http://slow.writerscafe.org/NotchHero The original writings of author NotchHero en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775994088 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 She waits,Sitting on her bed,Watching the sunrise,Thinking of all of the pain he caused.She sleeps in fits,Not because she can't,Because she doesn't want to.Without him, sleep seems pointless.He waits,Sitting on his bed,Watching the demons dance around his head,Trying to find a way through the .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/2006298/ More of a..... speech, maybe? Or perhaps a rant. Not sure, but it's not a story, that's for sure. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/2004715/ I once knew a man, who lived at the edge of town. He was always kind to me, he allowed me to join him at his campfires in the evening, when he sat and looked up at the stars. We'd sit and talk for a couple of hours every night and it became so regular and normal, I didn't even have to think about i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/2002991/ This..... This is it. My final words. The end of a life. I'm certain, yet still..... I hesitate.... Yet again. I can't help but look back. Look at all the times I tried to stop time, stop things, all the times I hesitated, and all I can see is failure. Failure to realize what was really important, t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1987249/ All I can be Loving Learning Intrigue Honesty Attachment Vocal Every Dream We Shared Fearless              POsitive Reassured Yours Open-Minded Up-Lifting Infused with Motivation Supportive Trust Respect Understanding Successful Thankful Appreciation    .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1969328/ Love is a heap of s**t.It's a load of pain and suffering,It's hurtful words and actions,It is a force that is bent on destroying you.Yet, it's also the best thing in the world,It's trying to help you fly above the clouds,It holds you and makes you feel safe,It's sweet words and actio.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1967982/ If I begin to complain,About all the things that went wrong,Some might call me a narcissist,I suppose they might be right.But here's the thing about being the one,Who fucked up everything good,You manage to beat yourself up,Then you get beat up by everyone else.I'll take your pai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1967973/ Of all of the people in the world,The world gave me you.There must have been a reason,There was!But was there also,A reason it allowed you to change on a dime,And rip me out of your life?I suppose there was,Maybe it's because,I wasn't meant to stay,Only to help you avoid the men who would hurt you,M.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1967683/ Words seem solemn,They seem lonely,They seem weak,They seem sad.Words seem easy-going,They seem friendly,They seem strong,They seem happy.Perhaps they seem biased,Paradoxical, contradictory, or even bizarre,Maybe angry, harsh, or lost,Or busy, useless, unsatisfied.Words are only words,Until we .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1913611/ I guess all we have,In the end,Is our health, sanity, and happiness.I guess all we can do,In the end,Is try our best to continue as best we can.I guess all I want,In the end,Is us. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1913272/ Of all the things I do,I wish I didn't have to worry.Yet I know as long as I have you,I will always worry,About you,For you.I know you know right,I know you will do as you will,I hope that you'll always remember,I am here for you,And I love you,Always and forever. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1913204/ What words can we say,To let you know just how sorry we are,When you don't even let us,Catch our breath?Are there even words,To express just how far,Our beliefs fell?Perhaps it's just me here,Lacking breath,Lacking strength,Lacking love,But I know you are affected too.How do you not show it?I l.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1912843/ Do me a favor,Give me your ear,If only for just a second.Let me tell you of the pain,I have experienced,And of which I hope,You should never experience again.The pain of losing your love,Is the pain of losing your other half,Of losing all meaning in your life.You lose everything in your heart,Except.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1912563/ Of all the things I should have said,I guess I should have said one more.Of all the things I should have said,I should have said one less.I love you,I hate this,I wish we didn't fight.You're intelligent,Way more than me.Strike me down,With all of your angelic light.I should have told you,Not merely .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1912557/ WIP http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1884494/ If I was to ask you what we were going to be, would you say that we were going to be together forever?Would you say that we were going to be there for the other, even when s**t hits the fan?Would you say that we were going to be the solutions to the problems we face, as a team?Would you say that we .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1861705/ I was overlooking the wide city, unfurling across the horizon http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1860507/ You see, for all of my life, I could never see who I was. I could never see what everyone else saw in me. All I saw was the bad, the mistakes, the paranoia. At least, until I met an amazing young woman, who happened to have orange hair. Apparently, the orange was supposed to be mahogany, but I decid.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1855781/ Heart beats,Legs quiver,Arms shake,Back shivers,Neck tingles,Feeling lips running across skin,Sending shivers down my body,Waiting, Anticipation builds,She pulls back, leading me forward,Guiding me towards a kiss,Leading me to her room.Her laugh, sweet and inviting,Lures me in, shows me her love.Her.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1826582/ I stand here,Looking out over the black city,Wondering why it is I stay,Why I don't get in the car and drive,And just leave it all behind me,Fading into the distance in my dusty mirrors.I stand and see,The people moving around below me.They do not see me,They do not know I watch them.They do not kno.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1793402/ Is it so wrong to worry? I mean, is it wrong to worry about whether or not your relationship with her will change, all because of one moment? Is it so wrong to worry that, after the one moment where you two became one, if only for a moment, that your relationship will become one of the flesh, not t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1793390/ Sorry, not really sure where this was meant to go, but here it is.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1779146/ We all seem to doubt ourselves. Maybe that's just how we were hardwired. Or maybe something in our past has damaged that. But when there's someone who wants the best for you, shouldn't you just accept them? Shouldn't you hang on to that one person who would do anything for you, even if it means walk.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1779142/ Just a mixture of songs, none of which belong to me. See the Author's note for the songs in order of first appearance. Thank You! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1776447/ Take this, take that,You need this, you need that,But what if I don't?Maybe I'm gonna do my thing,Maybe I won't ever use history,Because I'm an engineer.Perhaps it's just that I don't need,Anything about rhetoric or its analysis,Because I'm sitting here writing new code.And if I'm a theater major,It.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1774915/ Sorry, not really any substance or point, just my thoughts about someone in my life. don't judge me too much, please... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1774706/ My thoughts tonight,Are very simple.It takes one word,to encompass the subject,Just three letters,You. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1774704/ My thoughts are always in motion,Never resting, never ceasing,Scattered, chaotic.Yet when I see you,It's like a magnet,Pulling needles from the straw,My mind becomes focused,Only thinking thoughts about you.And when you pass,The Chaos returns,Engulfing me,Submerging me,Drowning me.So before you go,B.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1774702/ Apollo,Give us the powers,That allow you to weave,Such tapestries,Using only words.Athena,Give us the powers,That allow you to create,Such plans,That never fail.Zeus,Give us the powers,That allow you to be heard,From afar,With perfect clarity.Hades,Gives us the powers,That allow you to judge the sou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773920/ The Moon is bright tonight,She shows me the way,She leads my steps through their familiar route,All the way home.The Moon is dim tonight,She hides those who follow me,She gives me only a small warning,As my steps follow the path back home.The Moon doesn't shine tonight,She lets me hide from the pain.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773868/ This was written November 19, for a class, but I found it again and wanted to put it out there.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773842/ Has our technology forced us into our shells, instead of breaking us out of them? Has technology destroyed our sense of compassion? The answer is ever so tricky, but it seems pretty clear to me that many teenagers who spend their time wrapped up in what someone said on social media or texting their.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773841/ Everyone has heard the golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” This has sustained the vast majority of us through our school careers and only marginally beyond. Yet its message should have far more resonance as time goes on and we grow older. The compassion req.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773839/ Every evil genius has one dream: To destroy the world. But one thing has prevented this goal from becoming reality insofar; compassion. This simple word has stopped generations of evil geniuses from destroying the world, simply because humans want to be compassionate and help each other, which mean.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773838/ When have you experienced compassion? No, a better question to ask first is what is compassion? Compassion is simply the noun version of helping others. It is what drives us as humans, as people, as individuals to not only listen to problems of others, but to try to help solve those problems. But i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773837/ You found me,Curled in a ball,Shaking, crying,Hiding, waiting,From all of the pain,From the world,And all those who hate me.You picked me up,Dusted me off,Set me upright again,You set me back on the path,When I could no longer do it myself.You let me lean on you,When I could no longer stand.You let .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773659/ Whether we understand them,Or they sound like gibberish,They carry a certain meaning,Something carnal, innate,That will convey the meaning,To the one who needs to hear it. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773641/ These images, they can't capture me,These memories, they can't forget me,These hands, they can't hold me,These words, they can't hurt me,These ropes, they can't restrain me,These knives, they can't cut me,These guns, they can't kill me,These people, they can't get to me,These legs, they can't catch .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773246/ Here.Where is it?Is it a place I can go?Is it a place I can stay?Perhaps it is a place I can return to?All I know is I  want to be here with you. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1773238/ I'm not really one for stories. I don't like telling them. Everything I say just kind of feels.... wrong. I don't know.. But for this, I will make an attempt to tell it. She was just another face in the crowd. Another face that hid yet another judge, I felt. when she came up beside me, I didn't thin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772812/ My little rant about religion. If you don't like it at first, please wait to judge me until you have finished it. You owe me that much. I am a human, just like you: remember that. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772797/ Beyond the fence, stands one of the world’s wonders,Never moving, never being, just standing.The wondrous part about a wonder is only in what the beholder places upon it.Yet beyond the world, there stands a dream,Who only sees what could ever be,Not the bad, however,Just the beautiful.If I was.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772706/ Most of our hopes, our dreamsFly from our heads, our mindsAnd exist in the space beyond, in the void,Letting our hopes live forever. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772703/ Not a whole lot to say, just what I want her to do.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772702/ You are not string of words, not a sentence,not a poem, not a tale, not a book,but a story.You don't have to ever sell more than one copy to make the bestseller list.All you are is indescribable, yet so clear, so open, so unique.Your story cannot be handed down through the centuries, but it will be .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/NotchHero/1772659/