/ Glass walls that surroundShattered with a single stoneInevitably they all come downSitting on a throneCold and profoundA humble kingClutching an apathetic crownCrippled and alone againWithin a circle of innocenceMade by careless wordsCaught in whispers of defianceLost on deaf earsIgnoring the pleas .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/934474/ My last hymnMaking one last vowMy salvationLies 11 stories downFour feet of sidewalkMy last friendPavement reading my last ritesI never would of thoughtThis is howMy life would end  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/922211/ The Autumn took meA jilted NomadWithout a songForsaking my nameLike a story's heroIn a bookYou've never read Resting my heart in fireWithin the bite of winter I slumberBuried by the cold of dreamsWhispering promises I've forgottenLost in a wish for tomorrowAbandoned with my only creed http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/905120/ I am surrendering To the beauty around meTo the earth beneath my feetTo the wind that touches my cheek Vanity does not lie hereOnly a soul's serenity http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/905119/ Eyes in broken glass reflectionsYour heart like a thunderstormBreathlessly saying every wordCrushing my hand holding a roseMy flesh tastes its thorns Twisted thoughts embrace meHow I wish for a sunriseCaught in this endless nightWith haunting memories of youStalking the brightest corners of my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/896626/ A touch so stimulatingI loose the sense of who I amMake me up so wellStart this heart's beatMy lungs absent of airIt's difficult to breatheIn my nightmares I can't exhaleThe pressure builds and buildsI drown and I'm not myselfA shadow of everything I once held dearLove faltering in currents far.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/891606/ You're a flower On my graveMy favourite noteIn my final songA tight embraceWhile I lie lifeless and coldThe rythym of a heartThat has ceased to beatCome closerPariah of my sanityYour warmth reminds meThat life is temporary   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/891050/ Dancing in a field of cloverA place hidden from mourningThis temporary happinessCaught in a momemntSo beautifully fleetingEnthralling my toubled heartI'd stay here if I couldSheltered from rain and sadnessWhere flowers have the courageTo bloom on forgotten gravesI just pray they'll gr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/890301/ I'd burn my promisesPaint over my truthWhisper pretty liesNever write another wordGive away all my timeTake the colour from my worldStrike myself blindPlead to the darknessTurn my back on the lightForsake my indentityAbandon my nameI'd give you anythingExcept for what I don't haveAnd what I don't ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/885750/ Lead me into the desertTempted by sullen promisesPure waters marred by liesSol was so much brighterWhile our lives weren't composed of time Come and waste this life with meA city of flowers around usBlooming in smiles and sadnessBeauty could be a good thing again I wonder if I could l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/875075/ How knowing you has haunted meI dream of you endlesslyWould night cease to beCould I eternally sleep?I pray for this nightmare to leave meYour beautiful faceAn apiration of what sanity has leftLike rain in my handsLetting me wipe the tears awayAnonymously http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/839709/ We are seeds on the windDaring our young souls to growAdmist the ones we loveIn happy, little groves We are sprouts made of hopeReaching ever higherFollowing the sun's setWalking lonely roads east to west We are trees of beautyAdorned in memoriesMaking this life wor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/837784/ Haunts hidden in unbound believingVie for control shadowy loverEcho faintly my keeperMy morals have been compromisedLike a virgin's beautiful suicide Forgive me for wearing a crown of desperationDefined in the violence of my soulContorted defiance melded deep within Sac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/837091/ I've walked streetsLined with empty housesLike hearts that once held dreamsAdmist fields of forgotten flowersWandering groves of sorrowful treesGod have you finally found me?In this endless game of hide-and-seekI wonder if life is truly what you make itI wonder if one .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/834245/ Compassion held my handBeauty cast me a glanceLove drew me closeLife gave me a chanceI walked streets of lightHeard songs in my headDanced to my own flowGave all my dreams awayMy moon whispered goodnightStars kissed me goodbyeDusk hugged me tightA sunrise saw me cryWatching the evening fadeI was her.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/831822/ Rising from a listless sleepWondering why the world has passed me bySitting in a broken bedIs there something more inside Come down tomorrowOn this eve my sun will riseTaking me from the steps of my fatherAnswer me for every single whyRedemption in this chanceI think I'm wor.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/830340/ I'm the last sane manTrapped in a world of madnessReminding me of loveAnd that one time I had itI could die tomorrowYesterday is too farToday is too nearBut one day I'll be goneI've lived far too longA thousand lifetimesCaught in a missing breathHeart skipping a single beatHood over my headSlits cut.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/828638/ He took to his endeavor with heart. Every swing of his mighty ax brought with it a shower of splinters, and a margin of distance towards his goal. Regret weighed heavy upon his heart and was worn on his brow. A result of the contradictory feelings his task evoked within him. This tree.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/827479/ Goddamn that's dark, I shouldn't write while listening to Mudvayne :P http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/826129/ I search the corners of the worldFor something perfectUnder moon scarred skiesMy dream may never riseLike water in cupped handsEmptying slowly to the pace of timeFor I am only foundIn a heart that matches mine http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/oakheart/825874/