http://slow.writerscafe.org/Meanco The original writings of author Melissa en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775980182 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 You gazed into my eyes,and I saw my own reflection.Her smile was uninhibited love.Her eyes, guileless and trusting.Her hands reminded you of little birds.She ran laughing through the rain, as it soaked through her sun dress, unabashed.You gazed lovingly into my eyesand I gazed back,trapped like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/2059530/ She is calloused feet and golden skinShe is honeysuckle and saltShe is a time before there was sinand freedom unfettered by faultShe is adventure on knobby kneesShe is wild tangles of hairShe is climbing up the oldest treesto smell the sweet summer air http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/2054946/ I challenged myself to write about a pleasant childhood memory... This is what came out. Not quite what I had aimed for. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/2054913/ He cracked open his sternumand pried apart his ribs."I have made you a home."He closed his ribs carefully around her,"for safe keeping,"and sewed shut his skin. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/2053715/ When the girl died,no one was watching her.No one memorialized her.Only the baby cried.No one mourned her for weeks,and even then, only secretly. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/2051905/ Where did you go?Or was it I who left?I feel you come inand test the limits of my skin.Electricity. Relief. Fear. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/1938518/ Sugar, she moves her body, soft and round and roundSugar, sweet and smooth,She loves the money, loves the music, loves the sound of her name.She says, "Mama, I feel like a star!Mama, they love me, they come just to see me, they click on the clack of my heels!"Mama sees dollar signs where her da.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/1938394/ Your every touch is electrifying.The untrained hands are trouble,But prudent fingers, controlled chaos. Touches that say nothing, but mean more,An intentional act with accidental contactOr a properly placed, careless caress,You can keep an ear forever, Penning infinity with a finger tip.   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Meanco/1938392/