Kymaero

#precious metals wind through her hair,
the flower crown of industry
the root of greed is deep indeed,
tucked behind her delicate ears

#vss365 #poetry

if a #bonny bouquet
leads to dismay
then you’ve picked the wrong lass,
I'd say

#vss365 #poetry

the spheres sing in #harmony
celestial crystal played by unseen hands
the melody almost eerie to human minds,
our ears tuned to nearer things,
pressed against the ground

#vss365 #poetry

He was #spellbound – had weighed the cost of the spell and been wrong, paid too much. They estimated it would be months before he could move again, the magic draining him of all energy except his life force itself to settle the debt. At least the dam still stood. #vss365

rain washes the wound
#lightning cauterizes it
thunder growls, warning

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

Like a #magnanimous magpie, she gifts us back the things she's thieved - #jewelry and trinkets, compliments and happiness. I can't help but be mad AND relieved.

#vss365

a fat bee lounges
#lethargic, nectar-drunk on
the #bountiful blooms

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

our planet is merely a floater
in the fading vision of a god,
meanings swirling and blurring
in the #cataract whirl
of the universe

#vss365 #poetry

the endless #splendor
of thundering waterfalls
will still fade with time

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

the #timid witch
conjured an image
of my death, apologetic
even with her knife
at my throat -
"apocalyptic prophecies
tend to come true.
gods be with you"

#vss365 #poetry

I was #obsessed,
possessed by the thought of
a world without dreams.
I fought through a forest
of them each night, but
when I was finally the one
to wield the darkness,
I could not escape
the feeling that their roots
would soon return.

#vss365 #poetry

I circle him, drawn
in by black hole charm, I must
escape #orbital
#velocity

#vss365 #poetry #senryu (except that last line but it's on purpose)

winter window—
plum branches
ink the glass
#haiku #poetry

#stellar confession
the dark sky blinks #knowingly
I am unburdened

#vss365 #poetry #senryu

the #crazed crystal vase
sits, full of water and rose
I dare not touch it

#vss365 #poetry #senryu

this #beastly weather
it's raining cats and dogs - what's
next, alligators?

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

math #mystified
my young mind,
the numbers standing in
for problems unseen,
the question of how many
cookies all cleaned up.
nowadays, I know
the numbers, and still
get the wrong answers

#vss365 #poetry

they #enchanted
this lunch tray, so that
it would never be empty -
I will never be hungry,
yet never satisfied

#vss365 #poetry

Floaters

#miniscule lifeforms
dance before my eyes, shaped by
slowly failing sight

#vss365 #senryu

And should my fingers
#kiss the keys
coalescing
memories
into word
and scheme
and rhyme
these echoes of
a former time
Can the brush
of skin on skin
the breath below
the ache of sin
condense again
the we we were:
a truer me
a living her?

#vss365 #prompt #poetry #poem #amwriting #writingcommunity

the #kiss is dead, saccharine sweet
like a mouth full of spent Pop Rocks

our #passion, boiled too long
burnt and spoiled beneath the surface

#vss365 #poetry

a mistake forms a gap, a #lacuna
between expectation and reality
in which my hands dither,
vacantly reaching for
what was there

before

#vss365 #poetry

More games should have a cowardly baby mode. More games should let me suffer less consequences for dying or mistakes. Should have a "I just want the story" mode. Games should not pride themselves on "look how difficult we are".

I'm bad at video games and I wanna experience the good stories too :c

I’d rather sweat
and #ache and bleed
then let A.I.
fulfill each need.

#vss365

the moon #aches - growing
pains, as light returns to the
sky and human eyes

torn butterfly wings
with each #touch they slough off scales
where'd the body go?

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

"whalefall”

a behemoth falls
#pale worms make homes in the #bones
the heart of a reef

#vss365 #poetry #haiku

The sun is #lambent through the dusty windows. My breaths come quick and quiet, the ground beneath me watered with my #blood. This was a temporary building, like my body, broken open by the #wound. I don't know who to blame. It is getting so dark. I look for the stars.

#vss365 #poetry

‘Doc, you gotta help me with this chronic #pain. I can’t focus.’

‘Tell me about your average night.’

‘Well, they wear a suit of armor and carry a big sword.’

‘No, I mean what happens at bedtime. Is sleeping difficult?’

‘I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure they take it off.’

#vss365

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Stiff Words

Each knuckle clicks
like old typewriter keys.
My wrist strikes
for better working conditions.
I nudge my heart,
ask if it's still on shift?

The brain
reminds me:

“we still are
just slower”

As pride edits
what pain forgets
the poem
quietly
retires.

#pain
#poetrycommunity

we are all haunted
by memories of summer
I breathe out my #ghosts

#vss365 #haiku #senryu