http://slow.writerscafe.org/EvaMackenzie The original writings of author EvaMackenzie en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776037535 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1938037/ I work at a day camp for preschoolers. Camp-counselor by day, college-student-on-summer-vacation always.  I was sitting at the picnic table with her (and our other co-workers, although she’s the only one I can truly put a face to right now) on our lunch break on Wednesday. She was talkin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1936898/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1936896/ A short story about love lost http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1936593/ It devours me slowlyLittle by littleI'm drowning in my tearsLosing controlDesperate to no longer feelThe pain that is swallowing me.I mask my pain with painScratch by scratchScraping my fleshUntil red paints my blackened shellCuts so deepReaching my soulBut no bladeCan reach the pain inside.I mask m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1932059/ So you say you're in loveBut I've heard this all beforeI need some convincingThis timeHow's it different?So you say that you're happyThen why are you crying?Are those tears of joy?Or are you just lyingTo yourself?So you say you're meant to beWith him and no one elseThen why are you cheatingYourself .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1932056/ I don't know all the answersTo the questions I'll never dare ask.What I do question is my potentialPotentially dangerous, it gives me the possibility of failure.It prevents me from trying to succeed;Though it succeeds in failing me.I'll never go far or achieve my dreamsBecause once I fall, I wouldn'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1932051/ On you I transferMy true feelingsIs this real?I'm thinking of herEvery kissEvery touchAre you just a diversionIn my vision of passion?And are you still there?My body still lies next to youPhysically thereSecrets withheld.I'm so far awayLying with herAm I still with you?I kiss her, taste herI'm entan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1932048/ This poem was written for someone I once loved... previously written on July 2, 2009. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/EvaMackenzie/1932046/