http://slow.writerscafe.org/RefugeInRain The original writings of author RefugeInRain en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775930573 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I come back to you,over and over again.Drawn to the sea,then back again.Salvage me.Maritime visions.Trees and seas.Sparse transmissions.What is your mission?I'm wrecked and drowned,over and over again.You salvage and save me,then draw me back in.What am I looking for?Wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/3131383/ I want to make a perfect song. A perfect poem. Something imbued with power. Something deep and moving. Metaphorical and alchemically. Where you can look in-between, and see the thoughts and work. Perfect circuitry. A masterpiece. Made with wisdom and heart and complexity. Syntropy. Fragments found a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/3131084/ It was dark.Did I leave enough of a trace? Did I record it well enough for you to believe? Is everything I was, gonna disappear?Did everything mean nothing now that I'm still here?I can't find her inside. That old version of me. I've still got some questions, that have been on repeat.Like.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/3129871/ A beautiful sunset,against polluted sky,will always make you feel shameful,and you'll wonder why.We question His art,say it's too perfect.Too perfect in contrast,To this broken world and it's cruelness.There must be a catch,something hidden under the surface.There is,but it i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/3125269/ There's creases near your eyes now.There's a depth to your smile.Waves of life, waded and pushed through,have shown on your hands after a while.The grey in your hair, not a show of a fading memory, but the smoothing of the stone, or the driftwood, gifted by the sea.You went through the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/3125228/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2959015/ I've always had this urgency,like death is always near.I can feel it at my back,whispered warnings in my ear. Not ones of threats,not ones of decay.Just a simple reminder,that I'm not on a permanent stay. Just simple reminders,bursts of courage.Telling.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2954621/ Regain autonomy.This is a thrall economy.Wake up and wait for,them to call on me. Non autonomy,integrated into all of me Subject/captive.Not just me but the masses.Put on your guises,slip into subconscious,find a backroom,to build your own mindset. They manipulate.Placa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2946882/ Will I ever get further than this?Is this all I can be?I can't imagine the future anymore,can't imagine what it'll bring.I'm so displaced,the ground shifted and sank.Everything from before, all of my dreams,they're all gone now, they left with barely a trace.How can I move forward?.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2944018/ To Shinzo. My best friend. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2943610/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2943207/ The night winds down,goodbyes are now before tomorrow.And I'll never get to tell you,how imn my heart you borrowed.I'll never get to show you,tell you,all the ways you're precious to me.I've missed every chance.I've missed every beat.I'll never get to tell you,that I always l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2942370/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2939779/ Carry me.I don't know how long I can last.My legs aren't working anymore,And I can't crawl very fast.Carry me.Carry me out.Carry me.Please take me away now.Carry me,to where ever you go next.Carry me,Let me cling to your neck.I can't care for myself.But I don't want t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2939451/ Take me away.Take me out of this place.Get me out of here.Get me out quick.My legs are tired.Carry me back,with you.To where I can breath.To where I can live,with you.Carry me out.My visions gone black.My body grows tired of my mind.It won't let me get on track.It w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2939449/ 8 years, she said,then you'll have to pay.8 years. Oh well,I probably won't be here anyway.8 years feels so short,but it's long enough.I don't think I can take me that much.Keep the change, by that time I'll be gone.I won't be here for long.8 years doesn't seem too far away,b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2938883/ Dream or Awake.Which one is for me?Dream with the risk of never achieving,or live with risk of never finding meaning.Which way will I push my luck?Am I someone who could settle for 'good enough'?Could I ever fully sleep walk with my dreams?Could I ever really find the means?Do th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2938141/ I want to show you all my favorite things,things that mean so much to me.I want to show you what I've found while here.The things I've collected, the things I revere.   I want to give you what they've given me.New lessons, hope, and resiliency. I want to show you the good in life.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2934297/ Die slowly. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2932583/ I can't kill myself.I have to build up a tolerance.I have to bear it I have to learn how to be alive.To survive.And not contribute to the darkness in the meantime.I have to grow enough to be stable.I can't die by my hand, with sorrow in my head.I could only die from something exter.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2932582/ Self pity.Self sabotage.Don't wanna feel your pity.I'd rather cut myself up.Not worthless,just not worth much.Just not worth enough,To have your love.I'm not good enough to give the right amount of love. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2931180/ |we're all scared| http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2928250/ I might be lategetting home,so could you leave a light on for me?You don't have to stay up.Could you just be therewhen I arrive?Cause I need a light to return to,and you yourselfare bright enough a signal to keep me coming back every time. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2927273/ I want to find,a better place in my mind.A place I've been running from for so long,that I've lost track of time.I need it now though, I've seen too much bad.I've been in the dark too long,I've started to go mad.I'm turning back to light,to that better place in my mind.No longe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2925068/ I know you're broken,and in despair.But all I can give you,are these moments we share. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2923805/ You didn't even mean to have me.Is that why you can never seem to handle my existence? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2923304/ If you snuff out your light,all you'll leave is a dark corner,that touches and haunts passer-bys,over and over.For now, please don't darken the corner.Unlock the door when you hear us,and keep the light on.We're on our way over. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2922427/ Emerge from the ocean,soaked through and drenched.Submerged with emotion,you've realized there's nothing left.Crawl on all fours,till sand reaches the tide.Then get up on your knees,and cry what you have left to cry.Look over to me, my darling dear,and show me all your fear.See.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2921380/ Broken lampshade.Broken light.Dusty tabletop.Dust flutters by.Hanging in the air.Hung up picture frame.Shattered window pane.Shattered at the seams.Embedded in the carpet.Embedded with greif.Glass on the floor.Glass pieces from before.Quiet stillness.Quiet finally.W.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2921256/ I never really tried to hide it.There never was the need.You knew how I felt,I left it written on my face.But I always stayed quiet.Just quiet enough,to not burden anyone.I hoped, that when I used my lungs,you'd know it was serious,and come looking for once.When I needed you .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2920366/ I'm tired of wasting time.Need to get out of this rut.But I don't know where to start,I always freeze instead of run.I need a plan, a course of action.Need to reignite,long lost passion.Cause after all this time,I've gathered nothing in my bones,but fear and compliance.They.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2919867/ What will remain of me,when I pass at that unknown date?Will anyone pick through my bones,or even look for my ghost?What will be left behind?Will anyone care about these fragments of my mind?I wonder if what I loved will be cherished,or like my body, be left to rot.I wonder if anyo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2919510/ You're welcome in this book of mine.You're welcome to the pages of my mind,where the things I left unsaid,go to rest their heads.You can find me in these pages,to understand my state of mind.Maybe you can make sense of me, friend,as I continually fall behind.Maybe you can find a wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2919507/ I don't wanna slip away.Back into my mind to play.I want to come, when you say when.I don't want to slip away again.I want to stay,stay with you tonight.I want to see again.You always give me back my sight.I don't want to go blind,don't want to go back into the night.You are .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2919505/ I wanna kill myself,without leaving a trace.I want my end to be a mystery.I want to be someone you can replace.Would you be able to tell,just by the look on my face?Do you ever notice it,when you look in my eyes?Can you see that the end is what I'm chasing?That I've chased it my .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2906753/ You're seventy years young,and I'm twenty years old.I'm young and rambunctious,yet you're somehow more bold.Is there anything you want to say?I'll sit here and listen to you, all dayIs there anything you want to say?We both know you're running out of time.I don't just want to lis.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2905869/ TW/SH http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2904142/ I'm not making room anymore,not for you,and not for your fear.I'll let Light in,and dispel all the dark.I'll watch it all disappear.I'm done showing my belly,and running to hide.I'm done running in circles,just to run till I die.I won't let you control me,or scare me to dea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2899797/ Won't you break open,the shell of my being?All I want is to be seen.All I want is to be free.Won't you find the key,and open up my cage?Don't you ever wonder,what's behind my face?I'll give you all my secrets,and I'll give you all my fears.I'll give you all I am,there's not a s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2897938/ I can feel the shrouding,the vignette in my vision.I can see similarities,and feel the difference.This is where I'm from.This was once my home.I can make out the doorway,where carpet colors differentiate.I can see the Threshold,barely holding dark at bay.I can feel the pressu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2897558/ Tonight I make my rounds,patrol the perimeter lines.Refuel the defenses,refill oil, spark the lights,they're warning signs and symbols,to keep out the dark.Ink on skin for reminders.I won't be tethered to the dark,I must keep this fire stoked,Say a prayer to the Lord.I'll keep .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2896689/ I never tried to hide it.There was no need.No one ever looked,so they would never see.No one seemed to mind it,when I fantasized the end,so I said whatever,i thought there was no consequence.But when I wanted you to see me,I had to turn the dial.I had to be dramatic,and leave.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2896518/ The void that I see, it's staring back at me. Do those Black Curtains conceal, the worst of my dreams? Face or flee? it seems to ask. The scratches on .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2896516/ Tree of Life.Roots strong,and divine.Grows through earth,up into the sky.It's branches reaching,both far and wide.Our souls the leaves,that drape and shade.In every breath of wind,we flow with the breeze.Though some may fall,the gusts grown too strong,their beauty remains.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2895739/ It's not right.It's not true.I hold these beliefs,so why don't you?I thought you were my people,one that stood true.But the things you said tonight,make me see you,as something brand new.It's not right,the things you live by.The choices you've made.It's hard for me to sta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2894244/ an obsessive compulsive http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2893310/ /Refuge in Rain(#11) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2892765/ "What about this one?""Huh? Oh, this old dog?""Yeah, what's he like?""Well i wouldn't really recommend him.He likes to make trouble, all bark and all bite.Won't let anyone get close to him either, even if you promised him a new life.The old boys been given chance after chance,but he wo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2887829/ /Refuge in Rain (#2) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2884758/ Will I ever know honest affection?Could I feel such a thing?I see it around me.It surrounds me.I know it exists.But will I ever be on the receiving end?Do I have good qualities that someone could love?Is there enough?Could there be someone lovely enough?It would be a blessing,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RefugeInRain/2884258/