http://slow.writerscafe.org/Vernee The original writings of author Verneé en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776084877 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 When darkness falls on heartbreakBut the tears refuse to comeYou’ve spent so much time with hurtingThat now you just feel numbThere’s no answers in the passingEach day holds more regretEmpty bottles offer sad companyAnd still you can’t forgetThere’s solace in the sorrowFamili.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/2168865/ And if I bleed unto the pagewould you staunch the flowor would a vampiric need claim youas the words continue to pour outgushing from my veinsfeeding your need to learn moreto know moreas you lap up the the scarlet riversswallowing deepuntil I am consumedforever a part of youas you stealthily became.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/1936336/ What if I justclose the doorcut off my phonecradle a pillow to my chestrepeat the mantrathat it's for the bestWhat if I justpretend it didn't happendeny my emotionsblock the memory of youforget what was lostin the unspoken "I do"What if I justretreat inside myselfand allow time to passleave it at go.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/989860/ If only they knew the real youthe secret youthat hides behind the maskthe masquerade of wordsburying your sinsthe truth behind the glintin your eyesthe lies you leavein your wakethe way you looked at mewhen no one was watchingthe way you touched mebehind closed doorssurprised by my refusalsilenced b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/695737/ A red splotch on the bathroom floorthe only evidence of your passingthe absence of a beginningtrapped in the finality of silencethe two pink lines a sad reminderof a fleeting shadow of lifeunbound to the list of names unusedand a room decorated and paintedfive months too sooncongratulatory statement.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/695736/ From "I do"to "I don't"At one time you wouldBut now you won'tThe smile I used to knowhas been erasedHappiness I used to feelhas been replacedby tears lost in the nightin the absence of the armsthat used to hold me tightAnd the light of lovein your eyes has been dimmedWhere did my best friendmy lover.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/695735/ Take my smile at its face valuebecause the truth may astound youto catch a glimpseof the blade marks on my thighsto be a fly on the wallwhen I cry myself to sleep at nightPleasedon't look too deep in my eyeswhen I've raised the blindson my windows of painand don't ask too many questionsbecause I hat.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/694471/ It looks good on paperuntil I'm left with nothing to write onforced to leave the light onfor my damn selfas I head off to workputting in overtime to escape the hurtwaiting on your side of the bedcold and emptythat's missing the warm chestwhere I used to lay my headlistening to your heart beatand the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/694469/ There's no point in settling when there's something better out there. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/490051/       Jess woke with a start.  Her heart was racing and she was drenched in sweat.  She had dreamt about John again.  Only this time, he’d been talking to her through the hole in his neck.  Talk about disturbing.  She brushed the lingering tear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/408874/       “Jess?”  Jess recognized the voice immediately.     “John?”     “Wake up Jessy girl.”  She smiled at the little nickname from their childhood.  She’d always hated it gr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/408873/  You ask me why I'm still hereAfter you've done so much dirtAnd though love may be the reasonThat doesn't mean that it doesn't hurtYou ask me why I'm still hereIf I'm living in so much painAnd though love may be the reasonThat doesn't mean that things will changeYou ask me if I'.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/406263/ What hurts the most is being in love with someone who never cared about you but lied and said they did. And when it's over, and you realize that . . . it's a pain that I can't begin to describe. Some say it's better to have love and lost . . . I can't s http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/367572/ I'm movingMy heart's been displacedSeeking shelterOutside your embraceTraveling lightJust my emotions and meBlocking memoriesFrom love's cruel uncertaintyI'm leavingOutside and on my ownEmotions leakingSo far from my homeJust hopingThat someday I will findOne heartWith .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/367179/ You don't tell me you love meUnless I say it firstYou don't tell me you're sorryUntil I say I'm hurtYou don't tell me you miss meIf I don't stop to askYou don't tell me you want meExcept when you want some a*sYou don't tell me it's overYou just go out and flirtYou don't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/367102/ You threaten me with hellClaim that I am filled with hateSay I'm mean to the coreBeat me til my body shakesBurdened me with insultsCondemning all I tried to beYou said the hate was mineYet it was you who hated meJust because I wasn't properAnd appeased to just sit byCho.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/366964/ Give me one good reason . . .Not to stayBut to liveSomething I can believe inBesides the nothing that I feelMy heart is dead insideEmotions Cold and stillSo give me one good reasonJust one reason To live http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/366951/ Can't you see that he doesn't love youThat he'll never be the man you needCause all he ever does is hurt youAnd fills your eyes with tears that bleedAnd you know about all the othersWho has his eye when you are goneSo why keep trying for a relationshipWhen in the end you'll end up alon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/365879/  Is it worth fighting forWhen you know thingsAre forever changedAnd you're stuckIn the presentWishing for yesterdayThinking of allThe reasons whyYou can't leaveHolding on toThe lies thatYour heart can't believeTracing whispers ofLove as they fadeFrom your heartPick.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/365753/ I always knew you would be the one to leaveAnd unfortunately time didn't prove me wrongIt was a truth I was forced to believeThat our time together wouldn't last for longWords of parting were quietly exchangedAs I tried to relieve the pain in my heartWhereas the love we shared managed to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364445/ Pain engulfs a heart unable to loveMemories torture a woman refusing to careDeath intrudes on a child still unbornShadows hide the secrets lurking thereTears tell a story words never couldTime marks a path no one can crossGood-bye offers escape but no reliefLife is haunted by tragedy a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364444/ I counted your tears that nightI remember how you could hardly sleepAnd I spent my time wondering whyYou allowed yourself to fall so deepEveryone could tell she was wrong for youBut you were just too blind to seeThat everything you'd been searching forCould be easily found in meI l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364443/ I may never know your touchI may never see your smileI may never feel your kissOr feel a love worthwhileI may never hear your voiceI may never see your faceI may never feel your warmthOr feel your sweet embraceI may never get the chanceI may never have your heartI may never s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364442/ I was with another tonightYet my heart was with youLonging to hear your voiceAnd a touch past dueI felt his lips on my skinI thought of yours kissing mineUnleashing supressed passionsWhile losing track of timeHe realized it was hopelessThere was nothing he could doMy heart wasn't.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364441/ The day they buried you into the groundIs the day they buried my heartThere you lay not making a soundHere I stand being torn apartAll the lines have all been saidAnd now the funeral's throughOh how I wished that you weren't deadHow I dread the day I lost youI can remember you so f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364440/ Lips I've never kissedA smile I've never seenEyes refuse to lookTrapped within a dreamTouch I've never feltA hand I've never heldSteps left untookLost and still I fellVoice I've never heardA laugh never bornArms refuse to hugA heart so forlornEmbrace I've never hadA tongue .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364438/ I met you for a reasonA purpose unexplainedI'm unsure as to whyBut the results remain unchangedWe're together for a reasonA future for now unseenA project in the makingLingering traces of a dreamLove blossomed for a reasonA rose full in bloomSecrets touched with fortuneEmot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364437/ You're everything and nothingAll I needed you to beNone of what I hoped forEverything I believedYou're precious but unimportantWorth more than everythingYet all the othersWouldn't be half as pleasedTime passes but stands stillLeaving only you and meAnd it returns to nothingWith.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364436/ Hind sight is 20/20 and 90% of regrets come from what you thought you wanted . . . http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/364434/ Don't ask a question you really don't wanna know the answer to . . . http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/363861/ I loved you unselfishlyAnd gave all I could of meProvided for allAnd denied myselfMeanwhile your eyesWander to someone elseAnd so I make excusesTo repel the hurtI ignore the signsAnd pray things will workBut late at nightWhile I pretend to sleepThere's an .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/361150/ Will he miss me?Not the tearsBut the yearsThat have passedThe memoriesThat disappearFrom the mindOver timeWhen the love is goneAnd a houseIs not a homeWhen I'm lying in bedAll aloneWonderingWhat went wrongAnd the questionsThey always comeOne by oneWonderingWhat .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/358973/ What is it to lose . . .A dog, A friendA relationship that endsA mentor, a childA reason to smileA husband, a wifeA meaning for lifeIt leaves you feeling coldWith tears, full of holesCrying from you soulLeft to grow oldForever alone http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/358462/ Angela made her way across the street and continued toward the library.  Her paper was due tomorrow and she hadn't even started it yet. Looks like I''ll be pulling an all-nighter.  She was cutting through the trees across the street from the campus library when she heard was s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354058/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354054/ This is the first chapter of a longer piece. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354042/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354038/  I know he's watching me.  I can feel his eyes on me constantly, even while I sleep.  Outside, I can see that same white car parked at the curb.  And he's there watching, waiting.  I know I'm next. The police don't believe me.  They say th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354021/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354019/ Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and you'll be thereLying close beside meHolding me in your arms There will have been nothing to argue aboutNo lies you've toldAnd I won't feel betrayed Maybe tomorrow I'll see you and rememberWhat we had beforeAnd what the future holds.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354015/ You said you love himAnd vowed foreverFor better or worseYou'd be together You said you loved herAnd pledged your heartThrough sickness and healthTil death do you part And now you're leavingGoing separate waysRemoving wedding blandsCasting love away But w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/354013/ I loved you unconditionallyPlaced you ahead of meSacrificed to give my allAnd yet you can't return my callCried tears of blood from my soulBelieved your lies of growing oldYet we live, we breathe . . .We die aloneFighting for the thought of somethingWe give our all and it's for not.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/349960/ Sometimes when you think you love someone, what you're really loving is a lie . . . http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/349955/  A Good Woman You say you want a good womanTranslation: you want a foolSomeone who cooks, cleans and worksWhile you do whatever the hell you want toSomeone to pay all the billsWhile you sit back and complainBeen home on your a*s all dayBut you wanna call me out my name.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/290862/ Love wins another round, and I find myself with yet another loss . . . http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/290857/ You demand a confessionFrom your mind's suggestionThat I may have doneSomething you perceive as wrongQuick with accusationAt my slight hesitationAnd now you say that IHave told some kind of lieBut there is no indiscretionNo call for you to questionAny action of mineDone at any .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/242351/ Something I had to write for class . . . http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/242343/ Again I'm hereI find myselfTears have driedI'm done cryingFor nowUntil that momentAfter loveTrapped in heartbreakAnd betrayalI am lostDrowning withinMy own emotionSufferingIn silent tormentOf my own makingFrom misplaced trustUnwarranted forgivenessThat tends to forg.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/228089/ I'd pray for deathIf hell did not existAnd slash the wristThat protects the lifelineTo leave behindThe miseryThat plaguesMe constantlySo that ICould stop the tearsThreatening to consumeMy blackened soulWhich was sold too soonIn a moment of despairWhile playing Truth or Da.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Vernee/225025/  The world is silentLike the beat of your heartNo gentle breezeNo intake of breathYou lay thereStillIn a cushioned enclosurePeacefulSereneUnfeelingUnseeingI stand thereSilentCrying your lossClothed in griefLost in despairAnd the world moves onAs it was before.. 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