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		<description>The original writings of author merlino</description>
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			<title>if only</title>
			<description>Once the day is gone- we cannot change the success, the failureI thought I did well, they told me I did well.Every kick, every punch, every strike-the precision with which&amp;nbsp;She implemented every move.&quot;I'd never measure up to her skill&quot;Envy and hatred ate away at me- everything came so easy to he..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2958636/</link>
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			<title>Maladaptive daydreaming</title>
			<description>She ran around the house, bounded down the stairs&amp;nbsp;Then she saw them and realized what she was doing.She was working diligently on her project,Until everything started blurring and she was again in her safe haven-Then a colleague saw her smiling to herself-And tripped over a glass vaseThe collis..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2947764/</link>
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			<title>family</title>
			<description>She wondered when her heart had become so cold,When did her love for her mother,Her father,&amp;nbsp;Those feelings of joy and pride,Truly disappear?Her eyes were sunken and tired,Her back had adopted a circular shape,Her posture was reminiscent of a cavewoman's.She needed that extra push,Those words of..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2947763/</link>
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			<title>media and your brain</title>
			<description>Empty dry sunken eyesChapped pale lipsShe stared blankly at her reflection&amp;nbsp;Her skin papery and roughHyperpigmentation deemed her uglyAnd she was uglyShe was selfish, took others for granted and didn't work hard.She didn't take care of herself and felt bitter at the beauty of others.She was ugly..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2947762/</link>
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			<title>fiction</title>
			<description>I soak myself head to toe in fictionThey say I'm a bookwormbut I don't understand&amp;nbsp;How they don't fall&amp;nbsp;Into the same trap I did- still do.I know why!Perhaps, this is how I avoid life.This is how I diffuse my sense of responsibilityI pretend its not real&amp;nbsp;I pretend --&amp;gt;my life is ficti..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941549/</link>
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			<title>love</title>
			<description>Dying for someonewho would you die for?Living for someone,Would you truly devote your life, your energyAll to one person.In a world where martyrs are celebrated and heroesput others before themselves.Surely dying for another,is in fact,harder than to live for someone.But what they never told us was ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941548/</link>
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			<title>chapter 1</title>
			<description>She ran down that steep slope, the deep rotting scent of death and annihilation strangling her with such a lack of mercy, her eyes were instinctively bulging so much they looked like they would fall out their sockets and her hands clutched at her throat unable to stop herself from suffocating. As he..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941547/</link>
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			<title>listen to me</title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941545/</link>
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			<title>justice n.2</title>
			<description>He did something unforgivableHe cannot be forgivenHe must dieThese sorts theyll never changeHe deserves itShe scrubs and scrubsThe guilt wont vanishwont be taken awayfear and anguish overcome her sensesshe hides awayemaciatedwretchedher face unrecogniseablenightmares would creep in day and nightits ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941544/</link>
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			<title>justice</title>
			<description>She liked reading, comics in particular,-never told anyone though.She liked talking to random people online-never told anyone though.She felt her insecurities and doubts bury her all the timeShe'd talk about itand yet, no-one would listenno-one would try to help.what scares me, is that i know that w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941542/</link>
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			<title>others</title>
			<description>isolation.how do i put this better..?she stays in the corner of the roomher eyes devoid of emotionfeeling downcast&amp;nbsp;isolated.she feels awkwardwishes she were at homea smile that did not reach&amp;nbsp; her eyesmaybe youd call her insincere.two faced.perhaps thats why youd ignore her..her existance w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941537/</link>
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			<title>people</title>
			<description>maybe they love you maybe they dontbut she wont stopher mind is a rollercoaster that ricochets off every cornerleaving no hope of an endan infinity of that person&amp;nbsp;slightly obssessed is she, she cant focus,&amp;nbsp;can never focus&amp;nbsp;with that person on the corner of her mindalways.everywhere.non..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941536/</link>
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			<title>escape</title>
			<description>what should i be doing?but i dont want toever have the feeling&amp;nbsp;that youre stuck in a loopdoing everything to escape&amp;nbsp;the one thing you know you should be&amp;nbsp; doinghave you seen them thoughtheyre working hard?harder than youhow do you feelyou know you could atleast do something elsewhats t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2941535/</link>
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			<title>BEFORE</title>
			<description>Im not talking about me nowbut me years agoi felt conscious of every consonant vowel or even movement from my lipsmy actions felt like they were seen by everyone elsei felt judgemnt and eyes everywherenowadays i dont carei dont care what people think of me anymore but sometimes that sinking feeling&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2934507/</link>
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			<title>PRESSURE</title>
			<description>others do better, i do worse, then i dont do anything and i regret</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2934505/</link>
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			<title>my identity</title>
			<description>dicovering who you are should come naturally or so i thought- the ideas something i think about, on a daily basis</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/merlino/2934502/</link>
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