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.

[redzone]

you are right, WC is not the same as it was a few years ago... gone are some really good poets too...

[Relic]

I don't dedicate myself to the site as I once did. Thanks Redzone. Good to see you're still here.

[Revery]

But every once in a while an echo from the past reverberates through the present moment.

[Relic]

Yes, every once in a while. Thanks Revery.

[KCthelastboyscout]

I been on this site over a year and there have been some old friends who are now long gone.maybe there's a point in life where reality needs your full attention.this was effective on your part but sad to read

[Relic]

Unfortunately nothing lasts and people have lives outside WC. It is sad when people disappear, that's for sure. Thanks for the read, KC.

[Neville]

How chillingly real these words ring true and oh' so very sad...... Neville

[Relic]

Thanks for reading it, Neville.

[Neville]

I must have been the only one here who hadn't until just now.......... Neville

[Relic]

I'm sure there are others who know nothing about this one. That's fine.

[Neville]

maybe one or two, just maybe.....

[Relic]

.......................Maybe. haha

[T]

YES! I have returned after years away and hoped to connect with so many who have long abandoned their accounts. I hope they are still writing, they are missed. Meanwhile I am finding new writers, reconnecting with some who are still here and finding myself again as well.

Pinned to a page like wanted posters.....so good

[Relic]

Thank you, T.

[Onlyme]

The dust and cobwebs that covered abandoned accounts have an eloquent voice via your poem to them all!

[Relic]

Thank you, Dee. :)

[NataliaXael]

I just joined this site a few days ago and I already have more beta readers for my novel than I do on Wattpad, which is one. lol. No but on a serious note this is a very nice little piece, I definitely get the "ghost town" vibe on this site, I go to some people's profiles and they haven't posted anything for yearsssss lol. Much different than stuff I see on Wattpad.

[Relic]

Getting reviews or views isn't easy on any site these days Illuminate92. I've been here 9 years and the people that have abandoned the site were my main readers. Keep at it. There are always peaks and valleys. Thanks so much for your review. :)

[charlie]

The internet's a vast ocean so easy to travel with many a shore just a push of the button away. While we stay in one café and get cosy on the island it can seem as though a writers words become "bankrupt", but... I like this poem, Relic (appropriate pen name): it speaks more about the anchored (or the wrecked) than those who have raised their sails and caught the wind. What is it like to have a boat and keep it locked in the garage with the dirt floor? In world of transition, change, and mutability is it the stagnant who are lost? What is a highway if everyone stands still? These are the kinds of questions inspired by your poem. Thanks for sharing.

[Diane]

Oh, my goodness so true from time to time.

[Bacchus]

Back to this write.. it's verb line and wanted posters simile are wonderful.

[Relic]

Thanks, Bacchus.