these jaded lies i tell myself
as i turn the other check
begging for more

#vss365 #jade

i know them
the pack of #wolves
always snipping at my heels
telling me what I feel
on this breathless flight
wingless, becoming a free fall
for things i never wanted
heaviness presses in my chest
vision obscured by
fight or flight tendencies
is one ever truly safe

#vss365

trickery of dark
dancing shadows belying
true constants of light

#vss365 #trickery #haiku

in hues of blue
azure touches, stolen
under navy skies
moments of
quickened breath
squeeze tight
in my ribs
crashing seafoam
on sun warm rocks
becoming aquamarine
& indigo sky
in sapphire dreams
the release
in the softest shades of
baby blues

#vss365 #seafoam

endless looping
scars form a map of human
decent, is this what God
meant, are some souls just designed to bleed

#vss365 #loop

🙏🏼🌱

panic pounds
pulsating pulmonary
pathways, pushing past
placid places
permanent priorities
plastered hard
around positive possibilities
urgencies pressed in
paralyzed presumption

#poetry

imagination fuels dreams

#7syllablesentence #fuel

constant drumming
low & steady
feeling a million drops
playing staccato
on skin
water running rivulets
down
finding stillness
pooling around
warmth
resting on
shallow ground
a spring storm
giving something real
to feel
a shift
in atmosphere

#vss365 #water

my pen
constantly filled
with sin
& sorrowed hopes
becomes a teacher
of how to cope
to loose feelings
deep within
leaving space for
love again

#vss365 #pen

my life
a revolving door
around you
exit and entrance
one and the same
a forever trap
of everything
you

#vss365 #revolve

the tempest of man
self fascination, hate, greed
never dissipates

#vss365 #fascinate #haiku

thank you🙏🏼🌱

a familiar voice
blackbirds trill at my window
bearer of springs song

#HaikuSaturday

isolate, ignore
a meditation in
the mediation of
meaning where
truths translate
to mirages
in the vastness of
the maddened mind
maybe god
can understand
these overcast skies

#vss365 #mediate #overcast

i fold you into
my softest corners
away from the hard
sharp angles
of my heart
a gentle love
meant to surpass
time & distance
that separates
a celestial caress
entreating us not
to let go

#vss365 #entreat

🙏🏼🌱

to surpass all things
blackened from winters
frozen fingers
the suns spring warmth
assures new growth
green promises
of revel

#vss365 #surpass #assure #warmth

loss of resonance
absence of tone
and tenor

flattened notes
world out of tune

dissonant chords
played on hardened
heart strings

lost harmony
i struggle to find
the key

#vss365 #harmony

written Aug 2024

gramma said #lightning
only strikes once
still i sit
high on this mountain
praying for rain

to mingle with tears
to cover fears
another storm
to set me free

and still i wonder
could a love like this
really be
real
the swoon in my heart
says yes, believe

#vss365

thank you Bethany 🙏🏼✨

tired moon, spellbound
low glow rises, shimmering
across these bare limbs

#vss365 #spellbound #haiku

words becoming jewels
pearls sparkling on your tongue
the richness of love

#haiku #vss365 #jewelry

thrombosing desire
in dehydrated dahlias
supplication for rain

#poetry

to my sister,
your tears fall
sure disgrace
stealing love
from a sacred place
you know it's wrong
or why hide away?
this love born in
deaths &wishes
you covet& steal
hiding behind
the penance of
your own guilt
you already wear
the stain
markings of
shame
just own it

#poetry

forbidden hope
an empty eye
dying slowly

timidity of truth
ill gotten gains

not a release
but a keeper
of pain

#vss365 #timidity

🙏🏼🙂✨

these
spaces
i
fall
into

time gaining
velocity
even as i
stand
still

#vss365 #Velocity

grace of sliver moon
subtle yet undiminished
divided but whole

#haiku

in a crazed minute
belief and vulnerability
died

gravity presses
weight of flesh & bone
pinned to earthy ground

eyes of stone
once a field of stars
burnt & fallen

my hearts softest beat
knowingly swallowed
by your deceit

#vss365 #crazed #knowingly