http://slow.writerscafe.org/natnickeep The original writings of author natnickeep en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776084880 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I wrote this poem from a writing prompt asking to tell about how you feel when your mother smiles. My mother has schizophrenia. Life for us wasn't so easy. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748805/ Each day a new thought, a new challenge, a new story a new plot. Each day I change, but a part of me still stays the same. Each day a lesson a new page in my book, each day i grow, stealing the future, like a vile crook. It's mine to steal, my refuge in the storm, the could be's,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748785/ We must be born broken..all misplaced in some sort of way. Everyone some slight dysfunction. And maybe life is all about learning to fix ourselves. Maybe some learn fast others take longer and some must learn again. Some remain forever broken. To far gone..to lost to ever be repaired.  Or maybe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748778/ Most people turn their heads away from evil or put there nose up in bitter disgust. I personally like to find the motivation behind the evil. No one is born evil something has to make us that way. And sometimes these evil people just need help, to be shown there are other ways. It's not easy be.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748763/ I am me..I may not always be patient but I am open and accepting. I forgive and forgive and try to understand motives but don't go into understanding to far. Some things just aren't meant to be analyzed that deep. I am me..if this isn't real then I don't know what real is..but it's reality to me.&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748744/ Words are emotion, they are history, they are the present, and the future beyond. They can hold love and fear, anger and joy, they can tell all or tell nothing. Words can be your greatest power or your greatest weakness. Speak with care, speak with intelligence. Patience with you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748738/                                                  &nbsp.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/natnickeep/748734/