http://slow.writerscafe.org/mymemnoch The original writings of author M.J.Grace en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776041470 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Why do I look outside of myself for validation?You told me that I don't knowFrom the beginning it seems you have been telling me that I am wrongMy thoughts. Wrong.My feelings. Wrong.My body. Wrong.I just woke up.I know now that MY thoughtsAre mine.You can't tell me what to think.I know now that MY f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/686119/ Dancing on egg shellsDelicately side steppingCarefully considering my next wordsThe air is tightI tip toe past this elephantHolding my breathMy voice crashes the silence http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685810/ Thought it was hard when I was far from you. It's worse now that I feel so far away. No matter the miles or minutes, you are my fantasy. Every time I close my eyes I see you. I smell you. My imagination goes wild during every quiet moment. My mind runs to you every chan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685809/ These are the days I can't trust what I writeFor fear of these words one day being readI write in code A secret language I can only hope to rememberThese nights of fog may allude me one dayI can't even trust myselfDreaming of endless kisses as I miss my loveNo excuses No betrayals It .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685549/ I don't know if this classifies as a poem, it is sort of a free write, I generally write poetry... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685542/ this was from a love affair http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685540/ At what point does this count as unbearableWhen can I throw my hands up and walk awayOr stayWhen are these pieces too shattered to be repairedI can only be broken so many times before I am uselessI won't stop until the bad outweighs the goodThe good is infinitely betterThe bad is continuously worseY.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685538/ This timeI lay next to youI am not not close enoughI hold your hand and it is so rightI wish for time to stopIt won'tThe light comes too quicklyWhen I close my eyes I will the world to stop turningYour fingers on my shoulder, my back, my hip...Your energy electrocutes my spineLeaning into you I feel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685536/ On the outside i'm sitting calmSmiling sweetlyYou'd never know that my insides are on fireIt's a war zoneExplosions left and rightSo exhausting i can't relaxI lay here and try to calm itBut my veins are burningI feel the energy radiatingIt's bursting through my poresI can't contain it Stil.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685534/ I have been walking under waterThe sounds are muffledMy vision blurredI can't breatheAwaiting the eventual gulp of fresh airThis wait is worth the agony, althoughSometimes I feel that overwhelming urge to come up for airMaybe stay up there?I waitI wait until the numbers stop, they move so slowEach s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685532/ I can feel you hereIn the back of my mindSuch a comfort to know you're hearing my thoughtsWhispering the answers to my most uncomfortable questionsIncepting the perfect words into my rhymes It used to be so lonely and coldYou've warmed up my gaping subconscious My head used to be such a pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685531/ So lonely and never alone.Sitting in a crowd enduring all of your emotions,Can't you keep them to yourself?Maybe I should shut you out?When you hurtI hurt, at least you know why.The energy in my world is exploding,You keep assaulting me with your debris.  Can't you just hold back?It's not my jo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685530/ The purest emotionThis makes no senseMaybe it's the way I should have loved myselfI appreciate the YOU in ME... and the Me in YOUWhy is my pen aching to define this mess of entangled feelingsHow many different ways will I vindicate usI close my eyes and I try to remember our past livesI can't shake .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685525/ I have never connected so instantly w someone I have never metI have never known someone so intimately before we even spokeI have never heard someone use my phrases with out ever having a conversationI have never finished someone's sentences -or had my words stolen right off my tongueI am blown.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685522/ I miss you and the wind is so angryIt's crying for meI cannot be who I amI can't give my heart a voiceSo the wind is calling youI can hear it's devastation and my heart shattersknowing the wind can feel it, tooMy eyes burn as i listenThe sound is outside my windowThe pain is in my chestI let my lone.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685520/ I have never heard your voice, felt your skin or looked into your eyes. My soul knows you. Everything seems backwards And I am so comfortable. We're old friends who have never met. I know nothing about you, Why do I feel like I know everything? I can see us listeni.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685517/ I'm looking at these ruinsThis mess of fallen bricksI remember when we built itA wall that would never fallWe chose a weak foundationAnd faith instead of cementWe patched the holes with empty promisesYou ignored the cracksI tried to hold it together When I saw the first bricks fallYou turned yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mymemnoch/685508/