
i looked for his smile
when things got bleak
he held the sun
its cadence ringing
through valleys and hills
he is the rock
and im the sand
#cadence #poetry #vss365
Photocredit~moses.gangidesi

artfully unseen
plastic unfolds
covers
the stains
while the reaper
hovers
her heart ascended light years ago
when the bed got cold
#ascend #vss365 #poetry
photocredit~ed.stone

when i rise
two
of me
say good morning
one bold
still buckles my knees
wearing scars
the other
a shadow grinding
unraveling the untruths
so I may trust the #road
where happiness blooms
#vss365 #self #poem

she danced on glass
stretched like a lizard
transmuted herself
into a puff of smoke
clinging to her kill
with the new moon
turns
into crushed velvet
with gold trim
tonight she dines
politely
on the orange man's
heinie
#turn #vss365 #poetry

a drum
beats within hearts
of the hunted
guns loaded
for the blue ribbon trophy
bullets #sprint
lips salivate
to hit the winning mark
while a lioness sits on her perch
patiently polishing her claws
the hunters
have arrived for her lunch
#vss365 #poetry

i lay in bed
rapping
create
escape
maybe hug a tree
i like trees
it was saturday
again
rain called my name
i remembered
how i love rain
in the distance
my inner child
met me outside
we danced
into #momentum
in between the babble
life happened
#vss365 #poetry
photocredit~valentina Ochner

her gait crooked
like her life
born where the tracks
twist then die
the town has forgotten how to cry
she threw her last
against the wheel of chance
to #depart
this vessel of dust
#vss365 #poem #prompt
photocredit~ryan carpenter unsplash

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jul 12 rustling deep in a valley
felt after it rains
hands lifting
drawing
in #magnetism
rooted up
for a healing
a second chance
#vss365 #poem #healing
photocredit~trailrunnerdog

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jul 8 summer love
full of life
now
collecting dust on a shelf
with the other silent hearts
named
defiance
#vss365 #prompt #poem #defiance
photocredit~mahdi.rezaei

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jul 5 words became weapons
delivered to wound
it happened during tea
on the greens
one tempered afternoon
lovers lost in a slow #swoon
promises melting under the sun
neither
got to say
wait for me
before this comes undone
#vss365 #poem #prompt
Photocredit~tripadvisor

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jul 2 a ghost shedding
what made her home
shaky hands clutch
the #appraisal
of a faraway dream
peeling wallpaper
sets the final scene
he was her lover
she was his queen
#vss365 #poetry #prompt
photocredit~strangehappenings

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jul 1 in a chaotic world
without touch
eyes met
on opposite sides
of a wall
then fell in love
#apprehension seeped
into innocent minds
but hearts jumped
in rhythmic beats
into hidden arms
stepping out
of hate
#vss365 #poetry #prompt
photocredit~farrinni

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 26 he married her at sixteen
a virgin
said she'd be his queen
now calls her
his dirty mouse
degraded to a single crumb
a rat without a voice
still clinging
to a fairytale
not so much
a prince
she dreams of a #villain
growing a harvest
of poisonous fruit
#vss365 #poem
Photocredit~bikerringshop

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 24 bent wings
taught themselves
how to fly to the mountaintop
soar
until the storm
hunts them
pulls them back
under the bed
heads bow down
losing their crown
#vss365 #prompt #pull #poetry
photocredit~ pete.nuij

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 23 they hide
breathing
under the bed
i have teddy
with a mouthful of teeth
I've named him #lurch
he sits on the edge
glass eyes
watching
while i sleep
#vss365 #prompt
photocredit ~david.griffiths

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 22 life aged too soon
he worked for the man
never spoke a word
or voiced a complaint
they defenestrated him.
when done
piled on the road
with other worn shoes
#defenstrate #poem #vss365 #prompt
photocredit ~oziel.gomez

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 20 there's a place i know
where the sun always shines
fish bubbles dance
then rainbows are born.
tadpoles burst forth from monsoon rains
and then
beings rise
all kinds
feet's first
tip into #salt fed ponds
untethering
#BornBattleReady #Prompt
photocredit~jeff.finley unsplash

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 19 i have walked on sacred ground
carried weight
handed down
trying to #undo
a rubber band
around my hand
cleaned up dirt
pulled up roots
for my child
her child and on and on
so
they
may have a chance
be whole
for the very
first time
#vss365 #healing
Photocredit~sylvia.herzberg

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 16 it took me a while
but life be like that
I opened up
when life had me blocked
who knew she was plotting
laughing at
my upside down heart
now seeded with flowers
back to the light
the #fiend
then she
swallowed by
weeds
#vss365 #prompt
Photocredit~gennady.zakharin

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 11 i'm a circle
living in a square
bent into a pretzel
searching for the key
it's crooked
i'm #forbidden
no lock will take me
#vss365 #prompt
Photocredit~deleece.cook

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 10 rungs of a ladder
call us to climb
to matter
to reach the top
in this climate of life
be
the best
get
the most
prove to others
we are all smart enough
shift with the #dawn
see life through the light in the cracks
break out
your prison of masks
#vss365
photo~julio.gutierrz

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 8 i've been looking for it
in all the wrong places
she is steel
cunning to have her needs met
#mother, mom, mum
oscar performance
in her theater for strangers
still trying to find
a card addressed
to no one
#vss365 #poetry
photocredit~yusuf.onuk

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 6 prisoner
dreams
taken
like a thief leaving
scraps
scattered on a tombstone
here
lies mother
who was a good wife
haunted
then hummed
her foot rocking the #cradle
her cradle
like her mother did
#vss365 #poem

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 5 cursed through faith
pricked their fingers
blood to blood
secret love
#evermore
#vss365
photocredit~rosin_rusanovschi

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· Jun 1 at #midnight
when the moon looks gold
beings drop down from clouds
up through roots
fly around
granting wishes
shredding feathers
seeding four leaf clovers
for the ones who believe
#vss365 #poetry

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· May 30 she watched his belly rise
breathed along with him
this #wondrous tiny creature
that held no sin
his fingers intertwined with her thumb
in an instant
life had begun
#vss365 #poem
photocredit~yara.machado

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· May 29 we are all pieces of a puzzle
remnants of what was
purity belongs to higher levels
that some of us
reach at death
#Remnant #vss365 #prompt
Photocredit~davit margaryan

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· May 25 she was an expert
never intended
life worked out this way
a magician
never showing pain
underneath it all
where the roots call
a #crevasse splitting her in two
one breathing for all of them
the other refusing to bury
the truth
#vss365 #trauma #secrets
photocredit~Pouya Hajiebrahim

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· May 24 why
the ones abused the most
when love was lost at birth
still show up
where not deserved
to hearts cold as ice
will blessing come
on #judgement day
in the reading of their life
#vss365 #Poetry
Photocredit~Moritz

Vi(V)@nowiamtherain· May 21 in the awareness of self
you will find
within the lingering space
a tenderness
for who you were
a love for who you are
and wonder
for the new you
entering the next chapter
of your wondrous
life
#linger #vss365 #selflove
photocredit~Kumayuru