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		<description>The original writings of author diaphanous</description>
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			<title>Ghost</title>
			<description>Hot enough to blisterSheets tangled on limbsDark thoughts continue to festerTurning over every whim.A time-worn reel begins to playcalming the roiling in my mindOf an innocuous meeting--Us laughing side by side.Not quite a fantasyNeither frivolous, nor mundane.Not a dream or passing fancy,Something ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/2109377/</link>
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			<title>Choices</title>
			<description>I wish my choices made a difference.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1925628/</link>
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			<title>Soft</title>
			<description>A short glimpse</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1925230/</link>
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			<title>Blame</title>
			<description>After a long night, some memories return</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1925227/</link>
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			<title>Duality</title>
			<description>What can I do?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1924727/</link>
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			<title>Broken Into Dust</title>
			<description>Is it easy to reclaim something you've lost?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1917937/</link>
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			<title>Release</title>
			<description>I have anxiety. It makes relationships difficult.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1917268/</link>
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			<title>Happy Endings</title>
			<description>My boyfriend and I are on a break. I miss him.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1916526/</link>
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			<title>For you</title>
			<description>You inspired me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1872187/</link>
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			<title>Box</title>
			<description>I pursue things that will always end.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1812018/</link>
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			<title>While it lasts</title>
			<description>Haven't written in a long time, any feedback would really be appreciated!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1714382/</link>
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			<title>Estimated Value</title>
			<description>A day in the life of a server</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1696882/</link>
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			<title>Change isn't real</title>
			<description>I can't stop wanting to crawl into a different skin.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1565461/</link>
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			<title>I'm gone</title>
			<description>It's time to be less forgiving.Time to harden my heart.I can't ignore the peoplewho have let me down,taken me for granted,and have left me to drown.&amp;nbsp;I am the naked nerve,vulnerable to everyone's touch.And yet I am too trusting,I've allowed myself to be hurt.People see me as a weakling,someone e..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1555778/</link>
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			<title>A guilty mind never rests</title>
			<description>The one ex I broke up with because I had to, not because I wanted to.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1555726/</link>
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			<title>Nothing but excuses</title>
			<description>I used to keep a journal. I haven't written since the summer and I can't put my finger on why.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1439653/</link>
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			<title>In My Thoughts</title>
			<description>There's something in the way you look at meThat little curve in your smileThe crinkles in the corners of your eyesI can't describe itI'm completely breathlessThinking about how you touch mefingers clawing my skin and hairThere've been many others before youI've dipped my toe and it's felt divineBut ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1432462/</link>
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			<title>When there isn't a future</title>
			<description>I met someone special. I write about love a lot. But this time it could be different. This is really just a journal entry, I needed to get this out.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1399937/</link>
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			<title>The Turning Point</title>
			<description>Giving up on preserving something that could have been so much more.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1385288/</link>
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			<title>I still want you</title>
			<description>I close my eyes for a brief moment.I feel your soft lips graze mine.You pause, unsure of my intent,before I press myself firmly into you,and our bodies intertwine.Your hands grip me tighter,marking my uncovered skin.My heartbeat climbs even higher.I beg you to stop being such a tease,please fill me ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1383952/</link>
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			<title>Forever An Optimist</title>
			<description>Please forgive the poor rhyming, grammar, etc. I wrote this drunk and I'm still not sure how I feel about it.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1383700/</link>
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			<title>My sweet irony: Confessions of a Preteen Introvert</title>
			<description>I might turn this into a book, not sure yet.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1343436/</link>
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			<title>Pounds of flesh</title>
			<description>I recently fell back into an old routine.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1338403/</link>
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			<title>Inhale</title>
			<description>Quitting is really f*****g hard</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1289076/</link>
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			<title>The Return</title>
			<description>Walking down familiar streetsnot a face in sightI swallow stale airin the shallow morning light.Homecoming is bittersweetbut expectations aren't metMy hopes are let downand I long to be alone again.This place doesn't fitI hate this size I've becomeI'm too small in the cityand too big for my home.I h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1288595/</link>
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			<title>Riddled Roulette </title>
			<description> No matter how many special people in your life, there will always be that one who makes an impression. And for me it's usually the worst one.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1285206/</link>
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			<title>F**k Boston </title>
			<description>Don't get drunk and spout off lies</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1242001/</link>
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			<title>W****s Deceive and Fools Believe</title>
			<description>I've repeated past mistakes.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1241094/</link>
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			<title>Losing the life i knew</title>
			<description>Something's done and throughand yet I still think of youingrained in my timepart of my family lifeI grave you up,no that's wrongI threw you outand let you downThere's no forgivenessno hope of any changeI can't pretend I'm not ashamedYou were there for meWhen I wanted youNow you're aloneand I'm so so..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1234914/</link>
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			<title>Keeping dear</title>
			<description>I left home for college. Transitioning.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1233820/</link>
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			<title>21 Birthday</title>
			<description>As we'd planned the day before, I went to my boyfriend's house to celebrate his birthday. Not only was he not there, he wasn't answering his phone, and his grandma scolded me. Now I'm pissed.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1176712/</link>
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			<title>Start</title>
			<description>Hello old friendwe haven't spoken for some timeafter you shut me outand pretended I wasn't on your mind.Crawling back on all fourspleading a change of hearthoping that bridge you burnedhasn't completely fallen apart.What should I have said,to appease your distressed soul.Did you want forgivenessdid ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1176392/</link>
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			<title>This mask I fear</title>
			<description>Here we go againthe wheel starts to spinI'm caught in its wakeIt's faster now, that wheel of fate.I've spun many times before,took some chancesknowing what's in store,getting caught in its advances.I want to stop the cyclebefore it's too lateThis time I'm protecting himthese efforts are for his sake..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1169344/</link>
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			<title>Lessons</title>
			<description>Willow cannot cope with chaos</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1169337/</link>
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			<title>Once More, With Feeing</title>
			<description>A girl struggles with family, life, and sanity</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1126672/</link>
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			<title>sadjflak</title>
			<description>&quot;God f*****g d****t!&quot;I slammed my hands against my thin, flimsy keyboard. I almost wanted the damn thing to break so I'd have an excuse for not writing anymore. But no, the plastic keys staunchly refused to yield to my rage. I sighed and rubbed my aching knuckles. I couldn't write anymore. I hadn't ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1069682/</link>
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			<title>The Fire of My Discontent</title>
			<description>late night thought process.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1029291/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 5</title>
			<description>Tanya barely squeaked by inJapanese and Math, but she managed to pass after all. She spent the next twoweeks of winter vacation happily wasting time with her extended family.Unfortunately, the dreaded return to school crept up on her and she tried toexplain ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1011451/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 4</title>
			<description>Tanya had learned from her mistake.Her mistake was thinking that boys were sweet, funny, albeit foreign, creaturesthat could be related to.&amp;nbsp; Now, she knewbetter; all 12-year old boys were evil, and she&amp;rsquo;d sworn to hate them for allher life. Seven m..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1010267/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 3</title>
			<description>As the days grew shorter andNovember turned into December, Carrie did leave.&amp;nbsp; She didn&amp;rsquo;t say goodbye to anyone, there wasno warning, she was just there one day and then she was gone. People whisperedabout why she&amp;rsqu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1008186/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 2</title>
			<description>Tanya arrived to class just intime, slipped on the last lab coat and slid onto the last remaining stool at thelab table in the back.&amp;nbsp; The Science Roomwas painted an amphibious green, and had odd toys and trinkets sprinkledthroughout. There were animal skull..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1008089/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 1</title>
			<description>Introducing Olympus Middle School: the downsides of an alternative school</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1008078/</link>
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			<title>Two Voices</title>
			<description>I can't forget</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1006112/</link>
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			<title>F**k off</title>
			<description>I've been bullied through different periods of my life, by different people. I wish I could say this to each of them now. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1004369/</link>
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			<title>The Vicious Cycle</title>
			<description>Some stories reflect the pain felt by others. Some are meant to exact vengeance. Some share wisdom or insight. This isn't one of those stories. This is a story about how love can slip from our grasps.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1003745/</link>
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			<title>Prologue</title>
			<description>&quot;I can't believe it.&quot; Tanya admitted.&amp;nbsp;Tanya sat down on the wooden swing attached to Kathy's play structure. The remnants of their class's graduation party littered the ground in Kathy's backyard. Deflated balloons swayed gently as they sank slowly down onto the tanbark. Plastic cups and paper ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1002591/</link>
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			<title>Let's Talk About Your Feelings</title>
			<description>Everyone hates middle school. Anyone who says differently is either lying or they've blocked out the bad memories as a coping mechanism. This is one experience very different from the rest.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1002547/</link>
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			<title>Dying out loud</title>
			<description>this isn't real. i don't know what it is.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1001006/</link>
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			<title>A Sublime Mess</title>
			<description>honestly, this is more like a diary entry than anything else. But since I can't find my notebook, I wrote it up here.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/1000355/</link>
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			<title>Days End</title>
			<description>this is kind of all over the place</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/diaphanous95/877968/</link>
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