http://slow.writerscafe.org/stormelight The original writings of author StormeLight en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775944006 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 She spoke up In a crowdEven though the voicesWere numbing and loudShe walked awayWhen the time was wrongEven though it meantShe didn't ever belongShe lost her nerve one dayCouldn't keep going all aloneSo she sacrificed herselfAnd everything she believe inFor the sake of liesThat would comfort her at.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2805921/ Oh how arrogantEvil becomesIn the midst of humanityOh! How lonesome it is!To see it as a weaknessTriumphs of the human spirit!Lasting longer than hate can endureYet, Those who are evilCan never secure the lure, In our time, We never thought we'd seeA collective shared experience, Begging us to beEve.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2800725/ You and IWe walked aloneSo many roadsWe took aloneYou chose deathAnd I chose lifeSome part of usIs the same insideWe fight the othersThe ones who choseThe other roadI fought angerYou fought griefWe both spent many nightsAfraid to sleepIn some waysWe are twin soulsBut, Souls that took another roadOne.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2800724/ Music Finds ThoseWho Need It The Most http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2799760/ My emotions threaten to consume meHere I am again on the brinkA mother so abusive and controllingI can never properly sleepThe feeling overtakes meEvery time I feel the gas-lightingI shake and tremble and she takes my powerTrying to form my sense of realityEven messing with my memoriesHow can I love.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2799459/ I'm in love with the seasons!Some make my heart acheSome make them soarI prefer the rainTo the summer scorchThey teach you many lessonsOf what it means to be humanIn this precious cycle of lifeForced to hold on,Oh, Dear, Life!Some are made for growingSome teach us to let goI watch them change with g.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2799433/ The wind runs throughMy hair and my heartThe shame of blameOh, my heavy heart! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2799432/ You shoot me with conformityYou turned it all against meYou could have been yourselfBut no one would hear Your cries for helpYou became this carbon copyEverything everyone expects you to beHow much do you love yourself now?You became this carbon copyCan the approval keep you feeling safe?There is a .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2793032/ She's always falling in and out of loveDetermined not to ever give upShe wonders over and overIf there will ever be anyoneWho doesn't love herAnd then runs hurriedly awaySo afraid of how intense they feelNever feeling this kind of passionShe knows her passion is so beautifulAnd they know it tooBut s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2792994/ It's not always about the loveWe think we deserveThey often say that's how it isI think we seek the love The love that feels familiarFor better or worseIt warms our heartAnd ignites our soulsIt's the way we first learnedEven if someone else comes alongThey can't replace a feelingThe feeling of belon.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2792485/ There I was, In the mental hospital againI lost my mind againLost inside of visions of the futureI couldn't comprehend to be trueThey called it psychosisThey shoved a million pills down my throatSeeing me as crazy Hidden prophetessThe Shamans would have shoutedAt the injustice of enslavementMedicati.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2792292/ Dear Psychopathic Sadists, In how many ways can I say thisYou take delight in all that you can bleedFrom the people whose trust you gainedHere we are a broken peopleYou use, you abuse, you strike us downYou speak these colorful wordsConvincing us to further your causeThe moment you gain powerThe peo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2792290/ Massive evil and corruptionBoils all our bloodWe look aroundWe look at the groundWe look up to the skyWe feel that we are drowningIn a hopeless kind of worldWhen evil starts attacking cultureYou know you've won the warWe think that we can only changeThe world we live in nowBy having incredible influ.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2791599/ There once was a boyWho became a manHe watched with tearsAs he desired the girlThe one who was most beautifulMost beautiful, The most beautiful girl in all the landThe girl paid him no attentionHe watched as she took the handOf another boy more beautifulMost beautiful, The most beautiful boy in all .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2791435/ You learn more about a personFrom how they treat an enemyRather than a friendHow do they treat someoneThat they don't respectThey take the moral high groundNo scruples for what is saidHow do you treat your enemies?How do you treat your friends?We say we care so muchIts understandable, We are angryBu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2790847/ Society calls us a nobodyAnd takes all our power awayTrying to take the passionFrom voices long held at bayWe think we make no differenceWith everything we sayBut why would the smallSomeday become the great?You think you have no powerYou think you have no influenceBreathing every breath you takeAfra.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2790222/ So many people hurtingCrying and screamingon the floorTrudging throughtotal disasterHow did we end up inthis war?Do we love ourprotocolMore than the peoplenext door?What cost will wekeep payingAs we watch every.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789639/ So many years in tearsOver so many closed doorsSlamming in my faceFeeling completely disgracedWhy am I even here?My purpose is not even clearDrowning in all the ever-present fearClutching my heart so tightAfraid to let anyone near itI never closed offNo matter how much I wanted toI kept myself openS.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789556/ I was everything to meI meant so much to meI thought I was creatingMy very own destinyThen I lost controlEverything came crumbling downI had no idea that I was livingSuch a crazy damn lieI bent over my sobbing tearsCollapsed on that floorWith an aching that was no longerPossible to ignorePossible to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789554/ Years agoI was at another momentWhen I was questioningWhether or not to take my lifeI worked at a call centerI called all the hotlinesNo one ever able to answerShould I live or dieI sat in the grass on my work breakTrying not to smoke a cigaretteCrying as I looked into the treesThe sun shining throu.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789553/ What if knowing isn't everything?What if you had a choice to knowFor three straight yearsWhat if knowing isn't everythingBecause you are not yet the personWho will be strong enoughTo go through everythingThat you will in the futureWhat if knowing everythingIs not a punishmentBut your saving graceTot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789552/ How much do we lose?In the pursuit of perfection?What does our relationshipwith the circle of lifeLook like?UtopiaUtopiaWe want UtopiaUtopiaUtopiaWe want UtopiaA ravenA messengerDarkness disguised as lightHow much will we lose?In this fightIn this fightTo eliminate 'wrong'In the New World Order of '.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789551/ The last 48 hoursHave been the hardest of my lifeAt the crux againDeciding whether to live or dieI crumbled to my kneesLike JobLosing everything that ever mattered to meYou never stopped trying to find meThe Wiccan who wanted to runThe love that brought me homeI couldn't quell my anger in the dark n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789550/ For years,I fought for a life I thought I would liveThe idea that on the other side of my sufferingMust lie a hope I hadn't consideredBut instead of hope,I found a purpose and a reasonI found dreams,But I had to leave themFor hours,I thought the pain would never endI didn't survive death for this?Fi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789549/ They throw money at every problemNo one will talk to meThey won't speak to meYears with no wordsNo one reaching outNot a single timeThe pain of the silenceOnly stings me when I rememberWhen expectations of my loyaltyTied to the money given in behalf of meA choice that I never madeGifts with only str.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789548/ A bird flies soloShe watches her wingsA sadness fills herWhere are the others?She wondersShe wandersSometimes happySometimes sadIf this is howI am meant to beThen why do I feelSo incredibly lonely? http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789547/ A decade agoA monster became my homeVoices inside my headHurting and hurtingNot caring how much I bledI lost my sanity it's trueA strength in a darknessNo one thought I would pull throughEveryone in my lifeWas scared of what was insideNot knowing if one day I'd be violentLike the voices in my headSo.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789544/ I'm not afraid of dyingI'm afraid of what I'll have to live withMy heart  pounding in my chestMy head just won't let me restI've thought of dyingOf this I must confessThrough the pounding of my heartBeating out its chestI wish I could walk along the moorsOf Ireland somedayBut even living day to.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789542/ The moment I realized I was more afraidof living than I was of dyingwas the moment they found the reasonI'd been sick for yearsWhat happens when a dying girlCan't escape lifeLife has tried to kill meA thousand, a thousand timesSometimes I don't know whySomething inside of me persists to liveBut ever.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789539/ I got caught up in the chaosOnly knowing me in adversitySo I became my own endless supplyHiding myself from the liesYet always asking whyNow I know whyBut I can't stop craving chaosNow I must finding myself in peace as wellWhen I don't have a storyI don't have a story to tellAre you in or are you ou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789538/ I'm looking at my future with ferocityNot fooling myself with positivityI know how afraid I amStill afraid to even make a planI remember other moments like this, thoughWhen the road ahead looked so dauntingRight now I feel I'm at ground zeroEven though it's so much moreA part of me is starting to ri.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789535/ My lovely cocoonYour threads are a roughnessThat I can bearI fix you,Whenever there is a small tearI work to preserve youA solitude given by the earthA warmth of staying stagnantA feeling of home and hearthI know I may leave you somedayA painful transformationBut in these momentsYou are my lovely co.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789534/ Within us deepWe all have a pain that never sleepsIt plays over and overLike a broken recordIs it there to force us to suffer?Are we secretly masochists?I lie in bed at nightIt all plays over and overIn my head, in my head, in my headI cry and scream at my brainFor making me relive and relive this p.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789533/ We look at someoneWe think they have it allInside, enslaved, drowningHarder and harder they fallPain and sufferingToo scared to speak upAlarmed by the sadnessCreeping, creeping upOppression has so many namesSome lie in povertyOthers in fameControl can wear a smileAs plastered as a clownA circus for .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789532/ My fingers hit the keysAt first I am aloneMusic coming out of my solitudeThe pain of a past unspokenIn a home where only happy is allowedShow any fear or pain, be disemboweledThe notes capture my sorrowOf tears I am never allowed to cryThey hear only beautyPain hidden in plain sightChaos in it's per.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789531/ I'm not usually lonely,I love my own companyPart of me lately,Longs for another soulPeople to share the joyOf a soul who came out of the wreckageI listen to my heartIt oft leads me in another directionBack into solitudeIt is a lovely place,A bond between the Earth and IWatching the glistening rain d.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789528/ Dear Banshee,Why won't you cry?I hear you weep and you wailBut only, only from the insideYou survived horror and crimeBut you won't let yourself cryA wake of dark destruction is your giftTo anyone noticing that anything is amissDearest Banshee, all I wanted was your loveFrom the moment you cradled m.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789470/ Only allowed to seeAny part of me that is like youOnly seen in your own reflectionYou don't mean to drown meIn the pain you so desperatelyRefuse to seeI carry you with meEven when I am all aloneI panic when we can't relateEven though our bond is taintedI love you more than you could imagineUnequivoc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789469/ What a prisonIs the pressureOf constant positivityWhat freedom there is in humilityWe need this to truly healI am constantly inspiredBy those brave enoughTo stop running fromThe most powerfully negativeExperiences that make us ache from the soulThey are the catalysts,In which when we run fromRob us .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789467/ Clinging to vinesThat strangle me every timeAfraid to lose controlThough I need room to growThe never-ending change of seasonsThinking there must be another reasonThough it is just the change of seasonsSeasons will come and goI will still need room to growSometimes I feel like a hanging plantHanging.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789466/ We walk between worldsDancing on the shadowsWe watch chaos unfurlWe stand in betweenHere we are in the eyeWe acknowledge the stormIn between worlds, we are tornOur joy is a bitterness scornedA path we walk very much aloneListen, listen, you will hear a train hornComing once again to remind youof a j.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789464/ Born out of painTilting my head upEmbracing the rainI traipse alone on the wet pavementGlancing all around meThe only one aroundPeaceful in my solitudeEnjoying the places everyone shelters fromThe raindrops falling on my faceOpening and closing my eyesTo drink up the entire aestheticSo incredibly po.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789457/ If you're waiting for life to get easierYou may not get the chanceWe are digging our gravesWith every hit we takeJust a few more timesJust to escapeJust so I can live to fight another dayWhile we drown each chance we could takeWe have all the best reasonsTrying to make it through every seasonAddicti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789455/ Nothing is set in stoneEverything set in motionMust stay at motionYou can change directionIn the tree of lifeYour future,The branches,You are the trunkPatterns feel like fateUntil you find where they breakAlways making the same mistakesJust with a different faceOur lives are always hanging in the ba.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789453/ Like a prism in the moonlightEmbracing every aspectYou're angryYou haven't figured me out yetLike a prism in the moonlightBut you want everythingNeat, tight, and uprightBut I am a prism in the moonlight http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789452/ For a long momentI chose youI took solace in youYou brought me comfortYou made me feel safeI'm really starting to caveNow you aren't a choice of mineA way that I have to hideTo hide away, to stay safeIn a different wayIt's been a year since I've felt human embraceWhy do you now feel like a cage?I us.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789451/ Another stepAnother string of momentsAnother jaded catalystContrast in everythingCreating joy where there is noneLetting everything just come undoneThere's a black hole of despairUneasy, perturbed, splitting hairsI can't stand the sight of my own shadowSo much worse, than just feeling hollowIt proba.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789450/ Act in fearAnd lose everythingThat you hold so dearAct in loveYour fears,You will always rise aboveThey go in opposite directionsThese are my deepestMy deepest reflectionsYou may lie to yourselfYou may feel that you can have bothBut your actions will always revealYour truth in it's true formOf every.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789448/ How many timesWill I bear my soulOn listening but deaf earsEveryone is choosingJust choosing fearYou won't let me love youYour eyes say it's just too muchToo much for youHere you are searchingThinking you can fearBut still love          Can't you see?This.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789446/ You learn how to loveYou finally open upYou watch everyone runYou run away and then you ask me to stayI loved youI told you it was this wayBut there you go againRunning, running, running awayYou ask me to stayYou push me awayKicking and screamingI fight to stayBut you just push meYou push me awayThe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stormelight/2789445/