http://slow.writerscafe.org/ErikaWritesToday The original writings of author Erika en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775996245 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Bandages And bubblegumLate night tearsAnd lullabiesWho am IIf not the childMy parents failed To love? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2950984/ If you have letters to write,Phone calls to make,Goodbyes to voice,You have a reason to stayJust one more dayEveryday. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2926443/ You will be invited to my wedding,A chair will be reserved for youIn th front row,Even though I knowYou won't make itIn time for the vows.You moved out,Without packing your bags.Took the train,Terminus to the Above.Left quietly,Without a goodbye.Your soulWanders the garden,Under the moonlight,When t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2910344/ Too many timesI was silenced.Too many timesThe words I wanted to speakTumbled over each other,Victimless gladiators,Begging and scraping their kneesTo be heard,As I close my eyes,Dwell into my own absence,And push them back down.Breathe in;Hold;Breathe out,And the words.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2910019/ Oh,To be the artInstead of the canvas. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2909877/ TW : Self-harm http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2909723/ I’m searching for my home.Barefoot, I walk amongst the path ofstones,The one, as a child, I had made with myheart still in the making,Muscles strained; feet sore;  I don’t know which way I’m going.Enveloped in the arms of the romantic wind,Leaving kiss-.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ErikaWritesToday/2909651/