Abandoned Writers Cafe

Empty rooms in empty halls.

Accounts silent - long abandoned

the words bankrupt

vacant fronts of creativity 

washed over; hollow; run down.

Verbs sway on rusted hinges

the strains of old poems

cross pages like tumbleweeds.

Profiles shuttered - desolate

unopened for years, collect dust

while messages to forgotten friends

go unanswered

Pinned to a page 

like wanted posters

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I still visit the profiles of old friends here, some that I know seldom if ever, revisit the site. Others are departed from life itself. I revisit their comments on my posts on other sites as well. I'll find one and say, well, wasn't that nice? This is eloquently poignant. I enjoyed and I relate. F.

[Relic]

Thanks for reading, Fabian. :)

[Red Brick Keshner]

As do I. They are like monoliths on a partways barren land.

[tranquilspace]

Sometimes we go on holidays that are too long and we forget what truly makes us happy, the words we weave from our fingertips.

[Relic]

Very true. Thanks for the read. :)

[Betty Hermelee]

I have been very saddened about what’s going on at the cafe. I’ve been hearing snippets that are desecrating. Your poem touches on this and speaks to those who got shut out, emptying the exquisite poetry that was. There is definitely a void which is carried through the halls of the Cafe, sadly. I love writing here and have made many friends in doing so; I hope that shutting people out will never happen again. We are a family here and respect should be all encompassing to everyone who writes in the Cafe.
Best,
Betty

[Relic]

Thanks very much for your thoughts, Betty.

[Betty Hermelee]

you're quite welcome!

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

One could feel the loneliness of abandoning an account. Wonderfully explained and expressed write.

[Relic]

Thank you very much for reading.

[Tina]

Well written , the end was cute.i enjoyed reading it

[Relic]

Thank you.

[mattavelli]

Hello, Relic! :)
This is a lovely read. Ive been away from wc for a while, and it seems quieter now. The ads are more active than the members. Haha

[Lale]

The first poem i read in a while. It is so loud yet quiet. Thank you loads for sharing.

[Relic]

Thanks for reading, Lale. :)

[Nix is typing...]

Wow...this was...really really good. The imagery is hauntingly beautiful (The picture really set the tone), I must say that I've abandoned several accounts on several other platforms and this really describes the feeling. I enjoyed the read!!!

100000/100

Nix ❤️️

[Relic]

You're very kind, Nix. Thanks so much for stopping by. Your comment left a good feeling inside. :)

[Nix is typing...]

You're so very welcome!!! Your comment on my comment left a good feeling inside! ❤️️
(Like the new profile pic!)

[Relic]

Ahhhhhhh Gee. 🤗✌

[Emily B]

Sad but true. So many of our friends have lost battles with life. There will be no more messages. I think they carried my voice away with them

[Relic]

Mine too. Thanks, Emily.

[Wild Rose]

Sometimes we go on a terrestrial holiday
OR at least we used to

Then I miss the comments
until later>>> much later when I find them

[Relic]

Thanks for the comment, Rose.

[h d e rushin]

so, I bought this old (2004) Webster's dictionary from the resale store....regular price $69 dollars but marked down to $5.99 and on page 61of 1895 right below "ant bird" is "ant cow". Which is described as an aphid insect kept by ants as a source of food and that yield a honeylike fluid on being stroked on the abdomen by the antennae of the ants..Kinda like me and Hot Pockets and the need of/for poetry to draw me back, stroke me and me it until something proportional or sweet is induced. like blood, or seamen, or the raw sugar of precedent. great poem/ dana

[Relic]

Thanks, Dana.

[John the Baptist]

I don't recall ever seeing a poem with more reviews. I can see why. The poem speaks to something that affects all of us, impermanence. We understand logically that all things change, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with emotionally. The images here of things that were once vibrantly alive remind us of our own isolated mortalities, never a pleasant topic. But it's a fact, and the sooner we can make peace with it, the better.

[Relic]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, John. :)