http://slow.writerscafe.org/NormanRom23 The original writings of author Brandon en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776071553 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Thoughts on grief. Thoughts about what happens once the funeral is over. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2901458/ One of the hurricanes in the early oughts, lots of wind and rain - tidal waves threatening to breach the sound and sweep away cars. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2901457/ From an admirer of astrological earth signs, a confession. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2817375/ When wildfires happen,Or volcanoes erupt,The immediate aftermath is devastation.It's Aftermath, after all.But the long game,When you finally feel patience for what it is -You realize life can come from this.Renewal can stubbornly be born.It's not to say that it's all over,And this rage won't co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169089/ There will be ashes to clean up,Once the fire dies out.They'll cling to your skin,Smudge on your clothes.Make gray your youthful hair.This soot will linger,Regret and Sorrow.A vicious circle when Rage is dismissed.It hurts, you know.Feeling this fire,Holding it in your own hands.It's devastation.It'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169088/ It dwells at the heart of us,A heat so unbearable and vaporizing.All consuming, it swallows everything up.Behind dense walls and a thick iron-clad door,This flame rests,Feeding on these carnal desires.Fury.Ache.The confines are full to the brim with flame.One misstep or no step at all,It comes forth.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169087/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169086/ Emptiness - this hollow shell. Fuel ignited, contained deep within this hell.Yearning - a burning I cannot escape;One lousy kiss, and it's a sealed fate. Love - passions driven mad.A raging inferno rising beyond - Pitched under this immense heat, Escape is a price all too steep.&.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169085/ Her hands held bulbs as they were lowered into soil,Small gifts of life ready to become...more.In rows, protruding lines, she planted all spring.Hyacinths, Daffodils, and Red and White Tulips.Her legacy, these small perennials.They bloom, thrive, die.Each year passing like scattered autumn leaves.An.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169084/ POV experimentation http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2169083/ All my thoughts belong to you,A fire fuelled between us two. I don't know how to say these lines,Anxiousness has me tongue tied. Nerve, a strength, I have not found,Testing our trust as this goes down. Just between you and me,You're the one, my first, and only. You can have my wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2152424/ Your reaction settled into my mouth, Sand-like and distant. A tell you never knew you had,Being too sweet and overly affectionate. I said I love you.You said it back. But when we touched, I could tell.The quiet mist that hung above street lights,It was you.Looming ever so close t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2152423/ Here's to those dreams too bright to handle,Those ones that became wishes blown out on candles.To the lovers of falling stars,All the way to speeding cars -- Don't we all have a secret desire,One glowing, too-hot-to-hold reminder,And what about that guilt inside,Promises made to keep all our li.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2152293/ Degrees of separation -Varying shapes of trepidation.A dishonest man bearing his heart,Shrouding his meager intention...But a lonely mind does not lack invention,An open invitation to let wild the imagination.And his heart is bared to me;His image a tall willow,Covering me.In his willowed embrace,I'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NormanRom23/2152289/