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  Nearly Empty Tank

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  It took a long time, but I finally broke down. Running on a nearly empty tank. If only I could have a full tank for once. I was alone, but I got on the floor. And I stayed there for a long time wondering; where is there a gas station? It took a long time, but I finally couldn't take it...
• Nonfiction > All Nonfiction
  Letter to Myself #1

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Dear Self, I know you can't understand why you are different than most people. You feel on the surface and not deep down so, it's like you can't feel anything real. You know it's supposed to be the other way around. It's not your fault. You just are the way you are. ...
• Fiction > Historical Fiction
  Civil War Battle Journal

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  April 14, 1861 (Fort Sumter) Two days ago we received orders from General Beauregard to open fire on the fort. We fired non-stop for two days. Yesterday we got the word that the other general and his men surrendered. He had initially refused, but we showed him and the entire Union what we...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I bowed to the moon

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  I could not turn away, but I could not watch. The day faded, and the night took over. The day was to the angels; The night was to the demons. That moment was an itch you cannot scratch. The perfect time for a four-leafed clover. The sun abandoned Earth. The angels glided away. I could no...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Pessimists Win

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Throwing you life away Sniffing away your pain Tomorrow it'll be another rainy day right Why not feel a little happier today then What if the world were made of clay instead of the intangent and unreal material Denying reality, what's wrong with humanity Inspired by a book you rea...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  He Left a River at Your Feet

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  The wind blew away all the things that were thought but never said. The thunder blotted out all the fights you had and never settled. The lightning blinded you from that treacherous truth. The rain washed away all the feeling left in you. He said he loved you, but he never told you you weren&#...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  A Spark of Hope

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Now that I think about it, it was love at first sight. I just didn't know it yet, but I bet he knew. I reflect on that day we formally met and I shook his hand. He looked me in the eyes a little longer than usual; I found that strange. Until later, I never pondered that in that moment there...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Storm you Hoped for Never Came

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  The sun rises and the city wakes, but your soul still sleeps. Even in your dreams you weep. Life wears you down and cuts you deep. Your hopes and wishes lie in heaps. Your fears and struggles make the mountain steep. So young, you didn't understand how life worked yet. So innocent, you ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Love Letter to H2O

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  People say we don't mix very well I'm an alkali metal and you're moisture in the air They say we don't mix very well I'm potassium and you're H2O Put us together and the air will explode A purple haze is what they'll look for They're the oil that keeps us apart They have the audacity to cha...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Season is my Alcove

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  I sit on the steps overlooking the street, overlooking the season. Damp earth, cold air, colored debris make me think and reason. I laugh: Is the day a reflection of how I'm feeling recently? The gloomy atmosphere brings this foreboding fear and I shudder upon realization. Could I be as col...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Out of the Plain

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  I sit in my lawn chair on this empty plain; I came to watch the sun of today set, and the sun of tomorrow rise. I have a long journey before me. The mountain towers before me, even as we're miles away. My soul yearns to be at the top, without taking the journey. The mountain is blocking...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Shore to Shore

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Sailing from sea to sea shore to shore, thinking back to the day you made that fatal mistake, thinking about the day you slammed the door, hiding your face to help your case cause it's not okay to show your face, it's not okay to show your face no more and you wonder what you're...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Those Strangers

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Every day has been the same ever since those strangers came. They were dressed for the rain all in black with disdain. They’re gone now but their presence still remains. You can feel it when you’re walking down the cities lanes. Memories of them cannot escape your brain. But little do you k...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  A City of Disgrace

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  i stood looking down at the city with shame and pitty so my gaze went up and i begged for felicity and serenity this isn't a story about equanimity this is an athrocity unfortuneately more time to think led me to the brink so i wrote about it with my paper and ink but with every word ...
• Fiction > Fan Fiction
  My Last Words

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  My Last Words Thursday December 14, 2053 3:30 A.M. It's been about a month since I've been put inside these colorless monotonous walls. I miss the exhilaration of walking out into the fresh, silent, abandoned world even if it was doleful. I could always find comfort in it. I miss...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  turmoil

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Esteban picked up the small sparkling thing that was embedded in the dirt. He inspected it more closely. It wasn’t an ordinary rock as he first thought but a diamond earring set in gold. Perhaps it had been his wives. He wasn’t supposed to, but he pocketed it. He wasn’t supposed to becaus...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  evolution

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Trapped in a world where people don't give a crap. Trapped in a world filled with people thinking they're all that. Trapped in a world where ignorance truly is bliss and knowledge is everything but a cherished gift. Oh it's time to start a revolution. We're not the end of ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Want Out

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  If any of this is even real then why is it so hard to feel? The only thing that I can feel is this throbbing pain that I've been trying to heal. Every day there's something to pay and that plate of food may be my last meal. At night I kneel before a saint praying that my hate towards th...
• Nonfiction > Travel & Culture
  my home

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Los Banos California is home. Everywhere you look mountains and hills that come in shockingly bright shades of yellowish green smile at you. When sunset comes, the sky becomes a book with words of purple, pink, and red. As I walked around the town square, I saw the statue of Henry Miller, th...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Friendship

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  FRIENDSHIP HAS NO MEANING FOR I DON’T HAVE ONE FRIEND I ONLY SEE MY ENEMIES I THINK THEY’RE ALL THE SAME PEOPLE SAY IT’S CRAZY AND I THINK THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT FOR THEY MIGHT BE ACCUSTOMED BUT FOR THOSE LIKE ME WHO HAVE NO FRIENDS IT ISN’T HARD TO SEE THOSE WHO WANT TO BE YOUR FRI...
• Fiction > All Fiction
  The man in the mirror and the man behind bars

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  “Lyle,” his name echoed like a faint whisper. His eyes burst open, and he was in a strange place. The sun was shining bright above his head, yet his surroundings were slightly obscured by a gray mist. Lyle cleared his throat, “Where are you?” “I’m right here.” she said walking ...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Just a Memory

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  It’s a terrible feeling when somebody you love is suddenly gone no longer holding you in their arms. You do not know if you can heal when you don’t even know if the pain you feel could be this real. How do you deal with the heartache when you can’t find the strength to move on? How do you m...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  doves vs. hawks

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Doves and hawks are separated by their ideas generated. The war in Vietnam is complicated. No doubt these doves are dedicated about their ideas to bring peace and settle this heat that goes on between Minh and Diem overseas. Doves and hawks are separated by their ideas generated. The war in V...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  shadows

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  Shadows are sneaking in through windows. Don’t let them win by letting them in. Lock the doors. Close the blinds. They can’t find you even if they tried. As for the ones who are already there, tell them to leave anywhere but there. Outside the door you find even more. They’ll try to ...
• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Secrets

  

  By cayaTW, yuma, AZ

  How you gonna repair the despair that you left behind? When are you gonna find the peace that you had in mind. Don’t tell me it’s hard to find cause I’ll just remind you of the kind things you used to do when you knew how it felt to be a person with a heart. You can start being that person ...