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		<description>The original writings of author pressedflowers</description>
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			<title>you planted a garden in me</title>
			<description>you planted a garden in me&amp;nbsp;a would-be god&amp;nbsp;full of hope&amp;nbsp;of what could be&amp;nbsp;and after:(be my sun be my rain&amp;nbsp;sustain mekeep me from withering away&amp;nbsp;i am not sure i can do it alone)&amp;nbsp;you planted a garden in me&amp;nbsp;watch as it grows&amp;nbsp;are you surprised to see&amp;nbsp;the v..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2898733/</link>
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			<title>to dissect a rose </title>
			<description>what will become of you?&amp;nbsp;i ask, head in my hands&amp;nbsp;drowning in feeling&amp;nbsp;absorbing every thorn into my skin&amp;nbsp;what will become of you?&amp;nbsp;i ask, scattering the petals&amp;nbsp;abandoning feeling&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;punishing it for the grief it has caused&amp;nbsp;what will become of you?&amp;nbsp;footst..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2897835/</link>
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			<title>lighthouse</title>
			<description>you were my lifeline when I went out to sea&amp;nbsp;the waves were pulling me under&amp;nbsp;and I could barely breathe&amp;nbsp;but now&amp;nbsp;you're on the shore&amp;nbsp;you cut the rope&amp;nbsp;and I'm still out here&amp;nbsp;(I hate you in all of your kindness&amp;nbsp;I hate myself for my weakness)&amp;nbsp;keep me in your l..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2896961/</link>
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			<title>haunted</title>
			<description>I haunt every space I inhabit&amp;nbsp;yet I am not alone&amp;nbsp;I carry with me memories belonging to others&amp;nbsp;flowing from my ears and heart&amp;nbsp;the places I let them in&amp;nbsp;I hold emotions of others&amp;nbsp;though they burn through my skin&amp;nbsp;and threaten those still living&amp;nbsp;I see images from l..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2887639/</link>
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			<title>martyrdom</title>
			<description>don't make this any harder than it needs to be&amp;nbsp;someday you'll wake up - someday, you'll see&amp;nbsp;all the time you wasted feeling sorry&amp;nbsp;the sand piled high before it gets washed away&amp;nbsp;the moments you wasted balancing self pity&amp;nbsp;with grandiose delusions&amp;nbsp;moments wasted trying to ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2881063/</link>
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			<title>high dive </title>
			<description>no going back&amp;nbsp;terrified of what is&amp;nbsp;				(below)&amp;nbsp;in a dream state&amp;nbsp;	I am&amp;nbsp;				falling; (a)sleep paralysis&amp;nbsp;and out of control once again&amp;nbsp;wanting wings to fly or gills to breathe&amp;nbsp;knowing each is impossible&amp;nbsp;the only option to swim&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2880767/</link>
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			<title>making space </title>
			<description>trying to make space in this crowded room&amp;nbsp;move some things aroundput some back&amp;nbsp;where they belong&amp;nbsp;how to decide what to keep&amp;nbsp;and what to throw away&amp;nbsp;(holding on and letting go)&amp;nbsp;I let you in without realizing the cost&amp;nbsp;forsake my sanity&amp;nbsp;my wellbeing&amp;nbsp;just to a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2876215/</link>
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			<title>I held on</title>
			<description>a work in progress</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2863916/</link>
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			<title>options</title>
			<description>not sure if this is a poem or a series of ideas </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2835789/</link>
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			<title>dear ________, i'm sorry </title>
			<description>dear ________, i'm sorry&amp;nbsp;I don't know why I care. I can't explain how this happened. I wish I didn't know how this will end.&amp;nbsp;that we will drift as the tide runs though.&amp;nbsp;that someday you will be someone I knew.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2833654/</link>
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			<title>her brilliant collapse</title>
			<description>us  mine  thema thread blurred your reality for an unending desire shared by all        mastered by some               understood by no one hesitate. let every moment pass through you like a frozen river keep an eye on the clocka hand on your heart hold time.         let ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2828657/</link>
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			<title>untitled</title>
			<description>standing tall came easily&amp;nbsp;when there was no other choice&amp;nbsp;back when all that I had was never enough for&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;when everything I didI did it for&amp;nbsp;you&amp;nbsp;this is only temporarya someday memory&amp;nbsp;after I've faded from view&amp;nbsp;will you remember me, remember&amp;nbsp;you?I'll only..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2827824/</link>
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			<title>Still</title>
			<description>Shake a fist at the sky&amp;nbsp;Pretend to know what I mean&amp;nbsp;Stuck in between&amp;nbsp;Screaming at the midnight sun&amp;nbsp;Mud in my mouth and blood on my hands&amp;nbsp;I don't expect you to understand&amp;nbsp;Devoted to light&amp;nbsp;And cursed to never change&amp;nbsp;Cold as her armor&amp;nbsp;&quot;Trust no one&quot; she says..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2827279/</link>
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			<title>winter</title>
			<description>vibrant light&amp;nbsp;intricate, devoted&amp;nbsp;		empty&amp;nbsp;without you&amp;nbsp;				missing your storm&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2826853/</link>
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			<title>Moth</title>
			<description>I feel bad for the way my body reacts to youDreaming of all the things we shouldn&amp;rsquo;t doCan&amp;rsquo;t let myself get attached to you&amp;nbsp;Caught up in the way you make me feelNot head over heels but trapped in your lightA moth drawn to flame&amp;nbsp;I want to shed all memory of youAnd at the same tim..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lec2795/2826719/</link>
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