http://slow.writerscafe.org/DillanCourtright The original writings of author Dillan Courtright en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776086404 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 An old poem I located. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1953809/ Crowded streets consume hopeless dreamsCorrupted gold steals, rivers become streamsWorthless beings banished, broken by fiendsPromises laced open, arteries bleed freeHearts pumping ink, poison-stained anguishQuills drip onto paper, all traces vanishThoughts slowly disappear, a distorted canvasTwiste.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1953668/ She quietly walks down a broken path of fearNothing but the rustle of leaves in her earsHer steps echo forever down twisted trees so nearThe branches silently reach towards her from the rear A blood mist settles in, blinding her wayThe evil branches close in, forcing her to stayThe path becomes.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1898871/ A tribute to my older style of writing. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896465/ Shortest poem I've ever written. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896463/ 6th and final installation of the gemstone series. Collaborates: Gemstone Serpent, Graphite Moon, Sapphire Rain, Emerald Forest, Ruby Mountain together into one story. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896455/ 5th poem of my gemstone series. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896454/ 4th poem of my gemstone series. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896452/ 3rd poem of my gemstone series. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896451/ 2nd poem of my gemstone series. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896447/ 1st poem of my "Gemstone Series". http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896445/ A city of angels lies within a majestic cloud of honorWhere graceful melodies spread wings of boundless valorProtecting the innocent with their pure love and devotionBringing divine judgment on those who pour blood in the ocean Their hearts are untainted, undisputed golden emotionTheir eyes are.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896444/ The frozen landscape molds around a haunting shadowed figureIt shapes with his emotion, not alive but a mere whisperEchoing in the silence of the night, as snow gently fallsReverberating off leafless trees gasping to a haltThe world becomes isolated beneath winter's frigid gazeColder than death, slo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896441/ He stands within the darkness of the decaying stormFeeling the raw power of nature as it devours his formHe is a frozen statue, bound to a world of broken forceThe crimes of humanity lie before him like shattered quartz An exposed society hangs beneath dripping despairCorruption and greed lead .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896100/ He stands, trapped in frozen time with an absent mindLost within the infinite echoes of his own demiseHis life a script, written by demons of twisted fateA prisoner pinned beneath his own wretched hate Swirling, chaotic darkness swallows his entire beingWrapping him in a cloak of a forgotten me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896098/ Returning from the doctor you were toldYour whole life has begun to unfoldAll you've worked for is fading awayNot even your memories will be safe from decay An irreversible disease makes your brain witherLike a dying plant stranded in cold weatherForgetting the years like they've never happened.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896096/ Moonlight paints her face within the darknessShadows grasp her with a forgotten beautyA silence nobody can hear without listeningEtched on a distorted canvas of blurred emotionsShe haunts with echoes of her tortured miserySuffering alone in the recesses of her agonyNobody will save her, A nightmare .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896095/ Slithering like hot blood it slowly tricklesThe senses annihilated, ever so fickleIt craves for you, corrupts your fevered mindIt speaks for you, leaves you tipsy and blind Within this haunting nightmare you laughIt's all just a game, frozen time to passThis burning liquid seeps naught but lies.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896094/ Standing a blank slate before you, an infinite waitThis sorrow deepens within me, here I forever stayStreaming down my broken face, tears fill my eyesRendered in two, my heart still follows your lies Forgetting who I am, I continue to chase after youI ignore my dreams, I will die a forgotten fo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896093/ The world lies beneath the desolate scorching sunWithin this barren wasteland, beneath the eyes of oneThe tyrant watches, saving the lives of noneHe watches them burn, beneath his evil thumb Burning into ashes under solemn authorityThey are slaves, being sold like propertyThey weep and beg for .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896092/ Viewer Discretion Advised: Contains Graphic Content http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896090/ He stares deep into the heart of a transparent mirror of hateThe almighty power of the ancients reflect his wretched fateThey project a morbid future, piled with the bodies he slayedHe is a horrific hero, bound to a world that has forever decayedHe disposes of all his malevolent weapons of agony and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896088/ Viewer Discretion Advised: Contains Graphic Content. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896086/ Frozen inside an iron shell he hatesHe lies frozen in time battling his fateHe cannot move, paralyzed he is awakeIn a white room they watch him and wait His family stare at him with sorrow and regretThey don't know he can see them watch and acceptThe lab coats look at him with ever growing disg.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896083/ Her crystal tears fall, masked by the cold rainThe sky matches her misery, her sorrow and painShe walks slowly up to the person she used to call friendAll the years she had planned, came to an abrupt endShe looks upon his picture, her vision broken by tearsShe pictures holding his hand, remembers hi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896078/ Her tears fall like glistening rainShimmering in brilliance, mirroring her painHer suffering revealed with drops that stainDepression is laid open, showers from her veins He stands behind her, watching her silent struggleHe sees the dripping blood, but ignores the puddleShe stands with a knife,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896073/ Staring into their lifeless eyesHe is ready for his inevitable demiseThe victims of slaughter splattered against the wallTheir lifeless hands reach towards him from beneath the hall The corpses cold, filled with endless maliceThey corner him, trap him within their madnessShivering beneath their.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896071/ Shackled by the guilt of anotherHe stares at the blank wall, devoid of any colorBleak walls of stone surround his entire beingEveryday he stands trial, taking another man’s beating For in this world, they promise innocence before guiltBut instead, you are taken prisoner for a crime you di.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896070/ The abyss within the sky burns with streams of lightningThe rain falls, soaked in blood, a shining crimsonThe wind howls raging with the roaring thunderOne man stands alone, at its flaming center Tears of misery stream down her broken faceA storm so beautiful, falling out of placeShe wields ste.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896066/ He lives within the tortured recesses of his soulInside the darkness, where no one can strollDwelling within a faceless world divided by fearHe would know this pain, but can no longer feel An emotionally dead silhouette divided from societyNo words reach him, he is forever cloaked in anxietySuf.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896065/ As he stands alone in the expanding darkA sense of morbidity clings to his heartHe can feel it growing, threatening despairThis is how it ends, this is his cage of fear In the nightmare he walks alone in forgotten silenceOnly his gasping breath is heard within his blindnessOn a path of sorrow a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896064/ The battlefield lies in a barren ruinMen who once lived, now but an illusionA memory long forgotten, written in historyTheir corpses forever etched with marks of misery As time passes, the years forevermoreThe battlefield remains a scar, broken and tornThe evidence of violence a hollow reminder.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896063/ Flames of war burns within his eyesAs he watches his brothers and sisters dieHelpless and alone, without any strengthHe cannot change his parents fate The criminals kill and steal for selfish gainIgnoring the child hiding behind his painUnder the bed, he watches their feetAs they slaughter his .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896062/ The rain falls from clouds of miseryPainting the world in mists of agonyCreating oceans of darkening decayThe world is lost under skies of fate Slowly the world drowns in it’s fearsAs each day passes, so do the yearsHolding corpses of the ones they held dearIn shades of gray, they shed th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896061/ He is an animal, hunting to sate his craving hungerHe searches for his prey beneath the roaring thunderInstinct drives him, it saves him from falling underHe finds his prey, sleeping in a peaceful slumber His instinct drives him, it changes his sensesHe stalks closer, wary and defensiveAs he ap.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896060/ Blood drips in an abyss of despairAlone he sits in the darkness of his nightmareThe corpses of his greed lay beneath his stareHis demented mind swallowed in a cage of fear Within the raging sea lies his mindStorms of hatred, keep him confinedHis madness slowly becoming part of his designMore vi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896059/ Consumed within immense anguish he fabricatesA feeling of lifeless dread he cannot eraseA victim of madness, his sorrow and fateHe stares at a forgotten corpse with no face He hears the skeleton whisper his nameLike being dead is nothing but a gameThe whispers echo, lik.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896058/ Surrounded by a crowd of envyHe stood in the center of its greedAs everyone fought for power in a frenzyHe watched as they made themselves bleed The weakness of man, their desireAlways unhappy, looking for something moreNo matter how much they are admiredTheir greed is the center of their core&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896054/ He stands upon the bloody fieldAs crimson drips from his steelThe world is shadowed, dark and sealedInside a nightmare of death and fear As he walks down the path of miseryHis eyes bleed with tears of agonyOne by one, his brothers fallHe watches them die, for a broken cause A tint of red g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896050/ Inside my sickening darknessI am suffocating and heartlessInside my maddening thoughts of youIt drives me from the truth Inside my heart, you feel the darkInside the abyss, is where I lurkIf you give me trust, I’ll break your soulInside the dark, I sit upon my throne You don’t .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896049/ There are clouds forming, dark and blueThey are hiding power, something newInside the swirling chaos and hateThere is thunder, there is fate The ocean roars, it swells and rollsIt swallows the hate, and devours soulsWhirlpools whip, they lash and tearCyclones ravage without a care In all t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896048/ The night grows darker nowClouds have been forming for awhile nowA cold winter breeze settles inAnd at the center, he stands alone He isn’t sad and he isn’t angryHe’s not depressed, just a little lonelyNot because there is nobody aroundIt’s just because no one understand.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896047/ The heartless wind blowsUpon this desolate land of snowIn his heart, he feels the frozen coldIn his mind, devastation has been foretold In the barren landscape of rotting decayCountless bodies are buried in grayHe has foreseen mankind led astrayCaught in their greed, now they must pay Thun.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896046/ The frozen landscape barrenAlone and desolate, he is transparentThrough the decades of decaying timeHe has never felt truly alive The winter’s cold, bites and chewsIt turns his soul to ice with words untrueEven though he is calm within a storm of hateHe cannot turn away from his fate&nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896045/ I see the darkness, in your eyesLike a shadow, you’re in disguiseIn your mind, you see me cryIn your hands, you bring demise In my mind, you are the truthMy own heart, I cannot sootheI’m not here, with something to proveI’m just here to heal my bruise You bring me sorrow,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896044/ Darkness envelops his mindAs rage drives him blindHe stands before all with visions of redHe sees no friend, only anger is fed He lashes out, blinded by hatredHe murders, in the name of nothing sacredOnly his fury driving him forthAs he is consumed by his worth With steel and iron he deliv.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896043/ Tonight, the world grows coldBarren landscape moldsInfinite winter, without a soulIn the darkness tales are told Desolate and brokenNo words are spokenEverything frozen in solid motionWe watch with no emotion The moon rises with its infinite gazeAnd reveals the world lost in hazePeople sca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896040/ Stone cold, he sits in silenceLong he waits, without a conscienceLike a statue, he resembles stoneAll alone, he sits on his throne In the darkness, he fights for truthBut there are others, who would steal his youthHidden in shadows, with intensity of fireWith cloaks and daggers, they build the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896037/ Love is a shadow, with no formIt has no power here, no uniformDarkness resides in the hearts of menIt carries blood, it carries sin Evil brings slaughter and painIt brings no laughter, only stainsCrimson splatters against the innocentAs the evil brings forth cruel punishment Peace is unobt.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DillanCourtright/1896035/ Viewer Discretion is Advised! 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