http://slow.writerscafe.org/ThorneEmpire The original writings of author Thorne Empire en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1779380253 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My father told me once;This country wasn’t handed down in peace,Or written clean across the years.Every light that fills the sky tonight,Was paid for in blood and tears.He told me that freedom wasn’t born in comfortIt was carried through the smoke and bloodBy ordinary.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134358/ You better watch out, youbetter not roast,You better not troll or make a meanpost;Santa’s online, he’s checking your feed,Liking yourtweets, tracking your deeds!He’s posting selfies with the elves in theback,Gonna go viral; #SantaGotSwag!Trending on Twitter, hishashta.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134357/ Santa’s got WiFi up atthe North Pole,Elf on the tablet, doing troll patrol.Cocoa inhand, double tap tap,Watching your stories while you take thatnap.You said “I’m asleep” at ten o three,Butyou were live streaming; HD.Googled “how to skip class.”Thoug.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134356/ Clock in at sunrise, clockout in the dark.Back’s feeling heavy,still I am doing my part.You call me a “rockstar,”say I am “one of a kind.”But praise don’t coverrent on time.My body’s giving out butI am still pulling my weightSmiling.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134355/ Don’t linger in the quiet stoneWhere shadowssay I’m gone.I released my soul into the airBefore thebreak of dawn.I learned to travel differentlyNofootprints, no goodbyes.I traded the weight of bodyAnd wallsfor open skies.If you listen past the silenceIf yousoften all your fear.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134354/ I saw you standing in thedoorway,Like the world had stoppedspinning ‘round.Every heartbeat felt likethunder,Every breath, a shakysound.You were lit up by themoment,Like the stars owed youtheir light.I was only trying not tofall apart,But you made thatimpossi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134353/ You came in from the cold,There was bread upon thetable,And a chair pulled out foryou.I didn't asked you foryour story,Just said, “Stay if youwant to.”Now your actions echosomething newA different kind of hungerComing into view...Don’t turn the f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3134352/ Russian warship, iron skin, coldand proud,Made with steel, but steel candrown.From the rubble, from the flame,We’re still standing, we won'tbend.You brought your fear, youbrought your guns,Thought this would end beforeit’s begun.But we don’.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124859/ Mama,don’t you cry tonight,Isee the sorrow in your eyes.Yourson must go, I have to fight,Tokeep our home, to save our skies.Ihear the echoes of our land,Theprayers you whispered soft and low.Nowwar is calling, I must stand,ButI’ll come back, please let.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124858/ Mama,I write by a flickering flame,The night is cold, the road islong,But I still hear you in every song.The fieldsare silent, dressed in frost,Sunflowers bow for what we havelost.I march with boys who learned too soonHow childhoodbreaks, how moments pass.We joke, welaugh to keep i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124857/ I have been walking on theglass you left behind,Bare feet bleeding out the shape of yourgoodbye.I keep telling all my shadows that I’m fine,Butthey know every lie I try to hide.And you,You were thunder in a room too small tobreathe.I loved you even as you swallowed me.Now I&r.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124342/ Cowards rule the worldthese days,With coward rules and coward ways.No guts tostand, no spine to fight,Just pointing fingers left and right.To rise today, just dodge the blame,Cast yourfears in someone’s name,No heroes here, just worn out rats,Inthis race where honor decays.Coward.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124341/ You are just a cog in themachine, not a human being!strip you down to theparts they need…Wires bleed… youdisappear…Another faceless numberengineered by fear.Made to break your backjust to keep their system clean,They drain the life outtayou like gasol.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124340/ He once had a purpose, areason to rise,A fire in his heart, a light in his eyes.Asoldier, a brother, a friend at his core, But the weight of the world made him stumble andfall.Could have been… but he let the darkness win,Now allthat remains is where he’s been. Now he&rsquo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3124339/ She doesn't need a script to knowwhat’s right,She reads the law like fire in thenight.Her mind’s a blade, sharp as aknife,She’s built to fight, she's thelawyer you want on your side. They can throw the rules, but shewon’t bend,Knows .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3120386/ Nelly, you're rising, no fear inyour sight,Dark world’s calling, but you ownthe night.You're ‘bout to make your name,Ain’t no stopping, you’re the fire,the flame. Fire in your chest, blood in thestreets,Fall and rise, never accept defe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3120385/ In May, I turned twentyone,Hadn't seen the world, Ijust begun.But I had known love andcare,A family’s warmth wasalways there.On the 23rd, the night wasstill,People dined and went tobed.But on the 24th, it broke;They came, no warning,just the smoke.Two lo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3120384/ Who’s the cutest of themall? (I am. Me. Maya!)Fairest princess with aplan. (Oh yes; I am!)I can jump, and I candance,Watch me wiggle when I seeyour smile!Tail’s a blur, oh can’tyou see,Every room lights up withme!I am your sunshine wrappedin fur,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3120383/ Twosisters with a twinkle in their eyes,Loaded up the car with giftsand pies.Stockings, scarves, and cozy little hats,And a listof seniors who need some chats!Ding dong,jingle bells, they’re on their way,Spreading cheer on thisspecial holiday!It’sMission Possible, jingl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3120382/ Three types of people, let me break it down,Some are like leaves, drifting all around,They come and go, never staying long,Blowing in the wind, like a lost song. Branches stand tall, but they might break,They bend, they sway, but they can’t always stay.They.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119439/ The air is thick with fear and lies,A dying sun in smoky skies.Every heartbeat, every breath,Feels like we're flirting with ourdeath. Tick tock, tick tock, hear the clockstrike a fear.Three minutes to midnight, and theend is near.The fire is spreading, but .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119438/ I never force, never beg, you cango, do your thing,If you think there's better, baby,spread your wings,Life’s too short, no time to wait orhold on tight,If you ain't sure, then it’s cool,just take flight. I don’t chase, I let it breathe,If y.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119437/ They think I’m sweet ‘cause I smile,But don’t get it twisted, I can bevile.I stay calm, but my mind’s a weapon,Cross me wrong, I’ll send you toHeaven. I don’t believe in violence, but Iunderstand its need,Don’t push me,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119436/ If you got a problem, better keep itto yourself,  You ain’t got my number? Then don’twaste your breath.  Talk behind my back, but you'requiet when we meet,  You ain't a threat, just a rat inthe street.   I don’t play games, I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119435/ They call me a beast, yeah, I livein the dark,  Where the wolves run wild, and theytear you apart.  Ain’t no savior, no hero, no knightin a cape,  Just a shadow that’s watching,controlling your fate.   I don’t play by the rul.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119434/ Let them talk, let them bark, letthem cry,I was raised to flush s**t, not drown in the lies.Let it spin, let it sink, let itspiral and fade,I don’t play with the waste; I justwash it away. Been down for so long, wore my scarslike a brand,They spit from .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119433/ Trusting the wrong people, that wasa choice,Believing their words, drowned outmy voice,Actions speak louder, but I wasblind,Loyalty felt real, they had it in mymind.But they didn’t feel the same, learnedthat too late,Thought loyalty was thick, like thebonds .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119432/ When we are young, we point theblame,Can’t stand alone, too scared of theflames.Parents hold us up, catch us when wefall,They carry the weight, we’re stilltoo small. Blame them all, they hold the reins,But when we grow, we feel thechains.Tea.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119431/ I don’t need a hundred, just one toride with,Quality, not quantity, that's whatI'm all about.They smile in your face, but I cansee the lie,When it hits the fan, watch them allslip by. I’ve been down in the dirt, seen thereal and fake,One true fr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119430/ I grew up where ahandshake meant something,No paper needed, just your word.Myold man said, “Son, guard your name,Break it once, and it won’thold the same.”It don’t matter the boots or the truck youdrive,If your word don’t hold, you ain’t worth a dime.T.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119429/ May you never break apromise made,Don’t steal, lie, nor cheat,But if you must,let it be in the sweetest shade.If you’ve gotta steal, then steal my pain,Takethese burdens, wash them down in the rain.I’m down on my knees,I’m praying for release,Take my sorrow, l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119428/ Even though I walk throughthe valley of the shadows of deathI fear nothing.'Cause Youright here with me, Lord.I walk through the black with the blood on theleaves,Chains on my past, and the ghosts on my sleeves.Demonsin my rear view, thinking they got me,But I ride with the King,no e.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119427/ If I could fold the yearslike letters,Tuck them deep inside mychest,I’d find a street wheresummer whispered,And time sat still at ourbehest. A boy next door, a friendin laughter,On a parallel little lane,We’d race the wind 'tilit gave in,And never once o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119425/ I ain’t no saint, but Iwalk a straight line,Tip my hat to the morning, hold the doorevery time.Got scars on my knuckles from fighting what’swrong,But I kiss like a poet and I love like a song.I give up my seat to the weary and old,Say“thank you” and “please,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119424/ We weren’t born to bebest friends,Just landed in the same place, same names.But wemade a choice; every damn mile,Built a bond that don’t break,got style.You ain’t here'cause you had to be,You’re here ‘cause you showed up when itmattered to me.That’s re.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119423/ I got a map of pain stitched across my skin,Everyscar a story I buried deep within.One job to the next, just tokeep the lights on,Didn’t chase dreams, just settled forsafe,Told myself “someday,” now it’s years too late. Loved someone once; but I let her pass b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119421/ You slipped away without aword,No goodbye, no final sigh.Like shadows in the night,Youfaded before the morning light.I begged the heavens, called your name,Butyou were gone, and only God knew why.If love alone could changethe tide of fate,You would still be here, standing by my side.In.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119420/ I was just a boy, when myold man said,“Son, this world is a harsh place, It will hurtyou in many ways,But before you lay down, when you say your lastprayer,Ask yourself this; “did you ever fight fair?”He lit a smoke, stared out past the moon,Said,“Son… if.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119419/ Iwas sixteen, drifting in a summer haze,Old friends, old roads,those memory stained days.We laughed, we drank, the stars shinedbright.Felt like kings in that small-town.Then the bottletalked louder than me,And I becamea man I swore I’d never be.Wokeup heavy with a head full o.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119418/ Webuild with blood, they draw in sand,We carry weight withcalloused hands.They break the bread we earn each day,Thencurse our hands that bore the fray. We kneel topray, not to obey,They kneel to thugs who lead astray.Wehonor flags, they burn them down,Wehold our ground, though thre.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119417/ Time don't come like no thief in the night,Ain’tno shadow, ain’t no sharp knife.It walks right in through yourfront door,Sips your coffee and consumes you slowly.It don't steal, it just... rearranges,Turns yourfire into quiet changes.Leaves your youth like smoke on theair,A.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119416/ Ikeep my distance, don't come near,You don't know what you'regetting into here.I wear a smile, but it's just a mask,Beneathit all, there's too much to ask.I hide the pieces,I'm breaking inside.You think you see me, but you don't.Thereare parts of me I keep locked away,I wish I could show.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119415/ I fight ahundred battles,But onlyone is mine,Drowning intheir madness,I losemyself in time.I’mholding back my demons,While theytake their toll,Trying tobreathe through the chaos,But I’mlosing all control.Every scarI bear is someone else’s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119414/ I wasorbiting alone through the great unknown,Likea Stargate mission with no dial home.Spoke in quotes from showsno one understood,Till you walked in wearing a shirt thatsaid,“We’reweird and screwed up, but we’re okay.”I don’t want perfect, Iwant biz.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119413/ Love me or hate me, I don’t give adamnIf you love me, I’m in your heartIf you hate me, I’m in your headEither way, I rise, I'm always ahead I rise, I rise, I'm always aheadI rise, I rise, I'm always ahead They talking s**t, but they a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119412/ I roam the ruins of the self I could not hold.Everysilence, every word I never said.I see the cracks where I shouldhave held your hand,The times I vanished when you needed me tostand.I’m sorry for the me that you never asked for,Forthe walls I built and the doors I closed.For e.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119410/ You smiled like the sunafter weeks of rain,Came up to me, said, “I haven’t seen youhere before.”And just like the fireflies dancing in June,Youlit up a spark that still flickers at noon.We were young, and the nights were long,Dancingto crickets without a favorite song.S.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119409/ It's not the keys I lose,But the things that used to make me whole.A name, a face, a touch,Slipping through like sand in an open bowl.I stare at the mirror, but the eyes don't look thesame,Fingers tracing echoes of a life I can not recall.And I wonder where I have gone,As the l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119408/ There’sa sunrise you willnever see the same again,Alaugh with a friend thatwon’t return.There’sa walk beneath theautumn leaves,Onestep closer to your final turn.So burn bright,like a one time flame,Love loud, like you won’t get anotherday.Dance wrong,s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/ThorneEmpire/3119407/