“I’m sure it’s not right for a 8 year old to ride 6 miles to the fairgrounds”
They argued a long time
I heard the fuss but grandad never #flinched
“She can do it Ceil she’s a solid rider knows the way”
He followed me through the fields on his tractor
don’t think I don’t remember that day
#vss365
If history recalls
That you did not #flinch
It makes a story grand
And will do in a pinch
But grander yet the story
Of the one who #flinched
And shivered, and doubted
And pressed on,
Pummeled but unbent.
#vss365 #writing #poetry
#vss365 There was a flicker across a backlit control panel—a brief shudder in the ship's engines. An irregularity so fleeting that the crew didn’t know the vessel had #flinched slightly from its course. Even the ship's AI unit, busily composing a new stanza for Daisy, didn’t notice the deviation.
Demon King - In
Vampire bro met someone new, as happens, and went over to their place for the night. He came back and he started to tell me about it, he said, "Everything was going great until we actually got to his place and he turned around and gave me this look. I #flinched because the vibe changed." #vss365
[3/3] Many of the priests #flinched in real fear, but Gilzara stood w/ unwavering gaze, as if behind the illusion he cd see the living torches’ steady blaze, the ancient painting’s stiff formality. Then he said, “I will not trouble you again,” and he left the Cave.
#vss365
The kitten neared—he tensed.
“Remember, breathe.”
She pawed his prosthetic foot, and he #flinched.
“You’re doing so well.”
She leaped, and he screeched.
The therapist cuddled her. “He just had a bad experience with a lion.” He looked up. “Same time next week?” #vss365
I #flinched when the world
spun in its usual dance.
Reality is
an empty canvas
and somedays I paint
crossbones and yellow grass
with strobe light hands.
I pierce a needle
through the eye of the storm,
hoping the #calm afterwards
will soak me free.
#vss365
#emoetry
They #flinched when they heard Mom’s #whistle. They knew they’d been bad. She says she’ll #determine their punishment later #tonight. In the meantime they're to go to their rooms. What’s the worst she could do? Turn off the Internet & she did. Grumbling ensued.
#vss365 #blueskyrelay #2wordprompt
"It's pet sitting time again," Zoe said.
Dave #flinched, remembering last month's visit to the dog park. "Do we have to?"
"Would you rather buy me a dog and pay the extra pet fee?"
He sighed. "Ugh, fine." While she grabbed his leash, he sat on the floor and waited for the moon to rise.
#vss365
#vss365 The new rescues scurried and yapped on the lawn. Their tails wagged and spirits were high. Even the most timid and traumatised by the ambience of the shelter no longer #flinched in proximity to the humans that lay woozily on the ground....
She hated taking her car to the garage, had ignored the knocking for ages. She #flinched when he said it was knackered.
He didn't even suggest a price to fix it. She opened the boot to get her stuff, then saw the wide eyes of her old mechanic. Relieved - that's what the knocking noise was.
#vss365
In primary school, we had a joke:
I'd asked you: Are you afraid of your mom?
If you said no, I'd pretend to hit you
& if you #flinched, you were.
Last week, I pointed out something
to my students with a quick & sudden
movement & Ali in the first row
greatly flinched. What do I make of that?
#vss365
