http://slow.writerscafe.org/LexiAskew The original writings of author Askew en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776018785 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 2:33 AMeveryone is asleep and she is alonewhat is she to do when she has no one 2:40 AM she cries silently so as not to wake her familynobody is answering her calls2:43 AMcold and shivering she begins to pace around her roomher blood is boiling in her veins 2:48 AMshe calls again and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2930968/ I wish I were soft and kindThe kind of woman that leaves others feeling refreshedThe woman who is easy to loveHer presence is healing to those in distressI am rough edges and sharp anglesI am fire and brimstone and sulphurEverything I touch turns to smoke and ashLoving me is a formidable task http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926276/ When a man of faith falls in love with a woman it is a catastrophic eventHis beliefs are shattered and his God abandons himWhat is God compared to the love of a woman anyway?A man of faith forsakes his vows when he discovers a woman's love He begs his God to take away the ache of loveAnd i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926273/ I am my own other half, completing myselfCrafting and inserting missing puzzle pieces perfectly into my own skinPieces made from the love and respect I have for myselfThis is to sayI don't need youMy own company keeps me sustained and satisfiedShould you choose to leave, my life would not be lacking.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926271/ I toss and turn when I sleepMy eyes flutter open every so often before I drift off againNo matter how I turn, how I shiftI feel your arms around meTightening and caressing as I settle into new positionsYou never let me go, you keep me held against youPlease don't let me go http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926270/ I'm not certain if I love you yetWe are so new, so freshHas there been enough time for love to bloom?I can't say I knowThe potential is thereThe seeds are plantedI think I'll love you soon http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926269/ If you won't love me then use meKiss me and send me on my way when you grow boredIf you won't write me love lettersThen let me cut the tags from your shirts and sew them into mineI'll label myself secretly yours and wear your scentIf you won't hold me while we sleepThen give me your cologneI'll spra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926268/ The deer knows its place in the worldIt is prey, and it will never be anything moreNature designed them that way, the deer doesn't fight natureThe deer is hunted by every creature willing to put in the effortThe meat feeds empty belliesThe bones are made into toolsThe antlers decorate walls and beco.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2926267/ Aohrodite help meI pray to you each nightMy altar is littered with rose petals and sea shellsI beg of you to teach meMake of me you discipleI will kneel and hang on your every wordHow do I do what you do?How do I love so freely?Is it possible to love without pain?Is it possible to .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2886848/ Spring is on the wayThe trees shake off the lingering chillThe emerging sun is warming my cold bonesSlowly but surelyFire is filling my veinsHeating my heartBoiling my bloodSummer will comeAnd when it doesI will be a force like no otherFor now I will waitPractice patienceI will swim in the cool wate.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2886847/ I want to be stabbedA knife thrust into my gutOnly once or twice, no need to worryA different kind of penetrationWill it feel different?Hurt more or less than my fall from grace?I never asked to fallTruly, I never did!I was pushed from the heavens aboveAnd never once tried to save myselfStab meI'll .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2886846/ There is something about being the oldest childGrandchildCousinNiece I was the first to bear the weight of expectationThe first to be gifted responsibilityThe first to let everyone downI was practiceA test runThey perfected it with those younger than meLearned from the mistakes t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2886845/ I love easily and deeplyI say it all the time to anyone and anything My mom and I end every phone call with,"Okay, love you, bye!"Every time I leave the house I kiss my dog and say,"Bye, baby, I love you!"As my coworkers and I leave for home, I say,"Love you, darling, see you tomorrow!.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2886844/ I have never been hungrier than I am nowAt 22 I am starved and feralI felt the first pangs of hunger when I was 12Tiny groans in the pit of my stomachTelling me to feast and devourAt 15 I made my first attempt at eatingTemporarily satisfying the aching in my gutWith harmless flirtationsI looked at t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2862915/ Do you want to know a secret?Something I could never tell anyone I know?I want to be loved Desperately and passionatelyI want someone to hold my wristsKiss my knuckles Smile at me like they need meI want to be wanted I want to be loved like a poem or a songI want a great romance li.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2858589/ He loves meHe holds me as a child when I am hurtHe accepts me as his own though we don’t share bloodHe hates meHe shuns me as an adult when I make mistakesHe only tolerates me because he loves my motherI love himI crave his affection and approvalI run to him for help when I am cluelessI hate h.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2856310/ I have always been made up of harsh thingsBroken glass and mirror shardsVodka straight from the bottle and the smell of cigarettesBloody lips and bruised wristsI told you not to love me because I’m dirtyYou shouldn’t taint yourself with meYou told me it’s okayAnd .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2829295/ Things I know:1. Every cell in our body is replaced every 7 to 10 years. 2. The human brain often copes with sexual trauma by turning it into kink. 3. The body can remember events even the mind forces itself to forget. Questions I have:1. Even with an entirely new body, will I st.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2815996/ I miss youI know I don’t show itBut I doI miss you with every fibre of my beingThe way you held meThat smug smileYour laughterThe way you kissed meThe way you sang and danced while you cooked us dinnerI miss youAnd I love youBut I’m not taking you backLoving you.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2814327/ I will never stop romanticising my painBecause the second I doEverything beautiful in my world will disappearThe horrors I've endured are what make it possible for me to createBeauty cannot exist without an opposing force http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2796852/ I’m laughing because you think you hold a place in my heartYou think you matter to meThat I’ll cry if you leaveWhat you don’t realize is that I have no more room in my heartThere are no vacancies for a new loveAnd when I tell you thisYou proceed to ask me why I still co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2792997/ Medusa is my motherAs she is mother to all of usMedusa was hurt by PoseidonAs I was hurt by men twice my ageMedusa was found and comforted by AthenaIn a way I never was by anyoneAnd Athena made her strong and fearsomeAs I was forced to make myselfMedusa was abused by a god for her beautyAnd in retal.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2781366/ Do you know what I've learned about myself? What I've realised? I understand now. I get it. The reason I like my sex so rough and violent and borderline worrisome. I don't know how else to have sex. It was so terrifying the first time, I don't know how to separate sex and pleasure from tears and pa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2777881/ "Little Death" The French were right about that one http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2777880/ I look like I was conjured up by Tim BurtonMy skin is pale and becoming paler everydayI’m barely skin and bones, all sharp angles and thinning wrists, protruding ribs and losing my curvesMy eyes sink deeper by the minute, so purple I look freshly beaten againI’m losing colour and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2773213/ I wrote this while drunk and sad http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2494771/ I’m lovedAnd yet I’m aloneI’m happyBut I have a death wishLate at nightWhen I’m the only one awakeMy pain makes an appearance Emptiness shows itself And I’m aloneDespite the full houseOverwhelming sense of feelingAt war with cold numbnessOn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2175409/ “You’re so beautiful.”“I wish I looked like you.”“You’re definitely the pretty friend.”“You’re skinny and you don’t even try, I’m jealous.”“You eat garbage, but you’re so thin.”“.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2172289/ Throughout history in a million different religions, three is considered a lucky or sacred number. In every great series, all movies and shows are fronted by a trio. Good things and bad all come in threes.If the third time really is the charm, then maybe after all this time it’ll work ou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2166993/ Love isn’t enough to hold us together. We’re both unhappy, and it isn’t fair to either of us to continue. I love you, and I know you don’t understand. But this is stale. Stagnant. Where do you think this is going? Love isn’t enough. You hate me for this, and I only wish.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2166730/ I'm Icarus with hand-made wings of goldI leapt from that window without hesitationI flew and flew so close to the sunBut it's heat burned meIt melted the glue holding my feathers togetherAnd so I fellIn love with youI knew what awaited me once I jumpedI soared like a birdAnd dropped like an anchorBu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2156523/ I don't want a romance or a slow burn or love at first sight, I don't want a love story or fiery passion or good morning kisses.I don't want a hand in mind or my tears wiped away, I don't want to be held or to have my hair played with.I want to burn and boil in my anger at the world until the wrongn.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2156521/ I will walk through you like a field of flowersMy hands will brush against every blade of grassAnd I'll stop to smell every roseI'll lay in your clearingsAnd let the insects crawl across my skinAnd the garden snakes slither through my fingersI'll pluck your petalsAnd dissect your leavesStudying the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2156519/ Isn't it wonderful?Surreal even?To be alive and to feel all that we feel?Oh, it's so beautiful,This feeling of living.You get to experienceSuch small wonders,Such mundane feats of magic.Being kissed?I'll beg for it.The burn of liquor on my lips?Again!A favourite song played on repeat?Please.The smel.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2136784/ How do I walk such a fine lineWithout tipping or tripping?I fall one wayAnd I'm enabling bad decisions,I fall the otherAnd I become a dictator.I refuse to become eitherBut I'm not sureIf the middle ground is stable.It's one big balancing actPerformed by a klutz. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2136056/ They accept the jobs they are givenAnd the bountiful never questionTheir place in this chain of chainsThat reaches to JupiterNeptunePlutoThe chain of chainsThat reaches to the gods themselvesAnd who will find themselves on topBut the ones that created it all http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2136055/ An abstract poem of love http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2120239/ An unexpected friendTurned unexpected loveA new confidante Turned new companionLike a worm trusting the earthTo hide it from the birdsLike a bird trusting the branchTo hold its entire selfLike a branch trusting the treeTo keep it high in the airLike a tree trusting the rootsTo give it what it n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2115626/ If you're reading this, you know who you are. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2113586/ A newAnd unexpected friendHas entered my lifeAnd given meMore than I could ask forThey have offered meHelp and supportWhen I couldn't turnTo those I knewI'm gratefulBut just a tad confusedDo I feel for him?Or am I clinging to himBecause he is the first in awhileTo be genuinely kind to me? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2113577/ Don't pretend to love herSave her the heartacheIf her laugh doesn't make you stand a little straighterAnd you don't panic at the thought of never hearing it againYou are not in love with herIf her eyes can't make your mind go blankOr make you stop mid-sentence as you wonder what to say nextYou are n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2112131/ La petite mort http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2111710/ By the godsI was kissedAnd days laterMy face is still flushedAnd my heart is burningWith the memory of those lipsSo sweet and innocentWith nostalgia at it's coreI want to be held As I'm kissedMy dreams are filledWith images of those armsWrapped tightly around meSitting in classI'm vibratingAnti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2111360/ Perhaps I'll be okayJust maybeThese people love meAnd with themI could be okayIt'll take me timeBut that's allowedI've earned hoursAnd daysAnd weeksAnd monthsAnd even yearsGive me the time I deserveAnd someday You'll see me okay http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2110939/ I might delete this http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2109949/ French is not the language of loveIt's the language of revolutionsAnd cowardly monarchsIt's for le vaniteuxThose who wish to impress othersThe people who will hearNothing but les louangesFor their meaningless abilityTo speak such a pompous language http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2109927/ I want many things. I will be the first to admit my greed.These things I wantAre not things I need.In this worldThere are only two necessities:JusticeAnd honesty.I have been given neither.I need only theseAnd yet I starve for them.I've paid my dues,I know what I deserve.Where are the truthsAnd .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2109516/ "But not all men..."No.You're completely right.Not all men are bad,Not all men hurt women,Not all men radiate toxicity.But a lot of men,Just enough men,Too many men.I'm sorry your masculinityIs fragile enoughTo be offendedBy women's pain. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2108911/ I throw up againAnd I rest my cheek on cool porcelainMy head still hurtsAnd pills won't make it stopAs I ponder how to get betterI question not only my mortalityBut my morality as wellThe second I lieAnd start scheming againI'm thrown into this sicknessThat barely lets me leave my bedI can't bring m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2107052/    "You'll be gone soon, love. You'll go to where no soul resides. And we will be left here in peace. The day you leave will be a day of celebration. A parade will be thrown in honour of you departure. Of course we'll miss you, but it was Written. You've never been allowed to stay, you've .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/LexiAskew/2105644/