Nora was ready for a long walk, but Bob just sat there in full #lethargy, happy as a peach. "Come on!" she urged. "You've used every excuse not to move, so time's up." Bob dragged himself off the sofa, still trying to think of one last excuse. #vss365

Today's sunset was creamy orange and purple with gray-tipped clouds. Spectacular, but weren't they all? Every evening brought a new canvas, and he collected each one. #Cataracts may have dimmed his vision, but the museum in his mind was filled with bright, beautiful watercolor paintings. #vss365

spirit #lethargic body misaligned with mind my poor heart suffers #vss365 #haiku

#vss365 #lethargy A dealer in time, lethargy stalks his prey, intent on stealing energy. A thief of enthusiasm, he leaves behind his calling card of fatigue – a practised purveyor of daylight robbery.

Good morning all on this fine hump day. #vss365 #haiku Caffeine infused calm #lethargy gripped and spirits rise He's up proud now

Midweek #lethargy Eager for the weekend, we Trudge our way to work #vss365 #haiku

#vss365 #poetry 📸 Phys.org The sun didn’t rise #Lethargy crept filling us up From our toes to our eyes Like a moonflower maiden i stood still When the air had hung silent I should have known it be an omen The dark side of a love spell Sent by the moon Falling commets crashing stars

I could write an ode: To Lethargy! But I can't Be bothered, ack'shly. Sometimes, it's the fight To be perfect that makes it Such a bloody strug #vss365 #lethargy #haiku

“How long has this been going on?” “Since the first week. I want a refund.” She extended it, bottom forward. “The pictures are all cloudy, like the phone has #cataracts.” “You’re touching the lens.” “How was I supposed to know? Stupid design.” #vss365

clouding the bridal veil cataracts #vss365 #monoku

.... to think all I did was press a seed into the soil and it responded with the splendour of its bloom #vss365 #writingprompt #splendour #splendor #poetry #amwriting #justwrite #nature 📸 : me

. this hiker’s reward splendiferous hemlock falls mighty cataract #vss365 #haiku

Nora dug her nails into Bob's jacket as they sat in the cinema watching The #Cataracts of Love. "Oh, Bob," she lamented, "why couldn’t she choose the honest shoe salesman instead of the CEO? Doesn't she know what love is about?" Nora rummaged through her bag for tissues. #vss365

Nora would shy away from seeing her reflection. Most days she was critical of something, but today was different. Today her hair looked #splendid as she walked out of the salon. She couldn't wait to get home and get Bob's reaction, though she wasn't sure he'd notice. #vss365

#vss365 #splendor Past, present, future — Pestilence of redemption. Death waits in splendour.

#vss365 #Timid Tim’s Id was not Timid #FreudianHaikuPun

#vss365 #splendor

Bob and Nora stood at the butcher's counter when Bob whispered, "I'm happiest when you are near." Nora smiled #timidly, blushing at the kind words, even if hearing it between briskets and tenderloins felt somehow out of place. #vss365

#vss365 Don't worry if you are #timid: it can be a survival strategy. Survival of the fittest means fit for the environment —soft small creatures hiding out in holes survived the events that wiped out those loud armour-plated dinosaurs.

let's slip away far in the deep of night you and i and a #quest for forever #vss365 #poetry

Rory completed the #quest, receiving the reward and immediately started to search for the next marker that would carry him on to the next section. He’d played this one before and knew it would involve several more parts before he fully completed it. It was one of the more involved ones. #vss365

Not timid, just not projecting so much inside that I can't look out and see your decaying heart. It's tied together with a network of hearts just like it, all clinging to each other. #fastprompt #vss365 #timid

On their #quest to reorganise the garage, Bob knocked into the workbench and sent a box of screws flying across the floor. Staring at the chaos, he sighed, "I can't change what has happened," and Nora passed him the broom while shaking her head. #vss365

days grow longer I am no more a captive of winter dark the damp soil whispers warmth to the seeds within petals will soon unfurl bees will bumble and buzz busy in their quests in kaleidoscopic color I will celebrate you in the glory of rebirth and in the tide of change I breathe in hope #vss365

quest that never ends adding turns to keep it long to guard the journey #vss365 #prompt #quest #writing #writingcommunity #micropoetry

#vss365 #quest Old fashioned but tried and true with a twist Send the kids with a scavenger hunt list A time consuming quest With little time to rest Take pictures with their phones nothing is missed

Stellar ideas Without having been written Vanish forever #vss365 #stellar #haiku #life

Obsessed with a dream Reality stings and screams Dead silence within #vss365 #obsessed #haiku

sifting remnants of boulders night trajanjio beach golden memories breathing with you within reach i decided to stay sadly you had to go so i sift aimless sorrows time's distancing flow #RetroArtPrompt #Challenge #HiddenInTheSands #LifeHasItsPrice

blue sky in winter my teenage grandson obsessed with girls #vss365

forever yearning mutually #obsessed two souls bound always to find each other no matter the distance i'd follow you to the grave, darling and pick up our love again #vss365 #poetry

“You’ve been using the binoculars again.” She glared. “I haven’t. Just that one time.” “You’re #obsessed with the new neighbors frolicking in their hot tub.” She handed him a mirror. “Incidentally, nice raccoon imitation.” His eyes were ringed with black. #vss365

Femme Fatale With her flesh #obessed Every curve dangerous Worthy consequence #vss365 #poetry #senryu #PoetsOfBluesky #skywriting

He was #obsessed. When he slept, he saw a sharp, bright spindly green pierce the translucent film around a brown shell. The beauty and violence of life. Soon, he saw it in his waking life: in neighbor's gardens, in the space between sidewalks, even, he thought, in the folds of his skin. #vss365

Nora embraced the concept of Ichigo Ichie: the Japanese art of appreciating every moment. Too much time in her life had been wasted #obsessing about the past and the future. #vss365

Bob flexed after he lifted a box in the attic while they were clearing out. Nora #knowingly raised an eyebrow. "I know that box is empty," she said. She loved his sense of humour, but she also knew that if she encouraged him too much, they'd never get anything done. #vss365

#vss365 #Love #Poetry she looked at me #knowingly, her face in candle light the flame cast our shadows - mine beside hers, merging eyebrow raised, she blew the flame out - gentle, deliberate, ready

I like to get lost on the edge of the atlas, where continents and oceans end in cliffs and waterfalls. In the gutters and margins embellished by gods and monsters. Where warnings are written: “Here be Dragons.” For there, on the cusp of the known… Is magic. #vss #sff

Come on

Fluffy white clouds dance Across an ocean blue sky #bouncy like cotton #vss365 #haiku

Looking #mystified At the dirty pile of clothes Thinking they’d been washed #vss365 #haiku

This kitty who has A #blatant disregard for My personal space #vss365 #haiku (Wouldn’t have it any other way 🥰)

It certainly was a sight to behold, but not all that uncommon, really, considering that werewolf was a skill line that the characters of players could become infected with and the transformation wasn’t half as tortuous as this. The man burst into his #beastly form and Rory waited to fight. #vss365

'All the doors were locked, Pixie. The windows sealed. There's no sign of forced entry.' 'Wow, Gabe. A master thief's been at work.' 'Or perhaps a more #blatant one. Maybe she's right in front of me, chocolate around her mouth & crumbs in her pixie dust.' 'No way, Gabe. I was framed.' #vss365

I've never had such a #beastly presence in my house. A hostile hiss when I enter the basement. Eyes that glow in the dark, like otherworldly marbles. The innards of books strewn across the house. Claw marks down the walls. And yet my new cat has the gall to look innocent. #vss365

Nora's mother insisted ageing made her invisible; she hadn't had a date in months. " #Blatant nonsense," Nora said. "You’re vibrant, and any man would be lucky to have you." All her mother needed was confidence, which would keep her from going unnoticed. #vss365

I grew frustrated as I found it was less #beastly as it was pure #blatant disregard for order. Even the #miniscule portion of my life, wasted on my search, was precious. Then, there on the floor, perhaps all day, the very paper I had been seeking. My emotions, finally #bouncing in delight. #vss365

If I was asked to describe you beauty it is both blatant yet subtle an undeniable fact that still needs careful examination the way you weave paradoxes into one turning contradiction into wonder and no matter how much I know you I'll never stop being curious you are a universe to explore #vss365

a blatant beastly hunger thrashing vertigo crumbs a red steak stake the drug of love #vss365 #micropoetry