http://slow.writerscafe.org/David-Tyler The original writings of author David-Tyler en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776011772 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 And there I was in all of my hate, and shame. Feeding the fire burning inside, I had hoped this ancient monster that's possessed me since birth would lend me all its strength. I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, not until I found you. Then, I fed on bitter failure, knowing I could avenge my brother's deat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2166006/ My ghosts can't face me, I'm such a monstrosityMaybe I'll drop off the face of the earth and play absentee I'm the chosen one, y'all could never touch half of what I've doneEverybody looks at me like I'm wearing a cape, so call me Krypton's sonSuper ferocious, I'll leave you incredulousIncredib.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2164401/ When I first saw you, I knew you'd be my endFalling in, falling out, love turned to friendBut it was a risk I was willing to takeFor all the worth of memories I knew we'd makeTinged edges, smooth, soft center My every heart string cries they still belong to herSo I'm sitting in purgatory, pause.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2163777/ I've been dying to remember the softness of your touchWhy couldn't you have hated me, why do I hate myself this muchI miss how you took the pain away with a kiss, am I strong enough for thisBecause now I'm on my own, staring back at my new abyss Praying at your alter with every memory I can rem.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2156337/ I can't feel myself locked in my cellAlways regret coming out of my shellWould you like to see what you made of meDon't you want to meet who I turned out to beOr are you too busy avoiding the pastFleeting feelings of dreams never lastBut I'll always be waiting in the darkest part of youJust waiting .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2150874/ You were a light cigarette always on the tip of my tongueAnd you're the tune stuck in my head I still hum Somewhere distant, I can still feel you in bed holding on to my backI tried to forget, but the memories just taste like Rum and JackI'm losing my mind somewhere between now and thenI went l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2149674/ I'm only four walls, and a revolving door awayIf you could hear me through the glass, I don't know what I'd saySometimes I miss you, sometimes I miss who I was back thenBut I only want to go back when I've been thinking againDo you remember that old worn out parking lotWe were always lonely together.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2149633/ I know you're stars away in someone else's daydreamsBut when you're ready, I'm still under the same old moonbeams Just hop in my spaceship, and we can go back to who we wereI'd travel to the other side of the cosmos as your personal chauffeurHow did we get so lost in foreign time and space.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2148743/ You were like a smooth cigarette smoldering on your bedside I wanted to behave, but I would have diedKnowing your touch was only moments awayMy heart demanded you use me as your ashtrayWe met somewhere outside of time and memory I was sedated the moment you reached out to touch meOutside o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2148479/ You can leave your chains where you came fromI have intention to run, I knew when it all begunThat you'd always have a small piece of me in your back pocketAnd I'd always carry you around my neck like a locket Now I stare at the darkside of the moon, wondering when you'll be homeI feel so alone.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2148017/ Are you still out, chasing your every dreamIs it just how you thought it'd seemAre you ready to come back homeI've been waiting so patiently in the pink light alone Do you look in the mirror to see if you've vanished Is it a thought your reputation's been tarnishedDo you still play the goo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2145908/ I keep looking for your name in the skyI've been trying to find what happened to you and IAnd I already asked the shower, how did I lose herIt happened so fast, it's all a blur, now we're missing who we wereSitting atop of your car late at nightHolding you real tight, I was wondering if I heard you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2145907/ How could I still feel this way, waking up, going to bedYou're all that's in my head, and it makes me want to eat leadKnowing you're getting ahead, and I'll be where I startedTelling myself, if only I could go back in time before I met herMaybe I could be someone special, maybe someone betterMaybe s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2142996/ Katelyn,It's so unreal, looking back through the picturesKnowing you has made me richer, and I'll always look backIf I could, I'd store each past day in my favorite place with a thumbtackAnd I'd write your name on each and every entry, and every pictureIf only I had known then how proud I'd be .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2139123/ I've been thinking, I've been dreamingI've been missing a piece that belongs to youAnd I can't tell you how much I feel that missing linkOne day you here, and the next you were gone as soon as I could blinkLately, I can't help but miss youJust remember that I'll always love you tooThere's a feeling .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2139110/ You look so beautiful with that rope in your hand I can tell by the look in your eyes, you have a planWhy don't you show me the world with your finger on my lipsTell me, "Quiet babyboy", and put my hands on your hipsI want to know who I belong to, I want to know I'm loved tooWill you be there f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2139101/ Do you ever feel a little lonely looking up at the starsDoes it make you wonder if I'm looking at the same moonDo you still think of me when you're alone, undressedRemembering when we'd hold hands when we felt depressedAnd everything was okay in that moment as long as we didn't let goDo you feel tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2138267/ I dreamed about you last night and it felt like paradise Looking into your eyes where home lies, and time fliesYour fingers gently tracing the shape of my chestThen we kissed, and you made me a messThen I saw you crying through your smile taking me inI could tell we were remembering way back wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2138245/ I don't want to date, I don't want to talkI don't want to catch another late night trainNo more midnight smoking on the balconyAnd there's no mare dancing on your momma's porchI came back to my old life, thinking there'd be roomBut just when I thought life couldn't get any lonelierYou'll never erase.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2138209/ I'll never smoke like I used toBecause I watched each bowl change youEvery blunt's light burned who you were awayJust the thought's got me paranoid, I know it's clicheTo watch your lover become a memoryBut now you're an empty bust, it broke meLocked up my heart and I watch over it with a pistol of a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2138195/ I feel like I'm drowning in a pool of nothingI know I only have so many days, lately I've been countingTally them up, and write it down, suffocating in a lonely townHanging on the end of every breath until I drownWatch the bubbles surfaceI imagined my 20's looking so glamorousBut I ran off with a su.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2138190/ I couldn't find you in the mirror, I couldn't find you in a strangerThen I looked in the puddles, vision blurry, seeing doublesLife's closed that door, but I've been knocking with bloody knucklesBaby, won't you come home, you don't understand the dangerI looked for you in a glass, but the wine turne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2135578/ Sometimes you stare into the abyss, and it can't look backThe wind wraps its arms around you, and you feel your soul's crackJust gaping, wide open, anyone could get let in, that's what's terrifying The abyss won't look back because it's afraid of complying I was never one for complaining, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2131319/ I've been waiting for a day that I know will never comeOh, it's a sad song I sing, and a humble tune I humSo I stuff is as deep as I can under every breath I breatheIt's been so hard to accept the fact you could just leaveI feel a little dead on the inside, a little numb on the outsideThe feeling of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2130619/ I want to clip these wings, I want to shed these hornsThere's a wildfire inside, and it smolders and burnsHot to the touch like an uncontrolled flameI've tried, and tried, and tried, it's nothing I can tameI want something to believe in, but I've got too much doubtSomething inside me wants to live, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2127440/ Let's run away to somewhere distant and unkownI'm so tired of confessing on the telephone that I feel coldly aloneThere's somewhere in this hard shell of an empty placeWhere we can get lost under pink lights, disappear in the smoke without a traceStanding here, an ache in my soul, waiting for my tic.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2127413/ I'm split between here and thereLost my soul somewhere betweenAnd it's not fairI'm stuck in such a lonesome sceneMy wrists feel heavy these daysAnd my eyes are stuck in a miserable hazeHow is it so hard for meWhen you seem to be taking it so easyShrouded in streetlight, something isn't rightBut ever.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2121109/ One day I ran away from my hometown with nothing but a dreamGot tired of the familiar strangers, so I hopped the nearest moonbeamAnd I rode it all the way to a strange place full of nothing that was the sameThere was a magic, there was something mystical in nobody knowing my nameHeld down a job wher.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2120974/ Listening to throwbacks in your Pontiac, my hand on your thighWe took in the world through whole different eyes, and a sighSomehow I miss staying home, and missing you while I tucked in our daughterI want to write you, something sweet, something bitter, but why botherWhen I know I'd be better off si.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2120548/ Do you remember looking up at the stars in your PontiacThe stars so bright, the sky so blue, and the concrete so blackIf only it was yesterday like it feels, watching you in those tall heelsLong legs, bright smile, shinning brighter than the sun with those eyes that sent me chillsI knew then it was .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2120544/ I've been thinking of you all night and dayWithout you by my side nothing feels rightSometimes I have day dreams, sometimes I have day terrorsI don't think anyone else will be able to break through my barriersWhen it crosses my mind, I can't help but breakEverything I ever felt for you, none of it w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2120539/ She had wings where I have bagsShe smiles where my face sags And she smiles so wide With these dimples too deep to hideAnd she puts herself down in a lonely way But she just needs a drag off a brand new day Well she pushes so I pullShe’s got a false face trying to act like .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2119968/ You were my superpower, you're my kryptonite, it's a fightSometimes I say I'm alright when I don't know, I'm an unseemly sightAddicted to the pain, I swear I know I'm insaneI'm my own to blame, my own soul to curse in vain, to put it plainI'm my own face to hate, my own burden I've been cursed to ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2119811/ I remember the rainy days I came home We didn't have much, but you made it feel like RomeOur kid asleep in the next room, we had the whole afternoonSo I'd wrap my arms around you, playing big spoonSometimes I think of the things I'd whisperDo those thoughts still linger for you, your chin resti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2119254/ I've still got you stuck in my headMemories flash before my eyes while I try to go to bedSome day I hope I'll be where I'm supposed to beBut until then there's still going to be something missing in meDo you know how empty I feelKnowing my worst nightmares always become realLosing you, losing my min.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2119163/ When I met you, you were a pastel in a room full of colorThat's when my heart said to my soul, "I belong to her"And I followed behind like a puppy dog in from a stormSo you pulled me in, and your arms were so warmAs soon as I could, I took your hand and ran awayI wish we could have stayed, but we ha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2119081/ Don't you miss the summer, back when things were brighterSeemed the clouds flew a little higher, things felt a little lighterBack when gas wasn't but a dollar, it didn't take but a twenty to be a ballerI don't mean to be a bawler, but I miss the days when I felt a little smallerThe grass was so gree.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2118923/ I don't know what makes me more tied, a graveyard shift, or coming homeSometimes I wonder if I'd be better off alone, staring into an empty pond, stones thrownSkipping the rocks to skip the time, better off not thinking than feelingTrying to start healing, but it's an understatement to say I'm still.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2118364/ I'm up at night again, bags under eyesPraying at night I'll find a surpriseBut sunrays and sunshine's seldom at sundown Stars at sunrise, but every day brings me closer to a breakdown I wanted to build with shawty, raise our daughterThese days I just feel like why bother, she's just the mo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2118358/ Remembering your lips is so bittersweetLike thinking of how you chased me through the streetTight rope walking on a live wire, hoping to catch fireAll just to be again what you most desireThe subtle soft of your skin against my handSilky caramel, perfectly sun kissed, and tannedStained by the marks .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2116282/ Clock in, clock outI don't even know what my life is aboutLooking at the shape of cloudsWondering why I get so nervous in crowdsSix in the morning until seven at nightSomething just doesn't feel rightI can feel a sharp sting deep downSo I just hide my frown1 in the AM, 5 in the PMI miss my baby, so .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2116280/ I had a dream you were napping on my chestYour body curled against my breastSo quietly whimpering my name with each breathBut now I just feel like deathI thought you were my one and onlyForever after ever just you and meBut blind doesn't even describe how I feelI mean, I thought you were realPut my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2116134/ I'm a little lonely, and a little out of timeStanding on the edge of my own paradigm Missing those long legs, but I'm fine without the heartbreakAnd it's feelings like these that keep me awakeWide eyed, messy hair at a corner coffee shopDaydreaming of jumping off a mountain topSoaring through t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2115911/ At the end of a long day, beginning of a long nightI want to end it right, I want to start it brightBeen fighting all day just to see you smiling on your pillowtopAnd until you have everything you've ever wanted, I can't stopMorning shift, night shift, I need a little liftArrive home, my mind can't .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2115674/ I want to hear you say it, that you need me tonightCall out my name under starshine and moonlightLet me wear your fingertips around my neck, I'm begging youI want to hear you say it, how you love me tooYou can write it in cursive, you can write it in printI don't want to leave our relationship to a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2115671/ You taste like newports, your smile's sunshineAnd all is well with your body atop mineYour skin's moonglowLaying on your side, head held by your elbowThere's honey and spice in your hips swayRed dress with a runaway split, looking so risqueYour voice is soft like homeAs we dance aloof of the sweet, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2115668/ I miss how close we used to be, two branches on the same treeWe were so happy, kisses like home made sweet teaYour arms around my neck, looking down in your eyes paused the world for a secNow my heart's a car wreckSomewhere I lost my way, now I miss that yesterdayWhen you smiled back at me when you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2114389/ I just want you to know I feel like I'm dying insideIt's something I want to hide, you know I've triedThe only help I've found is between the paperThinking of jumping from a skyscraper lost in the wallpaperUsed to I had everything, felt like a kingBut the fall has left its sting, face down in my box.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2114178/ I was never good at hiding, feeling the tears subsidingThe chemical con job in my chest feels frightening I hate, I love, my stomach's sick, I'm smilingMy self respect is slipping, the hurt is beguilingCigarettes don't heal a broken heartI learned while we've been apartThe way you've broken me'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2113668/ Open window, dreary dayI'm getting high anywayThe whole world can pass me byI wouldn't know better, I can't lieSomething tugs at my heartI knew something was off from the startNow the smoke pouring out my noseIt burns, but it's worth it I suppose I don't need them, they need meThat's why I'm al.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/David-Tyler/2111473/