http://slow.writerscafe.org/DarkShines The original writings of author DarkShines en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776010191 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Another poem of mine incorporating lyrics from a song I love. This time it is from Do You Love Me? Part 2 by Nick Cave http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1478973/ Here is a promotional page for a wonderful new book coming out on January 25th, 2015 called Allan: The Liars Autobiography written by the incredible Faith Snyder! A link to her writerscafe page will be below where you can read a sample of the book and be able to contact her about purchasing a copy s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1472950/ Just a fun little thing I've put together for somebody. It will probably have no value to anyone but them, so don't take it seriously xD http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1470722/ Waiting at the mallSitting aloneWatching the people pass me byAll the usual sort you'd seeThe elderlyMom herding her kidsA group of teens That cut class early to be hereA girl from the last category catches my eyeShe looks like someone I would have known back then.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1465043/ For Faith, I hope this works for you darling :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1462445/ Bioshock themed poem, an answer to Rainbow Breath's 'Symbiotic [Eyes Under Ebony] http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1461909/ Was playing around with the structure of this to give it an interesting look, think that worked. Basically the story is a guy having recurring nightmares about a girl he's never met dying repeatedly http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1457739/ I know that you're hereHiding from meThose half-truthful tearsAll I can seeThose accusing whispersSetting me freeYou're heart's on fireLike it was meant to beJust like it was meant to beIf I wanted you to burnIt would beginAnd all the screaming couldn't help youUn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1456279/ Had a lot of fun doing my poem with the Muse lines in it, so I wanted to do one more before I moved on. This one incorporates lines from the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album, Push The Sky Away. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1453549/ Not about me, or anyone I know. The story just works with my original Idea. Each stanza incorporates a line from a track from the Muse album Origin of Symmetry and binds the story together in my mind http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1451624/ Every morning waking upDon't know my nameNo don't know my nameGretta making coffeeIn the broken old potBlind old dogLookin' like he forgotRoof's leakingDrops on my faceI could move if I caredBut it's not my placeLife's gone bySo long, so slowWhat tomorrow will b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1451173/ A companion piece to Sally Don't Know. Both work on their own, but this one is a continuation of the first. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1449981/ Gave a go at some horror type poetry. Let me know what you think! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1449599/ The clouds roll inThe rain on the windowsThe light bows outAnd lets the cold night beginI sit on the bedHead pressed to the glassThe tapping of the raindropsEcho louder than the deadIt's been a hard yearSo many lost and so little gainedMy life stands on this far away edge.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1449504/ You're still in my dreamsWaiting thereFor years it seemsA shadow in my mindDancing throughThe fire left behindYou're that bird in the treePerched up high Whispering to meSeasons may pass the timeBut underneathYou're still mineYou're still in my dreamsWaiting.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1442527/ They'll leave you When you need them the mostTurn their backs and runIn that city by the coastThey don't know you sonAnd you don't know much moreYou're just running blindHeadlong where there's no doorYou're throwing away opportunitiesThat I never hadYou need to listen t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1427827/ I saw the devil in my sleepHe had your eyesHe leaned in and whisperedTold me love never diesAnd that's my curseShadows dance along the wallActing out my pain insideThose ragged puppetsBroken and crying to the skyAnd the night drags onAnd all the lights they fade away.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1331320/  The night was proving to berestless so far as Greg tossed and turned under the heavy blanket andsatin sheets that were now damp with sweat. He had steadily beengrowing tired of the attempt and now sighed in defeat, kicking hislegs until the coverings had all but fallen off the end of t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1293224/ “F**k yeah!” Will cheered,trying not to let the people behind him hear. With the death ofJeremiah Collins came the loss of another eight people in theimmediate area from the betting pool so that all that remained werethe thirty or so Natonaba supporters; most of whom had wandere.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1276193/                  “Lastcall for bets and dropouts people! Come on, live a little eh? Comeput a bet down on your favorite combatant and then go ahead anddropout if it's not my man Greg cause he's about to stomp th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1262049/               The week had stretched on intoan almost ridiculous feeling amount of time by the time Sunday hadfinally come around; the day of the final match. Greg had experiencedmore bloodshed, brutality, and cold, calculated murderi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1240889/              There was an incalculable amountof pride coursing through Jasper at the moment. It had been a longtime since he had felt anything comparable to what he was feelingnow. His prized horse was over the first hurtle now and makin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1236843/             Thetable had cleared out significantly since the break in the event hadstarted. The only two people still seated there were Lily and Frank,both staring off into the distance and deep in their own thoughts.   &.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1233847/             Lily sat in bothfigurative and literal hell, almost levitating an inch off of herseat in uneasy anticipation. She watched the large television screena few feet in front of her displaying the image of Greg fumblingthrough a d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1185510/             Greg tapped hisfoot nervously as he sat on the end of large and elegant couch at theback of Jasper's waiting room. There were a few other matchingcouches and chairs littered around the fairly large room uponreflective hardw.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1118745/             The morning alarmcontinually sounded from the speakers high above. Its distinctivebellow seemed to just blend into the background after a while,turning to a neutral sort of ambient noise that enveloped the airaround. Greg lie.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1081208/             Jasper leaned backin his chair and crossed his legs, staring at the now empty chairacross from him. He smiled and stood up from the table. He waspleased that it had taken fairly little persuasion to make Greg geton board wit.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1072132/             The air was openand drenched in blackness; not a light to be found. It felt like hewas floating. Free and drifting around in peaceful darkness, yetunmoving. His thoughts were completely blank. It was as if a physicalform of .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1067558/               The nightmares had come back full swing in the couple days since Greg had been back. They hadn't skipped a beat on his account. All three had been different for a change. Usually it was the same one for about a week straight.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1057287/            Readjustment hadproven to be slightly more difficult than Greg had expected. Aftertwo additional days of self-shamed relaxation and indulgence of finefood since he had woken up in Jasper's medical rehabilitationfacility, he was no.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1028733/             Greg squinted asthe bright sunlight drifted into his eyes. He rolled over, huggingone of the four pillows under his head and yawned. He had just hadsome of the best sleep he had ever experienced in any recent memory,quite po.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/1020043/ This was written for a dear friend of mine who absolutely adores the Mass Effect game series. It's from the perspective of the crew and squadmates that stood beside Shepard throughout the trilogy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/997611/ Just one of those daysWhen I reluctantly wakeBlinded by the sun's invasive raysFeeling an unexplained sort ofheartacheNo problem to be foundNo reason to complainBut deep inside there still echoes asoundWhispers rife with disdainIt feels like something is about toturn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/993478/            Jaspersat lazily in a big leather chair with his feet up on the desk in hisoffice. He leaned back with his eyes closed, puffing casually away ata cigarette. It had been a fairly uneventful day so far. After a FullEnglish Breakfa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/980800/           Gregshot straight up in his bed. Sweat rolled down his face and neck andhe struggled to catch his breath. It had been a new nightmare thistime. In a quiet and dusty room, he had been tied and gagged in abig, red, musty armchair by the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/976735/ The severance of a flowThe pain of a forgotten soulWrithing and cryingSo tired of trying The death of his albatrossLeaving in this cold placeA mournful air and heavy lossAnd a blankness on his face The light-hearted museTakes her final bowWith no feeling left to abuseHe didn't care now&nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/976070/            Gregjoined the line of people that limply shuffled by on their way toexit the mine. He was beyond tired. Exhausted scarcely covered iteither. His arms felt like they had long since died and were merelyforgotten appendages that dan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/971978/ An oldie http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/966425/ Feels like floatingBut still and unmovingFacing the grey of uncertainty And discovering a new realityWe had it good beforeIt's what I found to live forWe had worked so hard and built it upBut then you went and you fucked it upSo please, pleaseTurn a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/906775/ My stars are dyingFading and blackenedBurning out in an unforgiving burstScattering the lightThen swallowing it wholeThey used to lightMy darkest nightsBut now they fallYou were the last one I sawScreaming across my sightIn one final streak of lightDarkness consume.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/829330/               Gregwoke up in a fright, breathing heavily; A loud steam whistle blaringfrom an undisclosed location overhead. The other workers in thecavern were sitting up in their bunks in a similar fashion, havingawoken from sim.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/826649/   Your static groansFill my headYour silent screamsEchoed by the deadBlink if you can see meThe shallow beepingConforming to one The lights go outWhat's done is doneSpeak if you can hear meThey march in single fileAs breathes are withheldAnd you stop .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/811492/   A pressure buildingToo long searchingFor clearness to my visionAnd the answer to my dark horizonFor too longI've rested on othersAnd now that they're goneI'm losing ground to standI've seen those days aheadWhere I'm crying aloneAnd I've seen those days aheadWhere t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/808391/ The electric humAnd artificial glowSatisfy my need to be alonePlugging in and logging onAnd then I'm goneDay after dayMy escapeTo a place where no one knows meAnd they can only seeThe me I create I can be perfectI can sayeverything rightI can be who others envy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/751732/ Weightless fallingDrifting among the dronesGravitating towards an endWith no beginningAnd no one knows what to doDecaying SkiesAnd drying oceansYet we continue forewordWith little careCompletely unawareBroken systemsShattered dreamsNo truth in sightWho to blame?Who to fight?Our freedom buckling and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/744760/               A tall, gaunt man stood naked, barely aware of his consciousness, in the center of a vast expanse. His eyes not used to the intense light, he could not make out his surroundings past that.      &nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/744682/ A much darker look at the idea of afterlife and the struggle of a man trying to escape his. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/DarkShines/744677/