Running to escape time How insane Humankind Turning Churning Burning For what? A dime Chained to a clock Tick-tock Tick-tock One #number after another All in Death’s circle Line up Fill your cup Life starts Uh, where? A place few ever go That breath called Now #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

braiding autumn’s wind November knows it cannot measure hopelessness hides under December’s blanket will we see Spring bloom and ascend #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #measure #PoetryCommunity #tanka #haiku #BlueSkyPoet Under the weather🍁BBS Miss & love you, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/suBmE6AxwnE?si…

Dear #BraveWrite #vss365 #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #BlueSky & All, I hope you’ll join my #domestic tribe in celebrating what would’ve been my beloved Mom’s birthday🎂 by listening to her favorite song~ “Happy” 👇 youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs?si… 🫂#RIPMommama 🕯️ 🕊️ 🪽 (I Love & Miss You, A) ❤️ XO, Aspen🤟

You Matter! MANY OF US ARE NOT ‘FINE’… The #business of not being able to afford health insurance or food is real today… Know, you aren’t alone: -I hear you -I see you -I am you WE ARE ENOUGH AS IS… L, Aspen🕊️ BBS #BraveWrite #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #Poet 👇 youtu.be/oofSnsGkops?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity Take me into your arms Let me burrow my head Next to your heartbeat I need to let go Cry Scream Shake While someone I trust Holds me up Doesn’t judge A You Willing To be Next To me As I try To Brave A Way Through Another #Arid Day That’s Lost Almost All Hope

Standing on my sky Chance hangs in our atmosphere Slipping through time Dimension’s doorways Revolving evolving dissolving Walls that held a we Until #unearthly urges undulating Your rhythm with my rhymes Such surreal sexual syncopation Now Coming As One #BraveWrite #vss365 #PoetryCommunity

“Fireflies are bioluminescent #beetles. Like my #RareDisease & me~they’ll die~too~if exposed to most light. While you twirl in the sun~we sleep~but come dusk~I say what I do to you, ‘Thanks for lighting up my life with your shine~now fly free & thrive’…” ✨ #BraveWrite #vss365 #WritingCommunity ✨

I am the bolt Of lightening Striking jolt So frightening I am the you #Undertone of me ‘Tis true Time to set free I am the light No longer there Be brave & write to fight Soar Freebird from shame’s lair I am the We One voice To be Or not to be Our Choice #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Poem #Poet

Friends thought she was brave by not flinching when they made up ghost stories~talked of creatures like #piranhas lurking in the water~or being afraid of monsters under their beds. They’d think she was a coward if they knew why she shook after piano lessons. #BraveWrite #vss365 #BlueSkyWriter

remember always you matter more than you know to this fellow soul #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #verve #senryu #poetry #poet #poem #WorldMentalHealthDay Braving life together~ I so love & thank you all, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/lwgr_IMeEgA?si…

life is a poem one eventuality you are its author #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #eventuality #poetry Keep Writing Like It Matters; It Does! 👇 youtu.be/_t7uZpUejx8?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #HugAllThoseYouLoveAsap A #bellwether of cries strike almost hourly now. This indicator sends chills in letting me know time with our Beloved Hermione🐱is diminishing 😢. Thank you for thinking of her…🫶 Hoping for more months🙏🕊️ youtu.be/_l9I-7wWe7U?si…

Human Beings Are becoming Human “Used-to-be’s” Weighed down by Gaslighters’ Fake #Eventualities There’s a path To liberty Exists For you and me We must liberate Our MINDS To set Our ASSES free #vss365 #NoKings

life is a poem one eventuality you are its author #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #eventuality #poetry Keep Writing Like It Matters; It Does! 👇 youtu.be/_t7uZpUejx8?si…

#BraveWrite #vss365 #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #HugAllThoseYouLoveAsap A #bellwether of cries strike almost hourly now. This indicator sends chills in letting me know time with our Beloved Hermione🐱is diminishing 😢. Thank you for thinking of her…🫶 Hoping for more months🙏🕊️ youtu.be/_l9I-7wWe7U?si…

reinvigorate Autumn teaches to renew have faith and let go #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #reinvigorate #Autumn #Poetry Happy First Day of 🍂 Autumn 🍁~ Healthy Wishes, My Gratitude, & My Love For Each of You… L, A🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/GU1qrvlNLlc?si…

No #bionic red blood cells Or #pixie dust to fix The #pummeling of my hemoglobin This #malignant #RareDisease As my heart & soul #scrounges To turn whatever is left of me Into a lasting memory Lie & say I was a beautiful #catastrophe #BraveWrite #vss365 #poetry #truestory youtu.be/pKrxD1hZb5E?si…

no dress rehearsal whatever you put stock in dare to love and live #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #poetry #stock #love #FridayMotivation #senryu #poem #livenow My heart feels it’ll burst without its #extrusion of reminding you, “I love you.” I do… BBS😷 Still Sick… youtu.be/zNnIPhsYnog?si…

If these words didn’t have power, they wouldn’t ban them. Use the words. Refuse to succumb. #vss365 #power

#Articles of our #past Unbuttoning now #Yearning for poetic #Consciousness Devoting our lives Putting puzzles Of words Together Every piece of the whole Serving a purpose Yet change one It transforms all Or so we hope Rippling eternity Captured On pages… #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #AmWriting

What If Today We Were All Kinder To: Ourselves One Another Strangers Animals Earth Beliefs Past Present Failures Dreams I Don’t Have The Answer To Create A More #Sentient World, But I Think It Starts Within Each Of Us… #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry Love you, A🕊️ youtu.be/kih_liRGRlU?si…

Big Pharma Hates to cure you Big Pharma Wants you sick So they choose To TREAT what ails Than e’er Get rid of it That way dough Keeps rolling in You suffer… They get rich Big Pharma’s A #sentient beast— Evil As it gets #vss365

What If Today We Were All Kinder To: Ourselves One Another Strangers Animals Earth Beliefs Past Present Failures Dreams I Don’t Have The Answer To Create A More #Sentient World, But I Think It Starts Within Each Of Us… #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry Love you, A🕊️ youtu.be/kih_liRGRlU?si…

wishing upon stars your wings from this universe are proof you came true #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #wings #TSTheLifeOfAShowgirl  #Taylor #TaylorSwift  #TaylorNation #Poetry #Poem #Poet #RareDisease BBasap~🏥 appts~still sick Love & miss you, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/GrKQvyXpNgc?si…

No #angel Wished I’d been more #mischievous Had a dash of #sass & #charm Yet I kept Pretending no pain As his game Carved #scowls in my legacy Trauma trapped in a jar of screams Could’ve poked holes to breathe But Then-Who Would I Be? #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry youtu.be/x7GU9yTcWa0?si…

Go ahead & lunge You know You want To run Your fingertips Again & again Back & forth Up & down This spine All of me Stripped down & bound In leather Beholds A world That knows Your #hum If Only You Were Finished Writing Me Signed, Your Book To Come #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #BlueSkyPoetry #Poem

Dear First Kiss, Not by #happenstance, ours is a great love story! With your smile & #sapphire eyes hypnotizing mine in 1st grade, I leapt out of line, you held my hand, & we kissed! So worth getting in trouble😏… Love you forever, Aspen💋 #BraveWrite #vss365 #TrueStory 👇 youtu.be/w1oM3kQpXRo?si…

“MOMMA-OPEN YOUR HAND! Reach up & swipe my hair out of my eyes- HOLD MY HAND-don’t keep them clinched like that tiny #sparrow we tried to nurse back to life, but the next day its little feet were all curled up like yours are now…WAKE-UP, MOMMA!” #RIPMomma 🕯️ #BraveWrite #vss365

never enough in another’s eyes so I opened mine found courage in a #crimson crayon that uncrumpled my soul’s voice I’d rather thrive in my darkness than die in a folie à deux with you betrayal is a choice powered by lies your gaslights I no longer traverse #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Tanka #Poet

#BraveWrite #vss365 #Violet #Together #Purpose #Tear #Spiritual #Promise #Onyx #Poetry #Starvation V I O L E SITS TOGETHER WITH MALNOURISHED BLUE LIPS Dehydrated from tears Dying in an onyx crusted world Where All Our Spiritual Purposes And Promises STILL STARVE INNOCENT CHILDREN

#BraveWrite #vss365 #wisteria F A L L I N G Like W I S T E R I A Petals A #RareDisease With its rain & thunder Tried to erase Her essence But she chose to smile Glistening Grabbing Glowing Every precious moment Of Life’s Presence & Grace

innocence knows us stored our youth’s love and laughter until we grew up rediscovering the hands of time that held mine when our son was born find your tribe and love them hard this family we define #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #tanka #Poetry #innocence youtu.be/5nKFhsc9Y7E?si…

sleeve not big enough savant of a broken heart bleeds love on pages #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #Poetry #Poet #Poem #Author #savant You Are Enough As Is… I thank & love you all, Aspen🕊️ BBS❤️‍🩹 youtu.be/awzNHuGqoMc?si…

top of oak casket assassinated flowers life’s final skirmish #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #Poetry #Poem #Poet #Author #skirmish BBS🥀 youtu.be/zD7JsZ_euRo?si…

hugging my granny her wrinkles like taffeta flowing captured smiles #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #Poetry #Poem #Poet #taffeta To All Those With Smooth Silky Skin To Those With Crinkled Taffeta Faces Of Angels… Thank You For Loving Me! Love You More, A🕊️ youtu.be/SgXpsZa8_i4?fe…

His poems were #cummerbunds Hiding an underbelly of betrayal Cinching a truth he was Another’s husband~ Her poems mere wildflowers Broken stems by his snatches Still she stood her ground & grew Refusing to give in to whims or cower~ #BraveWrite #vss365 youtu.be/BboMpayJomw?si…

My heart is with all those killed and/or still missing in the Texas floods… My crayon has melted from tears… 😢 Love, Aspen BBS 🙏 #TexasFlooding #TexasFloods #TexasFloodsTragedy #mysticcamp #MissingChildren #BraveWrite #vss365 🕊️ May Their Memories Be A Blessing 🕯️

do you remember the moment we were a whole instead of two halves? #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #Poetry #Poem #Poet #micropoetry #moment #LoveYou youtu.be/CUCLNPOjPZw?si…

I am the past Collector of years History’s fragile mast Sails sewn with tears I am the indifferent No skin in the game Don’t call me ignorant Comfy is a fool’s grave I am the #vagary To those against poets For empathy is bravery Requires one to be ‘woke’ #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Micropoetry

I fear #nostalgia That bittersweet Heartstring tug Those strings Sometimes bear thorns Soft-edged memories Turn sepia-toned swindles All blurry Happy faces Ignoring the screams Hiding the truth I fear nostalgia But I fear remembering more #vss365

Alien mice Abduct my pet— But they Bring her back Their poor ship Could barely hold My hissing Clawing cat Seem sorry They took her— Least the ones Not kitty snacks Pissed I missed The #moment They realized Their grave mistake Bet it was Soon after That their Captain My cat ate…😏 #vss365

do you remember the moment we were a whole instead of two halves? #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #Poetry #Poem #Poet #micropoetry #moment #LoveYou youtu.be/CUCLNPOjPZw?si…

I am the past Collector of years History’s fragile mast Sails sewn with tears I am the indifferent No skin in the game Don’t call me ignorant Comfy is a fool’s grave I am the #vagary To those against poets For empathy is bravery Requires one to be ‘woke’ #BraveWrite #vss365 #Poetry #Micropoetry

lips tango across your tongue’s tip to my starscape’s kiss of enigma #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #senryu #micropoetry #poetry #enigma #starscape youtu.be/y7ZEVA5dy-Y?si…

we need no guru look within yourself and share the love that is you #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #guru A loved one having open heart ♥️ surgery & his family need any prayers, hope, faith, positive vibes, & love…If you have any to spare~thanks! 🙏 I love you; I’ll BBS, Aspen🕊️ youtu.be/bqZE4ZDnAkQ?si…

Summer’s #realm reminds us of our losing two brilliant Souls @DawnHosmer7 & @Poetryin13 (Scott Christopher Beebe) who were & will always be #progenitors of #vss365. Like you, they were some of my closest friends & inspirations. #RIPDawn🕯️ #RIPScott🕯️ We love and miss you…

our relationship we are two parallel lines unable to cross #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #Poetry #Poem #Poet #parallel #PoetsOfBlueSky #SkyPoets youtu.be/g1obG62KSzQ?si…

#Juneteenth reminds us~ the fight for freedom & equality is an ongoing process… Here, we honor the enduring spirit of all who identify as Black. We are grateful to learn more about what this day means to you... Love your #NativeAmerican friend, Aspen🕊️ #BraveWrite #vss365

turning back our page the susurrus of your kiss makes love to my mind #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #Poetry #Poem #Poet #susurrus #PoetsOfBlueSky #SkyPoets youtu.be/EP_5veYs1vE?si…

primordial self no matter how imperfectly still fights the good fight #BraveWrite #vss365 #haiku #poet #Poetry #MondayMotivation #MeToo #primordial #self #NativeAmerican You are enough~as is! ❤️ Love you, Aspen🕊️ 👇 youtu.be/_SxThbYzM2I?si…