http://slow.writerscafe.org/schlanks The original writings of author schlanks en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776033626 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I'm sorryClawing at your courtesyJust to savor the sting under my fingernailsUntil you find a stronger signal within yourselfTo relieve me of what once was my placeI remainThe snow you shovel in springA customer not yet in lineWell past closing timeThe dragging breath before your sigh asAt long last.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2933439/ Ahead of myself againIt's only tenYet I sit six hours awayCounting silence wide awakeAt four AMChained to the sun's ruleYou're improving your restraintWhile I contemplateMy offering to the overlapChaos to rehabilitateYour promise closes my eyesTo a sleep with which one mightPay respect to time http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2908812/ Puzzling over your absenceA tree watchesCalling upon the wind and sunTheir interpretive water dancesSpilling through the windowAll across the piecesBeautiful and dryEvoking your companyCrediting meThe work I've done to wait hereI wonderIf you're sure I never tire http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2902404/ Your rhythm plays the doorMercy offered in the darkTo a tune taken to heartI collect myselfBut the pieces warped in the overwhelmNo whole to show forThe door continuesChaos, the company I keep,Grips my soaking throatPoised to speak for meA pause indefiniteStirs omnidirectional panicAs truth hits lik.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2875455/ I forget I'm okayIn the same wayYou dream at nightTime loses linearityAs haunted memoriesCome aliveDid you take more from me than you plottedOr was it everything that you wantedEven in my regretsYou could say I saidShame replays the absenceOf resistanceFrom the wearBut what responsibilitiesDoes a fo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2875176/ Paralyzed parasocialiteParadoxical paradiseParanomal parametersParabolic parasite http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2874827/ Another thought on the floorA knot from my stomachTangled like hair I twisted while sureI don't need such self-destruction anymoreCut it thereJust short enough so I can't get a gripTo pull out the remains of my happinessStop thereJust short of knowing too muchStill convinced that I have just enough http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2874710/ It never happened for a minuteChains of remade memoriesCollect the better half of meTo present me to realitySticking my sick and sorry face in itDiscomposure in a place of comfortSkin at unease, stomach encumberedEyes far and unaware, rememberedStare down the loud sun's dawning notionStagnant and th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872833/ TroubledBy the unhidden emeraldCaught amongst the starsIn the eyes of the beholdersAvoiding the gaze of reflective watersOnly breathing easy in the shade of higher green http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872760/ The swell of clouds crowds us closeA bustling world now walled in scopeBathed in listening humidityIs the pull of an emergent memoryA greeting from that yet to come, recalling meThe vapor voice fades with hasteBygones resurface in its wakeReminiscing while the young one wondersAs we converge we heed.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872644/ How could I look awayFrom shadow's love for light displayedIn how they fall upon your faceThey sing of valleys and of peaksExpress the bone beneath your cheekHeld high in placement and esteemYour brows breathe out dense to sparseDesign the curve of their soft archThat hood your sweet eyes, round and.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872616/ N i g h t  s k y  s e a s o nLines the paths that lead to youAnd I, in admirationResign to watch the falling viewUntrampled starlight disregards meLeading home only my dreams http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872348/ A battle for presenceOpponent: a held breathHolding me as they proceedIncompleteYet unimpeded http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2872153/ What fell today upon meWhen my reflexive reachFound only myself caught withinA heavy swelling darkness whichWith eyes could not be seenThe air beckoned for answerI grasped not what had asked herAnd upon attempt to action speechFound naught where I could always breatheMeaninglessness had end approach.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2871686/ We are waterA machineAnd I, a working pieceHave been moved quite a waysA telltale sign of waves http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2871682/ Minutes with quick-set cementAnd a lifetime to regretThe shaking hand-spun version of the truthThey'd come to useFormed before their eyes in fearful favor of youThe secret that I let you keepFrom the woman child-deep in her beliefAnd however many more you seekIt all comes back to me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/schlanks/2871679/