there's a place for us
over #water, beyond sky
in welcome spaces

there's room for patience
thru the storms, beyond borders
in timely places
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

a storm with choices
#sinks our buoys, shreds balloons;
carries hope away
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

relay the message.
as #ink on page remembers,
so, too, night on flesh.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

'they' spoke thru tarot:
"an old #man walks with you."
now,...i'm not alone.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

laud those who 'were there;'
those that cared boys into men.
#exalt the living.

praise those who stepped up;
those punished for: 'the right thing.'
welcome those who care.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

my life's a passage
to a place i'll never reach;
space that's not yet safe.

i #conduct promise
with ways and means; without shame. there is -still- a chance.

i am a question
whose answers end all debate;
and yet, i flourish.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

flicker as stars do
between memory and -void-
#waver as you will
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

#partake of dark dreams
savor thoughts of gruesome ends
indulge flesh with zest
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

the wind #assures me
we're further and faster now,
dark skies in our wake
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

from our far #corners
the world is bright and welcome;
from a safe distance
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

despite our sorrows,...
#lightning dances; thunder sings.
storms can lick us clean.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

i feel their kiss too;
ripple of wind on water,...
#splendor that shares well.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

spittle at their feet
backs that urge them -far- away
our rage is #timid
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

i #knowingly loved
from my dark, untamed places,
and yet, i failed well

i willingly learned
to share love i've not yet earned;
it hurt less this time

i'll eagerly share
time i have, with those who've loved,
and learned, and listened
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

heirloom memories
#craze order we never had;
footnotes worn away
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

words are #blatant now.
here, and now thought's don't burden;
each mindful breath frees.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

pull my sense away
with gentlest distance made;
#kiss of skies on eyes
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

our stars are moving
each light a promise followed;
#dark times can't hold us.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

embrace time we have.
fair boundaries we've shared;
#touch with our tears.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

i search for figures
in every man's face; willing
father's who'll #touch
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

suffering people
#ache for distance they insist
from 'certain people'
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

his light was plenty
his #pale glow is just enough
his shadow must do
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

in dreams we gather
all #ghosts and living alike
to share time we lost
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

without wage, or fate
the wind lifts my #pain away;
as eyes tending kites
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

[an] undertow of lives
draws me away (for my sake)
to a -reef- of #soul (s)
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

births, and deaths flourish
in the #shadow of our lives;
unknown, but thriving
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

#shadow (s) from my eyes
cast life rare or death plenty
from a depth unknown
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

my world is #shadow
i live and die with your glance;
light only for you
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

with breath, without words;
#soothe issues that end elsewhere.
mask on yourself first.
#vss365 #prompt #poetry

offer silence to
resonant god(s) with closed eyes;
#thrum of cloud shadows
#vss365 #prompt #poetry