http://slow.writerscafe.org/Torischrodi The original writings of author ToriSchrodi en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776049558 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I try to ignore you. I try to move on. To open my heart to another and love again. But no matter what I do, I can feel you there. Curled up in the corner of my mind like a viper. When I try to love another there is always that small voicein my head, “They will nev.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2771802/ It's been a really long time since I've written anything. But recently I saw something that made me need to write. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2164385/ I can’t breathe. I walk around, Numb. I feel like a ghost. Just floating. I can barely feel my heartbeat.  A life without you, Is a life I don’t want to live.  You’ve become so entwined in my life. My family adores you. My f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2112820/ Our cultures may not line up. Our families may be very different. And your family may not like me that much.But I’m okay with that if you are.  And maybe our cultures aren’t so different. Both are full of colorAnd music. Our dances are different, .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2103357/ You’re so far from me. Sometimes I forget that I even have you. That you’re mine. But you’re always there. But sometimes I forget that. That’s until you’re right there with me. The way you light a fire in me as you drag your fingers overmy skin.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2090530/ I want to be normal with you. I will always have my adventures in my head,But I am done trying to create them in real life. I am done trying to create my very own adventure novel. Now, All I wanna do is be normal with you. I want to fall asleep next to you and wake up next to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2073689/ I’m not okay. Nothing about how I feel is okay. I’m angry. Then I’m sad. Then I’m furious. Then I feel nothing.  I tell everyone I’m fineI’m better nowI went to therapy. I fixed the problem.  But I feel lik.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2062180/ This is the truth that I've never shared with anyone. The truth about how I really feel about my adoption and the discovery of my biological family. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/2061936/ When I was young I craved powerIn my world I was powerless. So I went looking. And in my search I found something. A world of darkness and anger. I found you. I got what I wanted. I got my power. People feared me. Or more so feared you. But I didn't care... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1998167/ To this day I know not what I did...But I am sorry. To this day I know not how I hurt you...But I am sorry. To this day I know not what I did to push you away...But I am sorry.Never did I think that you would look at me with such hatred. Never did I think that you use such w.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1966761/ Today was not a good day. Today was a day that receded within myself.A day when I doubted myself. All I could think of was you. The times we shared when we were young.The fun we had by the river. The fun we had causing trouble at the festivals in town. But now we barely talk.I tr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1887052/ You’re in my head. Everytime I close my eyes I see you. Your gorgeous brown eyes. Your smile that makes me melt. I hear your voice whispering in my ear. Whispering my name. I don’t know why I need you. But I need you. I need you more than I need air. More than water. I want you. I want t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1885881/ I dreamed of you again. I dreamed that we held each other once again in an eternal embrace. I dreamed that everything was okay, that nothing had changed you that you still called me sister. I did not want to wake. I wanted to pretend that everything was just how it had been... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1884711/ Once there was giant, the giant lived high in the mountains in a beautiful palace on the outskirts of a small village. Because of stories passed down from generation to generation you would think that this giant would be fearsome and angry. But it was quite the opposite in fact. This giant was kind .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1884430/ How?How are you able to see past my smile and see the tears in my eyes?How are you able to see past my foundation and see…the cracks in my skin…How are you able to know when to ask…”Are you okay?”How are you able to care?After I hurt you so long ago. How are you able.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1880347/ Oh how I detest you.Oh how I wish you had never waltzed into my life. That crooked smile adorning your face. I should've seen that cruel glint in your eyes. But I was naive. I thought I could handle your ever changing moods. I thought I could withstand your anger. Your .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1872638/ I think it is time. Never will you love me the way I love you. Never will you look at me the way I look at you. A look that screams, I love you. Yes you kiss me. But your kiss says I want you. Not I love you. So it is time for me to let go of you. No I am.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1872344/ What do I do with you?Do I love you?Do I hate you?I know not. You were once my best friend...Now I don't know what we are. You promised to protect me from harm.Then you turned around and attacked me. You call me your sister, then you treat me like a stranger. You and I are f.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1863855/ Don't think I don't see what you're doing. You see me pulling away. You see my spirit straining to escape. Don't think I don't see what you're doing. Trying to erase the damage you did. Trying to keep me here for you to control. Don't think I don't see what you're doing.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1861426/ People don't make seance to me. We continuously attack on another. Lie to one another. And start wars that never end.No I do not think human are evil. Society has told us,no...Conditioned us,to believe that the person with the biggest stick...will rule over all. But why?Why .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1860382/ You promised to protect me.Then you became the very thing attacking me.You became the thing hurting me the most. Why did you betray me? Why did you hug me,tell me that everything was going to be okay...to trust you...and then you buried a knife in my back. You help me as I fell to the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1860104/ When I was young I thought magic was real. I could've sworn I was a witch. Or a werewolf. I didn't want to be ordinary. I wanted to be...Different.I later learned that magic was in fact, real. Just not in the way I thought it did. Magic exists in the human mind. Mu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1860102/ You'll have to excuse my abundance of sappy love poems. Love and and lost love is my favorite thing to write about. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1859350/ I am the monster waiting in your closet.Waiting for when you turn off the lightsAnd close your eyes. Then,I’ll crawl out of the darkness. And sit on your chest. And I begin to weave my web. My web of nightmaresOf self doubt. I make it difficult to breathe. Your breath catches in your throat as.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1859266/ This is the shortest chapter there will be, it sets up Verna's home life and how she uses her magic in her everyday life. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1858397/ Being one of the most powerful sorceress in the county is probably the best thing in the entire world. I’ve got fame, fortune, power, influence...well I had all those things. Up until my little disagreement with the Council of Magic. And by ‘little disagreement’ what I mean is I bl.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1858377/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1858376/ I've had a tough couple weeks, but yesterday was actually a really good day so I felt like writing something happy :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1858367/ You ruined me my King. I trusted you and you tore me down. You made me fear the world I once loved.You ruined me my King. You made me build a wall between myself and everyone that I loved.You can still see it in my eyes.The wall I built after you broke me. After you destroyed me. You ruined me my Ki.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1857821/ Forever my shadow shall fall over you. No harm shall befall you.For my shadow falls over you.No one shall hurt you.For my shadow falls over you. I swear to protect you.Even if you do not wish for my protection.For my shadow falls over you. For no matter what you say. Where you go.What you do.My shad.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1857664/ I do not understand poetry. Not one bit. Yet I try anyway. I try putting down how I feel. But honestly I don’t know how I feel. I couldn’t tell you.Sometimes I feel like I love someone. But then things get mixed up and I don’t know how I feel. Things are so complicated. *sigh*But I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1857132/ I feel your lips against mineEven when you aren’t near.I feel you near. I miss you. When I leave you I miss you.I never want to leave your arms. I want your lips against mine for all of time. But you hurt me once…How do I know that you won’t crush me again?I can’t risk that... http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Torischrodi/1857131/