http://slow.writerscafe.org/Zare The original writings of author Zare en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776116584 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Thou shalt not lie, it's one of the Ten Commandments. My family was never extremely religious but we knew the basics. I knew what I was about to do was wrong. But I did it anyways. It was our only option. Our only hope for survival. All three of us shouldered our backpacks and I picked up the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/1020473/ I grew up knowing the truth. And, like most truths, it wasn't something a kid should grow up knowing. I suppose you could say my parents were bad for doing that to me but I think they knew all along.  They knew they were going to die. They spent my life preparing me for the moment when they wou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/1019354/ Title is subject to change http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/1019353/ Title may change http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/951737/ I shrugged a backpack over my shoulder and followed my best friend out the door. Foster Mom-as I had affectionately nicknamed our foster mother- had packed all five of us lunches. Well, she packed six lunches and hoped we wouldn't notice the tears in her eyes when only five kids came down.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/925265/ I am a bookMy pages ripped and tornI have been passedFrom hand to handStored in boxes for yard salesSitting on a teachers shelfChubby, grimy little handsFolding my corners to mark their pagesI am a bookMy pages ripped and torn http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/918516/ He pushed his long, brown hair out of his eyes and turned to the older boy next to him. Wesley was a few years older than Matty, and was his closest friend. The older boy had short blond hair. Matty wondered if, maybe, he should cut his hair short too. Then, it wouldn't get in his eyes so much. Yea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/917205/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zare/917120/