we crave a certain comfort
and yet designed to thrive
we probe the bounds of passion
and slowly come alive

#vss365

a little ocean remains
in an overturned clam shell
she sees a lost mirror

greying old horse
factory sent
boiled down for glue
not one respectable thing
to affix myself to

#vss365 #tanka

reality #probes
the conscience
Truth echoes
the mind
resonating pride
Yet
no one listens
wonder why?
In lies
seek solace
in truth
deprive
wonder why?
music be
the #catharsis
morning dew
souse the eyes
the impulse to survive
holds back
Seldom they try
wonder why?
-rev 
#vss365

Hello, everyone. Well, you're stuck with me for a few more days.

So the next phonesthemic word is:

#glue

Something about the 'oo' in glue feels like I'm fusing with something. And words like glom, glug, gluten, the 'gl' just make me think of binding.

#vss365 #prompt

who knew
we'd still be #glued
me, stuck to you,

our two hearts fused
still lost in love
after cupid

ran us through
tightly bonded, true,
one of the vital few

who, if I feel blue,
will get me through,
right on cue —

I'm there, too.
Thank you,
for being glued

to me.

#vss365

My palms cup the cracked Dawn. Its #glue -d crimson shards burn my skin until ashes remain.

I reincarnate
Under the pledge to Summer

My spirit mutates to guard the Sun

#vss365

It's not that moving on from me
Can be construed as rude-
But how those pulsing whispers
Come & came silently unglued!

#vss365

Glittering silver lake
sunlight breaking
through the dour grey

hare's tail cotton grass
curtsey & sway
worshipping the glorious day

heaven is not so far away
it's here with me on the heath

it's in the peat scented air
the call of a fieldfare
& the answer to a prayer

#poetry

Can we share our day,
With your dreams and mine
Without our fears and inhibitions,
And our destinies #glued ,
For a day?

Can we live this day
And call it our forever,
Talking about us without
Worrying about others,
For a day?

Can we be us, loving
Each other?
#vss365

oh world, busy world
beneath the quietude
of stars

music stirs
hidden emotion
i am made new
cleansed by waves
in this vast ocean

tendrils of strings
spiral and twine
#probe & question
reaching beyond
the edges of mind

heart keeps beat
nuanced, sublime
calls me Home
weeping in joy
one more time

#vss365

probing thickets
of excess & success
to find a way
to soul

#vss365
#probe
#micropoetry
#WritingCommunity

Walt used to plant his allotment with fruit and vegetables
he missed it
that connection to the earth
the smooth weight of an apple in his hand
the bees
now nutrition was delivered in silver pouches once a week
and machines #probed the barren soil for toxins and disease

#vss365

I was teaching my cat German when an alien waltzed in. It held up a claw hammer.
“You gonna #probe me with that?' I squeaked.
It shook its head. 'No. I'm going to flatten one of you for examination under my microscope.'
My cat scrambled out of the room. 'Auf Wiedersehen!'
#vss365

the ones you left behind
are the pack of black dogs
that ambush you
within the opacity of your eyes
you shudder
at the relentless dripping of their drool
for the whiteness of your bones
for the gray parts of your soul
waiting for you to succumb
to the urge
to flee

#horrorprompt

#inkMine
delicate flame of bedside lamp #tremble -d & his turbulent breaths lent no mercy to it or my meek nape either, it was dark again & #smoky corner came to life, i can feel that dark #radiant flushing my cheeks #rosy as the clenched yearnings were about to be #release -d…

all through the day
through the night
deep in the heart of
opening and
closing the door
#poem
#poetry #poem s

Empathy Left Alone In the Rain

Thelonious probes all night asking you to dance
west coast jazz vibes sip on a cognac cocktail
the days between what was and what might be
we grew up tasting our private smiles like wine.

Days came when we never opened champagne
our empathy…