http://slow.writerscafe.org/SierraRachel The original writings of author Sierra Erway en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776050793 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 This came to me while watching my son playing, and suddenly he runs over to me and cuddles me like he hadn't seen me in ages. He is my world. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1858115/ All I want to do is touch the f*****g sky!And try to ignore the plague labelled "SOCIETY".I just want DARK and calm...Peace.I just want to raise my baby boy to be a good man,and drink coffee with the sunrise.I just want someone to find me and love me perfectly for who and what and why I am.I need un.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1858111/ ["I saw galaxies in your eyes, my love..."] ["Of all the shades of colours I've seen, your eyes were the most beautiful..."] http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1858109/ You say you love me;empty words fall from your mouth.Meaningless.You expect me to believe it.Act upon it as though it were your first profession of love.I can't buy it anymore,can't pretend for you.Lovers ignore their needs and wants.Facebook addiction.Ever-changing relationship statuses and friend .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1858107/ I see you, I do.You're struggling, struggling,fighting, fighting,hiding, hiding.I see you, and I have been there.Look hard and you'll see the impressions of my old converse sneakers.Right where you stand now.How do I tell you?I AM HERE!I AM HERE!LOOK!But it's like nobody but myself and my demons can.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1858104/ Might just be a big metaphorical thought sequence about a certain family member. Maybe. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808179/ Because, sometimes... Hard truths come to light when you least expect them to.. And even if you could see it coming, you are never really prepared for how it feels.. And sometimes there's nothing one can do to buy more time to fix the thing, or speak honestly, or apologize, or make up for hurting so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808177/ I am happy,I am free,I walk soft with stars at my feet..My eyes always shine,My skin always glows,Both only so from all the love my big heart holds.I can make you laugh,Show me a smile!I always have energy to go that extra mile!Because I am happy,And I am free,Look in my eyes, touch my soul,Only the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808173/ The days just drag on and on and on and on and onwith no significance.No change.There's no sparks ofInspiration,Interest,Happiness,Love,Passion,Excitement.Nothing.Just dark and miserable.Every day.Feeding the doubts andexpanding expanding the empty spaces I thought couldn't get any deeper.It's exhau.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808170/ I am so f*****g tired.I want to be done; with everything.It's like I've been screaming as loud as I can, and still, nobody hears me.Nobody is ever listening.And, if by rare chance, they hear my voice,they still don't hear my words.Making me feel crazy.Answering questions I never asked.Replying .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808166/ The sadness hurts today...I feel it, thick and heavy;Creeping under my skin...Digging deep into my bones..Today, it reminds me of this aching loneliness that has made a home for itselfin the rotted, hollow holes in my heart.Feeding on all the things I regrettably keep inside.I am sad today. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808162/ And I started to realize,everyday,I watched you leaveand felt my heart sink;Everytime...I realizedthat you really can be homesick for people, too...I was.For you..And still am.I just want you,Always.Craving the warm,familiar,comfortof Home...I have lived as a ghost for too long, now...I just want to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1808160/ Arguments get bad if you bottle things up. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805439/ Just some random thoughts? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805427/ It hurts.I feel it all the time.The pain.Heart-break.Mind-fucked.I let it kill me from the inside.Let it ember and slowly burn its way out.I can keep a faux facade.I can keep a secret.I'll keep it from you and leave you clueless.You don't care anyway.You constantly add to the irritated, raw wound wh.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805415/ Not exactly poems but... not not poetry? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805398/ I am so exhausted...I'm so tired of everything in this world breaking my heart...The things inside me are slowly tearing me apart and I can't do anything about it...That's the worst part of it...Because I am stuck, hidden where no-one can find me...Shadows smother my pleas for help my pained express.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805392/ I am a worthless waste of space'forever doomed to walk in the shadow of people around me.I can only bask in the product of their talentsand wish to be half as good as them.They are so full while I am so empty...I'm nothing compared to everyone I see.I am lost in this lifeWhile everyone else seems to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805391/ Just random insight? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805388/ For James... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805383/ We have lost someone in one of the worst ways one could be lost... for there is no release... No end to it.. No rest... Instead, my dear, you are trapped here in a mortal vessel, suffering and in pain... My dear, you've been drained of all you had left inside you... There's no more fight, is there? .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805375/ What I seeand what really isaren't the same.My perceptionof this realityis outrageouslyAltered.(I have found windowsto seehow life should really be.)NO.Others' perceptionscollide with mineand send meReeling,into a mess of confusionand contemplation.Sometimes it hurts,so I disconnect.Withdraw co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805369/ I wish my skin glowed like stars;Pale, bright, and innocent...I wish my hair glittered like gold,forever catching your eye...I wish my lips were pretty, pouted and soft,Leaving ever-lasting poetry on your face;Delicate, like the petals of the first rose of spring...I wish my eyes were crystalline,in.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1805365/ You don't know what it's like to wake up and immediately feel extremely suicidal.To really feel like you want to die, right now...You don't know what it's like to have your nightmares keep playing out in your mind;To constantly see everything you're afraid of...You don't know what it's like to be fr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420686/ Just random thoughts, for a special person. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420681/ Because;I picture it like this:I'm like a machine,always operating'constantly going.And eventually,A lot of steamBuilds up.Clouding my brain.Slowing the cogs and wheels and belts.The rainpenetrates my frameand dissipates the steam.It is a releasefor me.  http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420680/ Inspired by my good friend Tyler. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420679/ The sky is dark, streaked with greyintroducing to usthis miserable day.Speaking softly, crying gently,only whispers spokenHeard only on the sparse traces of wind...carrying themselves to us all,everywhere.Standing outside, I hear everything.Every whisper spoken today.Tomorrow.Yesterday.They carry, a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420670/ Twinkling stars in the night sky...Unsure of whether it is disclosing fear or peace...A sign from beyond our world...Out of our conscious minds...Revealing our thoughts... our souls... our unconsciousAround and throughout the galaxy...Weaving between matterto create a sinewy structureto keep us all .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420662/ My eyes,like slits just big enough to peek through.Constantly opening and closing,capturing the world surrounding me.Revealing things to both sides- inside and out.Sometimes showing the darkness and secrets withheld inside...Sometimes searching and finding details and mystery outside...And either wa.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420655/ I'll dig myself a hole,deep inside my brain,and when I become afraidI'll stay there'until I'm better.They found me thereone day,After I cut through my veins.They tell me I'm fine,it'll just take some time...But inside I've already died...Do you think if I told them all of my secretsthey'd look at me.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420652/ Run away.Far away.Find a place to hide.EverydayI hear them say,"It's only a matter of time."Tucked away,never strayfrom what hides deep inside.Flying highin an unknown world,Trying to watchwhile everything swirls.Running away.Far away.Never again to be found. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420646/ Up all day, up all night,sleepless from losingthis endless fight.No one is here, just me, alone.Maybe there will be a change,maybe there's a tomorrow...Lost within myself.No hope to ever return.This battle bloodies my mind,maybe I shouldn't be sober...Maybe I should lay down and die,end th.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420644/ Why must the clouds roll on by, without taking me with them?Why must the raindrops fall from the sky, without dissolving me in them?Why must the winds avoid me so, not blowing me away with them?Why must the snowflakes fall and freeze, without numbing me with them?Why must the flames burn with desire.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420641/ The moon shines down and makes a rainbow on my window...The waves of the ocean rise past the shore and into my bedroom...Tiny dancing shadows creep across the walls...Colorful beams of light ignite on my ceilingfrom my mindas I drift into my imagination...- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420633/ Save me now, for I am falling.Falling away, within myself.My thoughts have captured my beingand reeled me in with them.This is a fight I fear I am losingand there's no sign of help...I will have to be my own help-but I can't...I am not strong enough.I try to overcome these thoughts and feelingsbut t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1420626/ Just a random excerpt I came up with, contemplating relationships. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1390835/ It's in the moment that you realizeyou haven't talked in 2 weeks.It's in the rapid beating of your heartwhen you think of what he has been doing instead.What have you been doing instead?It's in the sweat forming on your skinwhen you find his passwords are changed.And when he won't pick up the phone... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1378859/ Everyday, I notice,I am alone.When you sit here beside me,when we're driving in my car,when we're having dinner with "friends",I am always alone.We interact the way we are supposed to...Show just the right amount of affection...To others, we appear perfect..But, I think we both know that isn't so..... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1357528/ One day, we will be fine.One day, we will smile without crying.One day, we will laugh and be frivolous again.One day, we will dance in the rain without a care.One day, we will kiss again and feel no pain.One day, we will be happy, truly...One day, we will be whole again... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1342120/ I think... That deep perception and insightcan be corrupted byan imbalance ofselflessness and selfishness...And since you keep you're thoughts to yourselfNobody knows your true perception and insightbecause you kept it hidden.But now that it's gone,you're the only one who realizes .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1257818/ I'm the type of personthat's made for you to leave.I guess, to put it simply,I'm practice to make it easy.All I want to do is give to you,and what do I always get in return?Your harsh words and absence,always like third degree burns...Everyone tears my heart apartand leaves me alon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1245077/ Cheater, cheater,Heart eater,How could you do this to me?Was I not pretty enough?Was I not good enough?Like all the other girls you seek?Cheater, cheaterHeart eater,What did I do so wrong?Was I not smart enough?Was I not sexy enough?Or do you think you've been with me too.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1242772/ Sometimes, I can look at the moonand not feel a thing.Sometimes, I like the icy windhitting against my already frozen skin.Numb.Sometimes, I can look at the sunand already be blind.Sometimes, I can burn my already scorched skinand not feel the flame.Numb.Sometimes, I can take a hitand not feel the b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1239197/ Always there,watching me,making sure that I'm okay.Helping me get through every hard day.On a good day,you make me smile.Make me feel safe and sound.Sometimes, you know, I get upsetand don't accept your help.But I come around and take your handand let you lead me to the light.Always there,catching m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1237697/ How would you say goodbye?A note?A voice message?Text?Or maybe you wouldn't say goodbye at all...But then they'd always be guessing why...And that would amuse you because the reasons were always plain to see.They just didn't care enough.Didn't pay enough attention.It's how it's always been.And it'll.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1237689/ Cycles of hateHate and tortureTorturingTorturingMy soul.Breaking me downPushing you outBleeding meBleeding dry.No matter how much I try,I'll always be black inside... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1216464/ I painted you a picture today,but in my head it will stay.There's a clear, blue sky, fading to blackto hide the bodies in the back.There's green, soft grass, stained with blood,because running through me, it did no good.You can see my feet, bare and dirty,holding my crumbling body up sturdy.My legs .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1216460/ A hateful pain gnawing at my heart.A hot surge in my veins.It forms tears in my eyes, making me blind.It makes your words twist around,fueling the anger growing inside me.It makes me yell and run away.It takes all I have to say "it's okay".The rage is taking overevery inch of my being.The thoug.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1216457/ If there was just one thingin this world that I could do,I'd take all the words I knewand give them all to you.Put them into sentences,essays, poems or rhymes,And everytime you hear my wordsI want you to close your eyes.Imagine the pictures my words will try to paint;Some will be of happiness, some .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SierraRachel/1216455/