http://slow.writerscafe.org/jcertain The original writings of author Joshua J. Certain en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776007290 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 What you see. Its not  what I see.What you see is salvation, magic and a cure.I see death, disease, famine and war.You see progress through dollar signs.I see the back of a welfare lineThe difference between you and IYou are prosperityI am povertyYou represent a lie and I represent the truthI r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/922976/ First tostarch out those faith wrinkles and yourlong lines of time prattleancient hands melting and your thin ribbon legs being wrapped into uneven knots you could barely crawlinto your proclaimed lock and key.friends use friends you’ve saidand for years I’ve heardyour eyes screaming s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/746130/ Lie to me like you love tooGive me promisesPromises that will never go throughLet hope be the poison to kill meLet your hand restrain my every heartbeatGrind your lipsRazor sharpFlavored cherryPress them wet against mineLie and say you love meYour poison is so familiarLet it sink into my veinsDrug m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/737031/ Appearance is propagandaYour faceThe poster childFor your personalityWhat is the smile?Any relevance to the words you speak?Age lines Scattered and scarredYoung smooth skinBlue eyesGreen eyesHazel eyesWhat is the price?Can we buy you?Such a pretty faceSuch high priceSuch an ugly faceAnother discount.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/737010/ SomehowIt is an odd word indeedSomehowA word speaking of hopeSomehowIt speaks in futureAnd past tenseSomehowIt leads direction in lifeSomehowMay it be spoken with joy and admirationSomehowWhispers my name to those I become acquaintedSomehowI will make it in this lifeSomehow http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/735949/ A young boy curdles into his mind knowing that his actions where a sin, but he wonders “How can something so enjoyable be so wrong”. He transcends over his work amused and proud but feeling of disgust also feels up inside, as he turns his head and releases the morning breakfast. .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/735389/ I close my eyes and see you standing by the cold eastern sea, It all is like a scene from an epic Hollywood movie you look at me and shove me into the cold water  I have no care because next to you the world has become quit kind you can toss me under and cleanse away all my impurity's&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/735380/ The ground sparkles all around, and though my breath is visible I feel only warmth as the crystal flakes fall down, Never though I could feel this way inside of the season of my dismay, Its the words she makes without any sound I need her now I don't care if its a second or all day Her presence .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/731097/ I hear the voices of many screaming in unison, trying to understand what they are and not understand what they say, They repeat the same words, and infect them with their own selfish motives, A thought process that borders in the back mind of all, A thought process that starts to make .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/731092/ A piece for a friend and lover long gone from my life http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/730146/ Over seas there is a manHe has lost his wayHe is trying to find himselfIn a place where all time slowly fadesHe walks with broken feetAnd drowns in ocean wavesTie his tieThe single looped nooseBreak his mindTime to let loose all he knowsThis man spent his life in the comfort of buisness suitsWhi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/729981/ This is a little rough, like always any pointers or tips to improve upon this story is encouraged http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/729975/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/729974/ Summer time creeps her light warm touch on my skinLets me remember when I saw brighter daysIn the last summer that was hidden awayAs I would stay inside with her voice in my earI would love to hear the things she would sayAnd listen to her voice like watching some extravagant playShe wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/728350/ She says If I can't be beautiful I want to be invisibleLovely girl retiring into her skinOnce surrounded in a world of super modelsNow seeing the invisible monstersShe don't know who to hate so she begans to hate herselfPaint the face with all the new products on saleShe is becoming.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/728254/ Sweet enchantressBe my misstressChoke me sweetlyThen say you need meForever keep meKiss me sweetlyThen tie me up an beat meI say I need thisSweet painful blissContrast the hot with the coldBrand the skinMine is a soul that is soldEyes full of empty staresShow me pain that m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/728242/ The world doesn't fit in with mePoint and stareI am its freakThe people are so speechlessI trap myselfSleeping to escape realityI don't want to remember all those thingsAll the things that  have left meNo friends or family by my sideI've fell in love a few timesNow I watch i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/727696/   We reflecct the macroscopic worldA reflection twirled In black and white swirlsStanding on superpostionKeep the molecules containedLeave the cat RestrainedThis shall not breakor else the cat's lifeThe hammer will takeWith no visible viewWhat are these eyes to doNo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/727161/ Ladies and Gentlmen!Gather together as we celebrate death!Look at man and the things that he left behindTorment him, in his passingLest we forgetSuch a blind statmentIt is lest we rememberThat is indirectly statedThe monster is dead!The monster is dead!Rotting in hellPays for h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/727140/ First it starts with fearA crumbling since of being unawareDepicting thoughts of the worstWhat is in here?What is in here?The room will fall silentA cold breezeA laughter so taunting and violentThe rosary burnsThe crosses all turnSomething evil is in this houseTerrifying messag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/727056/ The world wakes uphello children welcome to your new lifeA perfect place to earn your wings Here you can fly and never be led astraysuch a perfect place, such a perfect place You can whisper away all the hurt in your soul let the water wash away the pain that you holdThere is no hateNo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/727051/ Open my woundsthis is all because of youDo you see every tear?Do you see the the scars they formThere is nothing hereNothing to cover itNothing to make it healPounding at the chestIt always burnsA scorning since of emptinessWhere will it end?Its not as simpleJust to say this is itCompact into.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/726550/ Once in somethingI dream of nothingWaking thoughts of belongingI am not in a place to fit inSo I sit in and listenTry to blend inI become more of an invisible visionA copy of a copyFadedBlured linesCan not make out the originalityFeel as if I am lacking personalityTake apart .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/726486/ Metal made fairies are clouding my mind,They are staring, loving, mischiovous when all combinedA queen of these faries comes along with promises to make me happyShe is floting around in my vacant darkness I fall when she says "Hi my name is Tabby!"Such lovely laughter that she bringsSuch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/726453/ Sterling silver lipsMy first kissOh how I wishI could go back on thisTranquilizing eyesHad me hypnotizedOh how our lifes were entwinedPerfect little grinsI never knew the trouble I was inFalling around a perfect worldThe hearts in my eyes unfurledOutside of it nothing did .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/726008/   Is there a light at the end of the tunnel,Maybe not that's just a drop of lightseen before these eyes close.I have once known hope,that hope was hopelessNow I see aloneSeeing that nothing is perfectI feel usedLeftoverFermentedDirty loveless waste.My flaws have n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/725978/  An empty bottle is what you gave me, So gorgous but empty you enslaved me. Your words so soft, now filled with torment. You hate me, I wonder what the word love meant? I am human I have a life Not someones "magic carpet ride" I looked .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/725941/ The things apathy can provide are often lost http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/723812/ I am a generic brand,no name to make me grand.Put on the bottom shelf and always on sale,Had the chance to be great,Somewhere I failed.Seeking hope to perservere,still it is failure that I fear.Hold on to things I knowNot wanting to let goTie me up to a treeHang myself to be free.Innoce.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/723786/ Just having fun http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/723104/ This is kind of sappy http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/723086/ An allegory of poverty and illegal national market trading http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/722857/ This poem I wrote recently. It is about the lonlinees I feel as I walk down the street doing the same things over, observing the world. Feeling lost. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jcertain/722672/