http://slow.writerscafe.org/DjGirl2k15 The original writings of author Jessica Lima en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775992436 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15     By just looking at me, you'd never be able to tell,That I hate myself so much ,I eat till I don't feel well.I lie to myself everyday,The cravings always at bay...Maybe today I'll be strong?No, once again I'm wrong.I feel so truly ashamed,Who else can be blamed?No one but stupid li.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/2001406/ Eyes closed,Hugging my knees,Ignoring the cold,And wishing for bliss.A lonely girlWith nowhere to go,Hoping and praying,For love once more.That's my story,Each and every day,But I'm only a stranger,So you just walk away.Sometimes I wonder..."What's wrong with me?Why can't anyone,Notice that I a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1996584/ Laughter now mock me.A sound I cannot recreate... And as sadness overcome meI allow it to wash me away.What is there to fight for,When pain has made me numb?You voice is now but a dreamWhich has long, long gone.And I cannot follow...My song is a lonely one.But I hope, maybe tomorrow,My hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1968009/ Deep inside of me,At the back of my mind,Resides a nasty creatureVery difficult to hide.But from time to time,It comes out to play.If I want controlThere is no other way.It walks with my legs,Speaks with my voice,And I must play alongThere is no other choice.But you see, this is meIn my only tr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1938537/ Every morning when I wakeI ask myself why:Why have I been given, a second chance to try?When my strength is goneAnd my faith has died...Only I hear the screams,Echoing inside my mind.And still I smile...As they give me 'the eye'.I hear their whispers..."If only she would try..." Makes.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1938447/ My steps make no sound as I approach my target. The poorly lit, and absurdly narrow street provides me with all the cover I need to observe before engaging. I press my back against the humid wall and close my eyes, giving my other senses a chance to shine. Within seconds I hear my target's voice, an.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1934942/ It's late when I leave work. Quarter to midnight to be exact.I walk home alone. My trench coat so much bigger than my frame; keeping me warm.An old fashioned hat sits on my head. My long curls fastened as a bun exposing my long neck."Are you a detective mommy?" My son asked me one uneventful ni.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1928292/ When I opened my eyes for the first time since my death, he was there. His lips touched mine, and breath returned to my lungs... My body rejected it. If I wasn't already laying on the ground I'm sure I would have fallen. I felt like I weighed a thousand pounds, and the air running though my dead lun.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1927895/ I scream but keep my lips shut tight,Much like a growl deep inside me...When I turn around my smile is backAnd they can't tell they've hurt me. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1926041/ My fingers closed around your neckAnd you struggled to breathe...Was it love I saw in your eyes,As you stared back at me?Foolish... Foolish girl.You couldn't make me change!At least not in time,To see my heart repent.You should have told the worldPain is how I showed my love.And found yourself .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1922746/ We are an explosive combination,Like fire and gasoline...Whenever we come together,The world ceases to exist.Tired of the devastation,We decided it's best to part...Somehow we are still together,Two bodies; a single heart. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1922378/ I run away from all that's goodAnd made my own path.When the thorns cut me deepI chose to ignore that.When offered help, I averted my eye.And pretended that my soul, And body had not died.As days turned to weeks,And weeks turned to nights.The cold lurked inAnd yet I didn't fight.When my bl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1920205/                        If anyone were to pay me any attention, they would not be able to tell I have been dead for five years. I mean... I walk, talk, laugh, and pretend to breathe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1919822/ When things go wrong,Your world will turn cold... Please  stay strong!And hold on to hope.It can always get worse,And life will accommodate.I know it ain't fairBut learn to appreciate.Turn empty pans upside-down,And create your own beat.Hit it hard using your anger,But never give in t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1917246/ Ana works multiple jobsTo make ends meet.But there's a sacrificeTo escape her defeat.She sells her bodyKnowing life ain't fair.But when she tries to explain...Let me guess, YOU DON'T CARE.***Mark is a man in love,And that, everyone can see.But Lana cheats on him.Will you tell him? Not me!A better ma.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1915292/ Sing me a song,and make me forget.If I start to wake,Whisper... 'Not Yet'Caress my crown,And cherish my curls.Wrap it on your finger,Softly so it twirls.Don't hold your tears,Let them roll down,Or feel the pain...as your lungs drown.Time can be funnyToo short or too longIt all dependsOn who sin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1915288/ *BUZZ*[Hey Mary, got time to chat?][Get lost Anna, go run off some of that 'baby' fat][Rudeness! but anyway, where you at?][Not that it matters... but why do you even care about that?][lol. why don't you come by? Got a surprise for you. You may hate how I look... can't say the same about y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1913324/ I am strong enough to stand beside you and reach for the starsBut right now you are on the spotlight, and I am in the dark.I can't carry on as is love, one day you'll understand.I'll miss you and might regret this laterBut please let go of my hand. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1913313/ A poem I wrote for Sae-Chan of "Twin Star Exorcists" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1912905/ Oh, So you think you are a monster...Darling, you ain't got a clue!Come out and play little imposter I'll show you what I always knew.You're hurting others because you hurt.So pathetic an excuse!Go home at night right after workAnd start licking your own damn bruise.Don't take a life and then r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1912551/ The sun shone upon her, From behind the glass window.Our eyes would meet,Our words would greet,This Blondie was no bimbo!One day I thought to ask:"How did you end up here?'Her smile fellHer eye began to swellI should have let her be."My family was all kinds of broken,words between me .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1912078/ I entered the forest of lost dreams,Hoping I could find what I had lost.At its center run a steady streamAnd I saw things a human should not.I saw demons take cover among treesAs angels flanked them from the sky.Time paused and gone was the breeze,Everything frozen with no&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1911060/ For many years I have pretendedThat I cared about many things...But today I'm tired, spent, and weakSo I decided to burn all strings.Everything that linked me to you,And the lies I was forced to listen.They burn this deep, deep blueSo beautiful that my eyes glisten. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1911007/ But if the world No longer spin Turn on the light You have within And I swear No flowers will die And as your friend Neither will I. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1910730/ For my friends at Center For Change - Utah. No one understands what we go through. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1910723/ I rested my head on her lapAs she started the tale.Even strangers came aroundstrengthening the stench of ale."A certain monthout of the year,he turns into a man-and seduce the ladieswho never run,while they still can-"I make circles with me fingerright at the top of her kneeThen she smiles.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1910003/ You can't see the frameif you're in the picture.You can't trust any personWho won't give you stricture. If you must open your mouthAt least have something to sayOr people will space outand even worse, turn away.Want something done rightThen do it yourself'Cause if it goes wrongAt least you can .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1908731/ My power grows ever  strongThis fact no one can ever deny.What once was broken inside meIs now mended and wants to fight.Those who love me will suffer...I'm taking back my throne.My heart, center of my kingdomWants me to rule all alone. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1908376/ Should of just had one glassBut instead I started a tabNot the first timeWon't be the last...Do I feel better?No, I feel bad. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1907947/ My angry heartHas turned from me.What is left,But my wounds to bleed? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1907946/ I am but a ladyBred in the SouthOnly beautiful thingsCome out my mouth. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1907944/ Drunk on tearsI suffer aloneIgnoring the painTill it is gone. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1907943/ I drove for many hours till I reached the lakeOne look at the sky and I knew it was late.The water beneath the dockWas indeed mighty darkAnd much like my poems The water fell flat.Up above, the moon,Shared spotlight with the sunAnd from below the water-lineI swear I heard a song.I jump in .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1907229/ I am not scared of dying,I am scared of how i'll die.Does anyone want to goWith a knife through their eye?Imagine feeling the tipAt the very back of your skull...Would you still be consciousWhen the medics tried to pull?Or what if your car crashedAnd there was no one aroundTo help you out of itRight.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1906205/ You are my only solace But- Will you always be?If I cut my wrists open,Will you hold or save me?Will I see you smile or cry?Will I ever even understand why-You made the choice you made?Does true love, ever turn to hate?You are my only solaceBut I cannot enjoy youI am a complex womanAnd complexity ma.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1905880/ My spirit animal is a sloth.I do the bare minimum to survive.Does it bother me?....Not!Its actually quite funTo watch others work, and workSomeone tell me what is it worth!I mean, when you dieEverything you sacrificed forDoesn't it stay behind?Besides, people do stuff for me.A thank you and a s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1905763/ I was born in the wrong era.Though I wear pants, I want to dress like Cinderella.I want my corset to dig into my skin,And my breasts to pop.Is my life anything like that?I must tell you...of course not!I want my lover to feed me fruit,And touch me as if I am made of gold.Men nowadays are nothin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1905524/ Ella has loved one man her entire adult life. She loved him so much, that she hid traces of the abuse his angry self had caused. Her long sleeves were not a style choice as she had made her friends and family believe. Her tears were not of happiness, or worry about her husband's dangerous work as a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1905506/ Ink on paper warms my heart,So set it a flame And I'm yours from the start.Ink on paper is a feeling of love,Forever free,Like a milky-white dove.Ink on paper is very hard to do,I fail over and overAnd for that I feel blue.But ink on paper is also a drug...Can't let go or quit Clouds your mind with .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1905411/ In love with the sea...As lonely as this may be,The last note has been sang,And now nothing can be done.He comes and goes, like the wavesAnd almost never, ever stays.So what am I, a girl, to doTo hide a feeling I feel is true?In love with the sea...The warmth stolen from me.But in love I still sing .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1903249/ His kiss is the most sensual thing...Wet and so warm I melt from within.When he pulls away I see the wicked grin...The ecstasy takes me places I have not ever been.I start to pout when I feel the cold.His body then comes down on mine,Hot, alive, bold.Knowing what he wants I can't help.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1900106/ The IMPORTANT thingIs your ability to LOVENOT who loves you.What you may GIVENot what you may GETMakes this TRUE.If I BREAK downDon't ever FROW,Play me a SOUND.Of your HEART beatingNever STEERING To other SHORES. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1900063/ I stepped on a water puddle and looked down.My heart-shaped face seemed frozen into a frown.A little girl walked by and touched my hand,Then I smiled, and started to understand.My world is a lonely one in a good day,And if I ever tried to change it... I couldn't say.To my left was a man with his hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1899174/ Have you ever loved someone so strongly there's no space for anyone else?If you have, can you imagine, what's to love only yourself?It is the curse I live with, and sadly I do not mind.That's why everyone that care for me feels like I left them behind.Like a forgotten book, untouched, that.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1899153/ EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES I CAN SEE THE OCEAN COMING ALIVE UNDER THE MOON.THE STARS THEN REFLECTED ON ITREMINDED ME OF A TIME THAT ENDED TOO SOON.THE MOUNTAINS THAT BORDERED THE WATER LINESTOOD TALL AND MIGHTY ABOVE ME.AND ONLY THE STREET LIGHTS PROVIDED SAFETYBUT NOT AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE.DR.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1897432/ No words,No inspiration,No pain,No desperation.I sit still so longMy skin turns cold.And I try to rememberThe days of old.My stomach growlsWhen it's lunch time,Reaching into my pocketI take out a dime.What can it buy?Nothing.What I feel inside?Nothing.People walk byThey nod at me.I copy the ges.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1897010/ "Sit up dear.""Do not frown!""Cross your legsAnd wear a gown"So many rulesin how to be a girl.I Just want to playand learn to do a twirl.But "Yes mama"Is all I ever say,I owe her too muchAnd by gosh I will repay.Anything to see her eyes sparkleWith that hint of pride,Because just as she claims meI c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1891892/ We are so different I could even say,That I am night and he is day.If I pick north he will pick south.Who in here knows what I'm talking 'bout?But love is a game we like to play,So when I try to leave he makes me stay.From time to time though, there's an eclipseAnd we both agree that life is a bliss.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1891173/ 'Mommy, why are you so sad?'My daughter used to say.She was always so sick and frailAnd I watched her fade away.Her weight in my armsOne day turned to dust.Words of love and comfort,Suddenly were not enough. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1891146/ I turn my face and look away,I hold my tears till they are goneThe pain helps me realize that Falling in love makes me a pawn. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DjGirl2k15/1890310/