http://slow.writerscafe.org/paperbird The original writings of author L en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775990609 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 We sat naked between usShredding silenceFor our fingers were nervous enemiesAnd knew not where the time would goEmptiness easierWe talked horizon's closeDragging them eagerlyAnd ashamedWe shaped nothing, said nothingAnd space was hard on wordsWe did not watch them stumble, tripBut turned our eyes to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/1107085/ i am lovedand smile like Adamthough my lipshave tasted fruitYou forgave my rough excusesand my belly full of sinYou were there when i was achingFire-clad angels let me in so i rested neath the fruit treewhere the split had first occurredserpents laced the branches slylyso Your call remaine.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/1102697/ Have you ever watched joy burningLanguidly casting solemn sorrow shadowsOn restless wallsHave you reached out To feel itSwallow it With open handsOnly to draw back your fingersNaked and scorched Have you watched itCarelessly dripping off table topsSteady streams Lost to bursting .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/1092795/ I caught a thought for youIt was brightBurning on my tongueAnd mind for youIt fluttered in my fist for youForcing fingers To splay lead on a pageHeavy, but ohIt was beautifulAnd youAnd youIt was beautifulAnd vastAnd we were tinySitting before in splendid aweIf onlyIt could beAnything moreThan a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/1090961/ Man shookHeavy off his coatThe wind had snuckStill through sleevesAnd so his admission to skinTo live permanently permeableHe need not check another bottleTo know only that it's empty when doneOr see another smile the sameIt was enoughPreferring knees toFeet forgottenForeverness like some dark .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/1088616/ I stood beside a vast clear lake,The mountain at my backOur mirrors mingled at my feetAnd nothing did I lackHow mighty my reflection was;Me standing proud and tallAdmiring greatness in myselfAnd lording over allBut when the mountain's shadow broughtDark's fingers to my  skin,I looked inside and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/958433/ There's nothing in your wordsTo make me stay.A graceless dance In how they come;Naked, trembling,From your lips.Nothing pleasant In their rise and fall,Nor in your misplaced pauseTo gather breathThere's nothing in your thoughtsTo paint anewThe earth to me,Nor me to them,Nor them to any,Tha.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/957005/ Words amassed in cold stagnationPour them out as my libationBlameless, rancid reparationSoul in silence restSilhouetted shaking splendourStill my heart will not surrenderStammered means and ends to render;Taken, broken, blessed  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/877449/ It was brave of those wordsTo grace my lips,Raw and blistered as they were,From trying to pronounceMore empty soundsIt was brave of them To seek me out,Fighting their way Through battlements and barricadesAnd other such thingsBeginning with BI think they may Have lost a few sylla.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/876929/ Were it not for youI would be contentthrowing sky beneath my feetwhilst attempting to solve the seaand my wordswould be whispered onlyagainst the voice of the windAnd alwaysI would listenand sometimes take in a little too muchand feed it on my thoughtsjust to watchthe little pieces of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/845710/ It grew colder.The sky split at its seamsAnd spilt its precious darkSo that I could not seeThe look in your eyes,Nor hearThe well-formed wordsYou forced from frozen lips;Whose insinuations Became entangled in my hair.I was grateful then,That I was just a shadow,Imitation of breath.I could escap.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/paperbird/839887/ She said"somewhere in this there is joy"and stretched her fingertipsto snatch a momentfrom the air;which Forever lent down to kissand stained, eternallyredShe wasfleet-feet through sky grassand tip-toed dancing laughter on the breath of windShe shedsun and darkness was a wish; 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