http://slow.writerscafe.org/Baptiste The original writings of author Jason Baptiste en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776007684 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 A reflection of my life today, from the mirrors of yesterday. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2039824/ " SPENCER 'S WISH"" A True Story About A PAN MAN'S(STEEL DRUM PLAYER) Who'sTragedies Turned Into Triumph.By Author Jason Baptiste."(THE DAYS AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE)"THE NIGHT BEFORE"" One drunken Saturday night, i got into a fight, and smelled the fragrances of blood,when  my nose was bust.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2031708/ Your  face i've never seenNeither your smiles,Your voice i've never heard Neither your cries,Over lands and seasYou've departed,To another country You've migrated ,Until one day at twelve years old ,I saw your face and looked into your soul,I heard your voice and suddenly then ,I will.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2023486/ In my youth i've crawled Amongst runners branches and leaves With gusts winds i sometimes fallOr captured and bereaved Slowly as night turns into dayMy changes begins to showIn a completely different wayI'll be faster where i goI'm always in your gardens Most times neglectivelyVe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2020275/ Why did the sky fell in love with the lands?Then asked when can we meet?And the sun wishing to the moon of holding hands?Like shooting stars falling at it's feet Also the night adored its dayAs it's morning lit warmly bright How impossibility found a way?That even wrong fell in love with r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2020162/ When i was twenty I joined the army Didn't know why we fighting forAcross our borders Following orders Invading and making warIts plenty moneyThe job was bloody But i ain't gonna kill no more BRIDGE I don't mind if you called me a chicken But i will .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2019183/ I would listen to every word spokenHonestly answer all questions askedSacrifice to make lighter any burdenAssist in accomplishing a tasksRespect will be assured at all timesSharing a daily dueKeep away sadness with laughter and smilesTogether learning something newEnjoying natures beauty By tra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2018236/ Should i fail or suceedIts because of youShame or fame Its you to blameRise or fall Its the shot you've calledCruel or kind Watch the face of that mindWinner or loserJust look at the chooserHandsome or ugly Beyond what you seeIs what i said to the brotherAs i talked to the mirror.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2018228/ I'll just be a friend Though i cannot find oneYou can choose me whenA shoulder you need to lean onI'll be the earIf you want to be listened toI'll give my share With humble pleasure so trueI'll show respectFor who you choose to beIn all aspectMy friendship is freeBut if you chooseTo be a f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2017588/ Where joy is temporary Pain is permanent Where the heart is empty of loveIts filled with sorrow Where two hearts cannot meetDistance is unreachable Where smiles are fakeTears are reality Where friends cannot be found Loneliness is discovered  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/2005261/ You're the food that brought happiness to my stomach,The ingredients of which sad hunger was replaced,Where starvation once reign havoc,Leaving drawn and shrunken face.Nourishing our malnutrition,Departing decreasing weight,Filled from fruitful fruition,As we delightedly eat.Regaining our energies,S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1999002/ I'am never out of sight And many shall not seeWhen i'am a gift or a toolThen some remembers meYou'll hear how i'am so distinguished From writers and famous poets Some never gave us water And hasn't give us yetFor all your ceremoniesEvents and even death When the festivals ar.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1996315/ Gathering materials that can be found, families constructed shelters on lands of their birth.Possessing cards of national identification, bearing meaningless merits, their homes demolished by uncivilized rulers.Once dwelling in their destroyed feeble structures, becoming scornfully existing beings,o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1995516/ Tremendous tremors shook his sorrowful heart, a tsunami of tears crashed into both eyes,flooding a face that pioneered unhappiness, amputating smiles from his lips.Toppled to the floors of his mattress, where currents strongly sucked the joys away,into debris watered graves.His voice lectu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1995360/ Irrevocable winds blown across barren lands. Furnaced temperatures, obscured visibility over terrains normally,but today survival shall be tested. Tireless landscape overflowed eyes, where water does not survive.Sounds of gigantic wolves filled the skies, from the womb of the deserts singing wi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1994779/ VERSE 1Under the horizon I'll be on my wayFulfilled my completion Of another dayVERSE 2It seams like i'am trying To touch the night skyAs soon as its leaving Is when i pass byCHORUS I am your sunshine Who lights up your dayAnd for your starry nights I've got to mak.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1993769/ Witnessing the cruelest of tortuous executionsDeath's bloodshed painfully spellbound fear's illusions Scared of horrifically being tortured or killed Grave silent, lakes of resistance remains stilled Dehumanization, slave wages forced to be accepted A life of death modern victims.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1993447/ From her lips, spoke languages of truth, strength, and kindness. The volume of silence deafening, as our temples absorbed.Beneath the desires of darkness, entered her illumination A bearer to the doors of life, humanity's most precious gift from which kings and queens are born.Knowledge pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1993117/ Through microscopic introspection Of my existence In undiscovered depths of dimensions Below surfaces of convenanceSeeking understanding Purposes of manifested manifestation Fears eliminating Beholding power to choose direction Courage to endure life's curses and b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1993083/ Umbrellaed by skies of destruction Without borders or boundaries Captured by hands of torture Behind the bars of solitary confinement Struggles of liberation Against liberty enemies Receiving bullets, shells of motarsBodies bearing scars of embattled content Scream.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1992623/ As the rising of the morning sunAlso was the resurrection Of a treasure of sacred memories From life's forgettable boundaries Who journeyed through the tunnels of time Rekindled buried valuables in my mindWhen happiness was the reason we'll meetEmployed by recreation and life was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1991955/ In the sky where a rainbow Shaped like semicircle Arched the different colors Battles of each others Fighting to control Mythical pots of gold From the skies blood had rained Washing joy into painRed was fighting with blueGreen and yellow did to Upon the lands.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1990752/ You've won the lotteryFirst chat and you love meThese mentally ugly scammersThink they are perfect plannersWasting your precious time In their hearts dwells desires of crime Flooded with evil intention Using the internet for deception They'll put you true stress Careful with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1990640/ Today i've been a host, as the pains of my passion paid me a visit. I felt like a tear that wears a smile.I loved creating and performing music, yeah i still do. Provocation has devastated me internally, and i felt my life threatened from jealousy.So i thought its best to abandon the battle fields o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1990404/ Who can tell the rainUpon which rooftop to fallEach drop is destined To the good bad ugly and allIs it that the rain Must be overflowed of love For on every window pane We are blessed from above  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1990129/ Sailing on oceans of literature Arriving in harbors of geniuses Where showers of beautiful writers Flooded the shores of their libraries Wishing you all success For 2018 and beyond From Jason Baptiste  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1990009/ No one else appreciatesNever are you guys late You gave me freedom to write Always here day or night Whether i'am wise or a foolYou both are my favorite tools Loyalists friends Are my papers and pens http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989835/ Obscured by clouds of pollution Breathing the winds of execution Visioning life's incineration Irrevocable maintained destruction  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989822/  Emanating into territories unknown Each day one step of eminenceA guest visiting boundaries Beyond presently possesedSlowly without deadline of commitment Proceeds matriculation Insolate of new enlightenment Acted beginnings of reachable horizons  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989815/ Across the street looks so nearNever spoken or even stared Neighbors is their relations Without any communications Reasons why not revealed Unfriendliness inside concealed Nothing was ever shared For each other no one caredWaters so close to the lands Separated by .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989790/ I'am not what you think Neither what you wanted Your journey not my destination Useless to me your ideas My knowledge opposes your beliefs Our directions separates our travels Contrary are our tastes What gives you joy upsets meMy enemies are your friends My f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989230/ On the canvas of a new daySketching the rising sunWith yellow and orange From the palette painting begun On the background of blue The colors glowed Clouds of grey and whiteComplemented a rainbow Transforming the sky Into a gallery of artOf abstract images Sacred e.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1989066/ Into my heart Where rhythms are coherent The traffic of blood flowsWithout congestion of their passages Into my mindWhere thoughts travels freely Destinations not always arrived atAnd new horizons discovered Into my garden Filled with foods Surrounded by weedsAwait.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1988850/ Anew friend was found Who tumbles you to the ground On the highway of destruction Driven by depression Destined for trouble This ginnie in a bottle Gives intoxication Drifting journeys without direction Addicted to its charmThe bottle choked between the armWit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1988651/ A  journey with directionsIs a journey with destinationsPurposes for which it travels Over lands and seas that marvels Required time for varied distances Risky dangers in some instances Strangers often meet On transports or city streetsMemories for life periods remainsL.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1988123/ I' am unknown from the lips of liars Many eyes doesn't know my face Ears refuses to listen my revelationsAn enemy am i of deception With silence torture and death Trying to stop my voice my words Irrevocably revealed Beyond imagined horizons have heard In songs i'a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1988019/ She visioned into his soulHis heart clenched by her royalty Smiles shining on her faceIlluminating his entire world Emotions intensified Beginning the journey to her heart On the road of sacrifice His love traveled many miles The beauty of her heart Mirrored in his.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1987808/ From oceans of thought To the shores of revelation Armed with mighty pensWriters gathered scrolls of expressionsScripts filling imaginationsMirrored depths of reflectionsCuriously captivating interestPlaced by various academics Visions with unspoken voices Perspectives of differe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1986462/ Avoiding the noises from empty vessels http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1986198/ Freedom is like the windThat cannot be captured Enslaved or misdirected  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1986164/ In the captivity of love i don't wish to be free Lyrics for a song recorded 2014 Composed Arranged Performed by Jason Baptiste http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1985980/ Volcanic http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Baptiste/1985837/