http://slow.writerscafe.org/Sharleen The original writings of author Sharleen Boaden en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776208037 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Into sleep I diveLike being in a cinema when the lights go outDark comfort Blotting the chaos outPeace in dollops of quietSliding down carousels and into my dreamsFlickering soft light like travelling sunbeamsI like it here, here in my slumberWhere times past, present and futureGli.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/2007399/ And the sun went outAnd the sky turned greyThe day you left this lifeJust another day, the same...but not.People walking and shopping and talking and eatingBirds singing and the rain rainingThe world spinning and waves raging...But you weren't there.Which felt odd because it al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1995683/ I went along a green laden path and softly brushed my hands over tallheaded grassI found myself floating... carried awayTwirling and swirling in Flora's bouquet It seeped through the closed doors and over the floorboards of my hearts vacant chambers ..and densly dark corridors Pe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1949167/ I sometimes feel things fall into placeThen just as quickly fall out of grace How strange to ride on these rollercoaster highwaysThe twists and turns, the coagulative byways To rise above it all only to buckle and fallTo pick oneself up then to hit a brick wall How funny it is to live in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1947481/ They slip through the cracksIn and out of every pitUntil they arriveWhere Fools sit....In grotesque embrace;Questioning dearly tillThey're blue in the faceDoubts spin roundDesecrating the airAnd manic eyes blinkWith glassy-eyed stare;Murky mirrors reflect paleShadows of mens'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1837491/ I fledI fled to the comfort of the darkAnd felt soft swarthy fabricEnvelope my heartI allowed myself to deeply sink inPeering into the blacknessSeeing nothingLike a blackboard duster sweepingOff the chalkSo my mind was unclutteredOf all it's wild talkI stayed till first lig.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1504349/ I find myself in a place so quietThat I dare to even breatheA stillness within that I want to touchA pocket of palpable easeThe chaos outside wields its frenetic paceThe loudness turned down to muteI cling to this peace possessivelyWilling it so to take root http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1314425/ I lost my grip and down I slidAnd felt no urge to stopMy scanty power enveloped my willAs I succumbed to my downward spiralThe inevitable pulled its peaceful ruseI felt dead before I diedThe blackened fiend sat with twisted smileAnd watched me bleed into airlessnessDown down I slid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1267800/ Tears fall down from deep emotional gravesLike waterfalls covering over dark hidden cavesBut no one notices the agony ...the painCause I am crying ..crying in the rain http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1221141/ I set you free cause you hungered to goYou gnawed for so long on our family tieChewed at the cord till you made me cryWell, goodbye my dear one, be free and flyPerhaps one day when your wings hang lowYou'll remember my hands that held you nearYou'll remember my eyes welled up with tear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1207328/ What possessed me to wrestle so longPicking away on unchartered groundPushing emotions around and aroundSpinning so many an unfinished song?What carried me off into deeper watersWading through mire and murky cornersFalling again and again and againOver husbands and fathers and Wonderland mothers?Eas.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/1046452/ I choose to ignore my aching heartCarrying it in secret behind my shadow smileHeavy legs take me around this cold dance floorWaltzing as words beat on my sensitive brain I’m Alice in Wonderland!Drowning in abnormalityForcing myself bigger in a shrunken surround…&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/992865/ I looked into unseeing eye;it didn't blinkTears pooled blurring my vision....Perhaps I could pass through that shuttered gaze,probe deeper within;pass by blood and tissueand reach the fleshy beating heart?I closed my eyes and appealed with words,clawed blindly at emotional walls;pl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/903437/ SittingIn the darkFeeling the beatOf my foolish heart I touch my faceAlien lines push away my fingertipsI don’t feel like meI am a woman possessed Eyes widen out to let in more lightDark unseeing pools disguising my fright If I can just stay here&hellip.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/892585/ We’re fallingLittle grey particles sliding from graceFloating sporadically through smog filled spaceOnly to landIn perfect place…Sometimes You’re fallingA tortured soul disguising your hateLying dying knowing too much too lateGroping with handsIn tearful.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/749703/ We walk amongst shadowsIn a quiet detached waySwaying against the shouldersOf others day by dayAnd behind all eyes a worldLies hidden......tucked awayWhere thousands of untold feelingsSeek words to have a sayDeep wells lie scatteredBrimming with decayWhile down rains new emotio.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/749701/ Liquid walls begin to swell then....                          concave down into a wellI slip through ripples and slide down streamsSwirling around in muted dreamsD.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/749700/ ...and then you were gone  I walked through the space that last held your face,turned around and aroundtrying to absorb your trace...I looked quickly left and then looked right,eyes darting like a needle desperate to interlacemy soul into yours;To w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/694880/ We walk amongst shadowsIn a quiet detached waySwaying against the shouldersOf others day by dayAnd behind all eyes a worldLies hidden......tucked awayWhere thousands of untold feelingsSeek words to have a sayDeeps wells lie scatteredBrimming with decayWhile down rains new emoti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/692146/ We’re fallingLittle grey particles sliding from graceFloating sporadically through smog filled spaceOnly to landIn perfect place…Sometimes You’re fallingA tortured soul disguising your hateLying dying knowing too much too lateGroping with handsIn tearful.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690772/ It’s fragile and fleeting and filled with fearTentative, uncertain, uncomfortably nearLossThe losing of you; horrifying, insanePicking and tearing, hurting my brainLossOf you is foreign, extremeNever considered even in wildest dreamLossIt hangs on nothing though intrinsically tiedTo my life .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690765/ Be careful as you go through dark tangled websTrampling and tiptoeing round life’s sharpened dregsBe careful as you shoot blindly from hip Mindlessly aiming through pursed tight lip;For amongst us gentle souls do lieRare soft creatures with hearts that sighThe world around them like strong c.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690763/ If I had the silver cloth that could line your darkest cloud,             I’d wrap you in it forever more and hold with all my might          No stormy sky or gale force wind or black .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690762/ I chose you for captain though you were off courseI saw you a hero, a knight on a horseI dreamt of you sailing when I saw you’d no boatI spoke of your valour, put you on a high noteI believed you were convinced though I knew you had doubtI willed you a listener while hearing you shoutI put y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690758/ I want to fall into PoetryWhere warm billowing words will comfort meEnfold and cover and immerse fullyEach phrase a feather of soothing downPadding each wound softly and soundAnd there I can fall so deeply to sleepWhile each stanza reaches its crescendo's peakFalling and surging with rocking~horse.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690754/ On still waters Debris I becameStagnant, Drab, LameHeld fast in emotional haltersA fresh wind blew in the form of youSlowly sensation seepedUntil one day I knew..A river in places a pool may formUntil the rain into does fallThen overflowsBreaks down the wallA trickleA river Reborn http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sharleen/690753/