http://slow.writerscafe.org/doggie The original writings of author donny ingraham en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775979504 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Time http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/2159273/ My life It may be full of strivePrivate to somePublic to noneNever to be broadcasted upon a movie screen.The things I've seen would make some men scream.Rising above the ashes.Yet judged upon my past.Deeds of old reflect like a mirror.Never taken for the man I've become,But looke.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/1600612/ We look towards tomorrow and we are unsure of this country's fate. Knowing that our future is at stake. Feeling just like a kite with no string. Being led by the direction of the wind brings. We too busy hiding behind walls to see, only if we work together, how great the future can be. Labels keeps .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/1248771/ The truth to matters we have yet to question http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/1248152/ For the time we liveWe describe in momentsIn moodsLooking back in either joy or sorrowWe liveMaking history, creating storiesMaking changes, a history told by othersFor we live a life of momentsMoments that define and refine historyMoments that changesThese moments we live in http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/1227240/ We need a holiday One free from remembering painI'm tired of remembering the fallenPeople dying for no reasonFighting to achieve equalityWe need a holiday Free from all that we knowReminding us of terroristSegregation and class distinction Political leaders taking from the poorWe need a holi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/884383/ Meet me halfwayIf we don't communicate There is nothing left to sayIf we work it outThe blows will never stopI won't know what we're fighting aboutSome things you gotta understandI'm only one manDoing all that I canJust to see a smile upon your faceI work my fingers to the boneJust for us to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/846311/ Moments passmoments dearbut no moment like thisFamily togetherfood for an armyhistory toldMoments sharedtogether as familysharing life, writing historyTelling of this holidayshareing memorieslasting forever http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/843734/ like a cd, they seem to replay on after the moment. The reasons for love, the special times with friends. All of this rests within our minds. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/821160/ I've been down for so longThe light of day seemed like a dreamLooking and searching in the darkIt has been hard to find myself Being so lowGetting up seems like a miracle My voice was without wordsSwallowed by silence Mirrored by my surroundingsHoping for crumbs to fall from the ta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/816920/ The scars upon my heartCountless times you have been brokenEmpty insideTears hold no valuefull of memoriesSorrow remains tucked insideMy eyes are wellsWaiting to overflowThis river won't heal the brokenNor mend the scarred   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/814731/ Sometimes it takes a fall for a blind man to seemistakes made are same yet while others laughyou growlearning from the wrong Others judgeso quick to condemnnever fully knowing the storyor the life lived Yet fire remainsno matter the dirt that covers the fire still burnsno matter how small Th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/809687/ Living on hopeslowly it's fadingbelief in government is now a mistThis elevator is going downpeople are trying living by the skin of their teeththe cup is emptyThe wealthy oppress crumbs fall from their table we fight for the taste of pieLeaders speak of hopebut banks legally robbing mepressure.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/808730/ All that people seeyet they fail to see beyond the surfacebut still judging meNot knowing the pain behind my eyesnor the countless times I've criedthese tears are like rainbut nobody can relate to my painThe strugglesmy knuckles are bruisedworrying about food for the dayBarely livinglife seems so lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/807875/ A poet without wordslife without meaningno work for the unemployedeverything seems to go down hillwasting away into nothingcarried away by thievespretending to seek my interestsyet teaing me apartBurning the candle at both endsattempts to gain balancein this world, there is none http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/807603/ Can't afford bailLow income housing I remainEveryday I pray for something moreThe world remains out of touchCorporate America continues to hold me downIt seems as if trying to live is my struggleThe government throws me crumbsIt's not enough to get byThe tears cried formed riversWorking two jobsYet .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/805833/ Rising from the ashesThe phoenix rebornRising above all mistakes madeThose that taunt meWill learn the lesson of karma The fire setCaptures those that set itBeware enemies I have survived worstCrushed and bruisedIll treated and usedYet, from the ashesI riseShaking free from the chains of oppressionT.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/802398/ Step into my shoesKnow the places I've beenThose that hate me for no reasonAll my life My eyes have seen nothing but struggleCity streets have captured my soulHaunting me are memoriesThey won't let me goThe songs I singSongs of hopes and dreamsWithin this darknessLight has yet to find meFood.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/800962/ Despite the sweat that burns my eyesNo matter the countless tears criedThe ones that want to struggle Earning bread by my musclesIn the dark, hoping to be freeHoping God has a plan for meHis work is hard to seeMany nights on my kneesBegging pleaseThe end of the tunnel I have yet to seeBur still movi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/797996/ Sunday I've seen someone get punched because of being gay. It had me to write this because the the guy that hit him was coming out of church. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/788774/ Through the yearschanges have comecrossing many riversmost of which I've criedtrial after trailwar after warthe pictures painted in bloodmy ownsacrifices madebearing crossesmost were my ownseen through the eyes of a blind manmy many failuresdespite gifts of sighttomorrow I can never really seenever .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/788368/ Crumble me upbreak all that keeps me togetherpluck out my bonesplunk out my seedsOpen the bluntlay me outin a lineRoll me tightset me ablaze You treat me as your druggetting high from miserylaughter from my painInhaling these thingsWatching my essencego up in smokebeing taken by the ceiling fan.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/786118/ I was accused of something I didn't do. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/780797/ Each dayyou look me in the faceconcealing your naturethe lies you speakare soft echoesshadows hide who you areEach dayyou fail to show youhiding behind holy thingsthe same things that conceals you reveals your naturetime reveals so muchin timeno doorsno wallscan hide the darkness within youEach dayy.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/780611/ I written this poem after my love walked out on me for another http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/772603/  The days of my youthseems as if a distant memoryalso a nightmare that haunts me in the day time Yes there were good timesbut there were also tearsmany rivers were cried Seeing lives extinguished in their primefamilies fighting to see tomorrowstruggles are never recorded Watching.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/771960/ To the ones trapped in the strugglededicated to the strugglethose forced to live by muscleDreams extinguished freedom traded in for something worsta mark against your namePraying for a second chancebut the church turns them awayfollowers of Christ cast stonesTrying to bury their mistakebackground ch.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/770704/ Within youlies a darknesslight pray to the 7 million names of God not to findyour darkness angels stay cleardemons know of your coldnesseven they stay awayBlackness showrds youthe evil within youpushes everyone awayall that have known youspeak unholy thingsDarkness truly dwel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/770455/ My deeds means nothingMy actions are dustNot taken into accountMy form unnoticed The lives touched The influencesNone care to give heedGiving my fleshWriting with my bloodSo that when the day comesMy words My life After I'm goneWill shine My memory Shall be as my life.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/769847/  You look at mespeaking the truth of your heartthough it is darkyour words are blacker than my skin You see as a nobodysomeone that is less than humanbelieving I'm unable to feelyour words cut deeplyblood pours  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/768681/ Life never truly lived until death approacheseach moment livedseems to be replayedLife at that moment feels like a DVDreplaying for its last timesilence within the moment echoeswishes unfulfilled hopes that have never given birthonly at this momentsilence seems loudest http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/768446/ BOUND BY AN OATH OF BLOODSTRENGTHENED BY THE ELEMENTSMAGIC USED TO DEFENDSWORDS IN HANDPREPARED TO KILLFRIENDS BECOME KNIGHTSTHE INNOCENT BECOME KILLERSTHE BALANCE HAS BEEN SHAKENAN OATH MADE TO RESTOREAN OATH MADE THAT SPEAKS IN BLOODPROVE YOURSELVES READYTHE WAR HAS BEGUN http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/767857/  A mark against my nameone that refuses to to laid to restevery moment my mistake is resurrected Remembered like an important point in historysomething you choose not to forgetlooking at era but not your own The bible commands you to forgive melet the past be remembered no moreeveryda.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/767580/ At times You must be willing to bendAccept changeNo matter how it comesThis journey has many turnsThe road is forever changingSometimes life weighs you downDespite the good with it Nobody can control it http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/766686/   Inside meexists a lightit shines brighter than the sunblinding but many are able to see it  Some sought to put curtains uphoping to dim all that's seenI refuse to be extingished  This light is also a fireburning brightlyconsuming negative actionsI will be seen    http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/766664/ Sometimes the things we seewe have yet to touchdesiring to holdBeing so close yet it remains out of reachfingertips have yet to touch the surfaceDesire pushesas well as willdreams strengthen those feelingsOne step awaylife seems to pull back by twobut still pushing forwardUntil I grasp what is mine&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/766393/ My twisted dark fantasies  have become my living nightmareshadows lurkthe darkest of placesno saint would gowithin this my soul resthoping no light shines throughThe weight bears down upon mewatching society faderepublicans dig my gravemaking it hard to live you have killed me  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/766048/ Gazing into your eyesAn eternity is lostThe spell behind them is mystical Time feels like it's at a standstill Questions to mindBut there is no time for answers Within this moment I am lostA captive of timeMoments passThey go unnoticed Forever has taken meSetting my soul to sai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/765378/  Touch me on the insidesrelease your rivers of lovetwo souls unite as one to share a gift That is reallysharedtouch me on the insidesact upon your lustAllow desire to unite us one soulyour passions run deeptouch me with your expressions of love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/764880/   A MYTH OF OLDA PROPHECY WRITTEN IN BLOODA TALE CRAVED IN STONE  A CHILD BORN OF DARKNESSWHOSE FATHER CENTURIES HAVE KNOWNTAUGHT THE WAYS OF WARACCEPTING THE LESSONS OF WAR  ONE BATTLE CLOSER TO DEATHONE BATTLE CLOSER TO TRUTH GUIDED BY AN ANCIENT PROPHECYIN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/764878/ The past is as dark as the future. You can’t stand still.You can’t go back.A decision must be made.Acting now makes a man.Proving successful makes a hero.A trail by fireNo where to turnPaper thin, toy solider http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/764801/  Inside this roommy soul cries outswallowing up the silence Pain weighs within my bonesbecoming brickspreventing me from moving The ceiling fan spins aroundall alone, chasing its tailsearching for what it lost These four walls knowbut secrets they keeptears they hideas a friend, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/764795/ Chances were givenmore than you care to remember My heart is brokentorn to pieces All things that are done only benefit you In this world, I exist too somehow this fact slips beyond reason My opinion means nothingfor you direct my moves Getting off one to go to anotherbut yo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/764794/    To the forgottenyour work is silenceyour contributions unnoticed   You are seen everydaybut you are invisiblepassing through the worldmost of it does not know you Many don't realize your worthyou go through each daybeing overlooked http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/763744/      Superman is deadwho would risk it all for me     Standing against it allthe only thing you come to knowsometimes you must be your own hero     When your back is against the wallit's now or never you must take your stand  &nbs.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/763470/   Stepping out on faithspreading my wings hoping to fly  So tried of being in a dreamhoping to live the dreaminstead of being in one  My faith is a tightropebalance is what keeps merescue me  The wind won't hold these wingsthey pluck my feathershoping to ground me  Stepping .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/763017/ Journey my pathwalk this roadLearn of my strugglesbe forced to make decisionsAfter walking within my shoescan you judge meJourney back in timeliving life by muscleBecoming flightless birdsevery time seeing lights flashSleeping in the open airno child should ever knowFight each day to livehop.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/762460/ Life is as a pictureit feels like it's at an standstillbut it's forever changing scenesDying each dayonly to be reborncreated by fireascending higher and higher   http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/762455/ Scribing my soulonto paper withis this penmy blood used as inkPouring out my heartmy being given as waterwaters here refresh your soulThe words within me paint picturesvisions of my lifetyped within booksgood and badis the history I createdthe tears criedawakens my goalsSecrets are no longermy life .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/762165/   Breaking up is hardmoving on is harderthis is the story of love  Wishes and dreams remains  on iceforever is only a wordpromises made, but later brokenheartfelt words only half spoken  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/doggie/761912/