Fred + Ned were wed in a #shed They dined on bread and olive spread One day Ned found a spool of thread and tied up Fred on their 4-post bed Bound and angry, Fred saw red and swore a curse on Ned's fool head Ned, awash in growing dread, Untied Fred, who up and fled. #vss365

One day~the little girl grew up~ becoming the adult she had needed as a child~by revealing the #slash of scars, shards, & seared broken parts. Aspen~a befitting name~is finally standing tall~through writing~she #sheds her nightmares of abuse like bark. #BraveWrite #vss365 #WIP

When I see my books on a bookstore shelf I feel the need to pinch my #self My twisty saga of gods above And the terrible fate of the god of love Out in the world for all to read My Cupid and Pan finally freed! #vss365

"I think da gobbos went dat way," Riz said rubbing his chin. "And how do you know?" I asked. "By da #susurration of da riva." "Why do you only use your thesaurus to mock me?" "Ya told me ta read it instead of usin it ta prop up ma TV." #vss365 #riztherogue

On a quiet June morning I wandered into a tangled #realm where blueberries puffed up like little moons and I, grinning like a fool scooped them up in both hands a wish on my lips tasting freshness in every juicy pop of blue #vss365

I know it’s going to be a long day. I whisper, I’ll be fine without him. I keep repeating: It’s not love. Just the comfort of his presence I crave. But deep down, am I drowning in denial? #foxProse

Each night. A dream of her. In gossamer gown. As the moon. Moments mixed in the rich sediment of night. Each day. Every longing set in stone. A fossilised love. Unrecoverable■ #VSS365

This moment. A darkness. I am in the ocean. There are walls. Soft as a wish. And my brother. Too. We touch hands. The way the alphabet touches us all. The tide is the breath of our mother. Have we not yet left the inside of her world? There will be two suns. For her■ #VSS365

In the heat of the night, we danced to the music under a silver moon. Love was in the air, and we thought we were cool. It was midnight at the Oasis when stars fell in the shape of a double-vision heart. It was at that #moment we realized we should lay off the vino. #vss365

Who can sleep on this blue speck when the moon is a moment a hopeless romantic & a road takes you driving to a valley where a band plays in the key of a desert breeze you’re spinning in orbit the small of her back damp through her shirt & she is there & then she isn’t #vss365

"I was thinking of asking my mother to come with us on a city trip. What do you think?" Nora asked cautiously. Bob started huffing. "I need a buffer zone! There has to be some #space between your mother and I!" Nora saw that this didn't go as planned. #vss365

Yesterday I walked past the café on 6th Street where we didn’t mind waiting for a table because we were good then at holding hands it seems I've lost the tender fight I am like that just before I sleep and in the gray light when I rise & greet the space in my chest #vss365

Phantoms speak to me they sound just like him they know all my favourite lines the ones he whispered to me as we lay under the dule tree up on Cotherstone Moor I stood there in winter alone and remembered him from the cold steel sky ashes of love fell #Fairytalepoets #Poetry

During the Beatles' amazing run, the popular Volkswagen was the van of choice on Abbey Lane. Times were no longer normal, but were Abbey-Normal. It left the music aficionados feeling #wonky. They sulked alone in Strawberry Fields, while waiting for Purple Rain. #vss365

moved in with a friend, built a home on a hill far from maddening crowds a life rebuilt to outrun her past it crumbled fast love left, old scars clawed their way back yet she has her mountains, and those #wonky friends? they linger, like crooked anchors in a storm ~rev #vss365

Bob offered Nora #heartfelt apologies for choosing his "Birds of the World" Facebook group over her hair‑salon story. The moment he saw her new haircut he knew he'd missed something important, but the pull of those birds had been impossible to resist. #vss365

"Do you have a card that says 'Heartfelt Congratulations on your Death'...?" "No, but funnily enough we've had lots of people coming in asking for that, so I've ordered a batch printed. When will you be needing it?" "Oh, soon, I hope. Very soon!" #vss365 #heartfelt

Eyes close, answering the unasked, #Heartfelt calm before belief Stillness finds its ground Destiny redirected, An envelope left unopened The intangible waits Not every truth calls out, Some souls simply know their path They know, and walk on. #vss365 #fairytalepoets #FoxProse

tired of this half-life, dry as dust to the water lands, go I must there I’ll swim and I will rest dreaming like a crab until the resurgence of creative zest the secrets of the sea they fill my aching heart I, the deeps explore and so my weary soul restore #vss365 #heartfelt

Mudlarking under shades of gold earth holds secrets untold to hold a ring from ancient times to touch true love from another life a #heartfelt gift from a Roman lover to his flame veiled bride may be unearthed on this low tide #vss365