http://slow.writerscafe.org/RuthMartz The original writings of author Ruth Martz en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775957658 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My thoughts are scattered here and therethey crowd my mind like I’ve got no time to ponder or process my lifeSnap decisions can cause harmto me and everyone near bya few minutes is not too longto wait and contemplate before it’s too lateand I realize I made a mis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2824386/ Midnight, bewitching hourfull of horripilationCar door slam bangand the warble act beginsNo, no, I scream inside the verisimilitude of what will ensueI am a powerless protege a stand in for the only one who could save mebut she doesn’t either by ignorance or choice I s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2823725/ Alas my love I have broken down the vestiges of life to bones and ashes grey I’ve known it all my lifeI would be the one to wed thee to the hot retort The burning ash is such a sight to seeIt reminds me of the timeswhen you burned for me Alas the time has come and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2823176/ Love is so complicated In fact I think it’s over ratedfall in love with the wrong peopleall you get is a bad feelingAfter you said “I do” http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2822941/ Poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2822582/ Beloved DandelionsOh, dandelionI love to watch you growfrom yellow bud to golden flower you change yourselfeach coming hourChildren pick youfor their mothers who receive them as if they were a rose bouquet As you grow oldyour hoary hea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821294/ A mistress of the deeptaking time to breathe amongst the seaweedand the friendsthat she will keepA Queen with levityto live beneath the seaa place where she was born a well kept secret The calmness and the peacethat she brings into the deepshall never be repletefor this t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821067/ When the final sunset happens when the moon no longer shineswhen the castle moats are empty all the anger will decline When the lunar sinis counted and death is in defeat all our dragons will be slainand laying at our feetNo harm will be our incentive into the dark we creep .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821065/ You treated me this way sinceday three of our marriage at first I thought it was meI wised up and found you were a man from HadesI kept our home as bestI could, you never even triedafter fourteen years of marriage too many blue black eyes I left... Not soon enough when deni.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821063/ I want a lasting lovethe kind that never fadesthe type that says do your thing and we will catch up laterknowing that having time alone doesn’t take away from usI want a lasting love that goes through strugglesknowing we have each other’s backsI want a lasting love th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821062/ Poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821021/ Poetry http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2821020/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RuthMartz/2820939/