in a multiverse of possibilities every version of me drifts towards you drawn by the same quiet gravity across infinite lives i find the world that lets me #cradle you in gentle embrace your heartbeat warm against mine as if love itself chose us in every timeline #vss365

no pity, no reprieve no soothing words only the slow, grinding teeth of a judgment that never sleeps worthless, pathetic, failure it endlessly jeers self‑loathing stalks me a feral thing ripping at my marrow it gnaws the very bones of me and will do #evermore #vss365

#falling embers dim losing light the way we did cold where love once burned #vss365 #haiku

soon young bodies will fall through iron-cold death-black night slanted music* their only requiem like spent sparks torn from life shattered they fall into silence and memory another #victory for boys who themselves will die tomorrow and on and on it goes #vss365 * see comment

wolf in sheep's clothing lambs #gamble in spring sunshine loser gets the pot #vss365 #haiku #homophone

the chimes at #midnight have long since faded away leaving grave silence #vss365 #mortality

#primitive longing primordial fires soften primaeval love blooms #vss365 #haiku

#wondrous to behold more beautiful than sunset always beyond reach #vss365 #haiku

nebula debris hot supernova #remnant spawning nascent stars #vss365 #haiku This remnant, W49B, is about a thousand years old, as seen from Earth, and is at a distance about 26,000 light years away.

my words fall unheard swallowed by the silent #rift i'll ever strive to bridge you’re someone very special that memory won’t release #vss365 #tanka

A wicked cat called Macavity Had sampled every depravity Climbing a tree for a tryst He grabbed a branch but missed His fate was sealed by #gravity #vss365

when our little fingers meet your touch sends a #signal surging through my veins as soft as a promise at twilight a pulse of heat only we can feel our private language written on skin a quiet ember waiting to blaze #vss365

across the emotional #crevasse I press through silence, sadness and distress i’ll bridge this rift, whate'er the cost you’re worth each step to mend what's lost #vss365

#judgement hits hardest when it comes from inside yet in my mirrored image i meet my own eyes and in that bare honesty feel myself owning the past turning into someone quieter, steadier, healed into a better man worthy of my place in life and in yours #vss365

i #immerse myself in poetry so sadness won’t flood my mind i miss your joy, your warmth your precious friendship i miss the person, not the image today i have no poetry only the quiet, sad space your absence has left this is rubbish but I hurt and have nothing else #vss365

a gallows reprieve at the end of my #tether - no noose is good noose #vss365 #senryu

lithe, languid, luscious luxurious lips #linger late‑night longing #vss365 #senryu

Daggers rise and plunge Brutus’s brutal #betrayal Republic bleeds out #vss365 #senryu

stars have no #intent burning bright through endless dark yet none shine like you #vss365 #haiku

There once was a hound called Errol Who was mean and decidedly #feral His mood you might assuage By offering him a sausage But do so at your peril, #vss365 #limerick

#luminous moonlight bathes your body in pale fire fingers trace your curves #vss365 #haiku

#barren as dry earth a heart cracked by vanished joy softens at her name #vss365 #haiku

seared & scorched in a desert of contrition a burning wilderness of his own making his throat parched for #forgiveness yet glimmers of mercy are but cruel mirages that shatter in the heat leaving only the arid ache of the water of redemption that he’ll never get to drink #vss365

#unalloyed android rust blooms in silent circuits curious birds mourn #vss365 #haiku

Forgive the new plug but I'm very excited to see - in print! - my 5 haiku in this lovely anthology "Haiku for Soulmates". Congrats to the other talented writers. Thx to Gabriela, @g-marie-milton.bsky.social, Hikari and everyone and Literary revelations #haikuforsoulmates

patient early bird struggles with worm in wet grass shows dew #diligence #vss365 #haiku

the hush of crimson #evenfall and the day’s last gentle exhale whispers through the dusk-lit copse enfolding birds in drifting calm the land settles down to rest and as the day loosens its hold something in me finally stills #vss365

#haiku #haikuforsoulmates Haiku for Soulmates is now a #1 bestseller in the UK in the Haiku category, and #3 in the Poetry Anthology category! Congratulations to Gabriela, Hikari and all at Literary Revelations @g-marie-milton.bsky.social

#fleeting petals fall cherry trees release their dreams sakura float free #vss365 #haiku

through thinning cloud i see high upon the knife-edge ridge a frost-pale silhouette bent double its shoulders rimed like ancient bone Mallory’s ghost climbs through the howl into to the #haunted dead zone shrouded in white airless silence fading into dark Himalayan night #vss365

when all is mad chaotic & loud i turn towards my #misfit crowd the ones who live just off the map who make bad jokes but don't give a crap write lovely verse & gorgeous art who don't fit in who stand apart yet when I think of those in power i wonder who the #misfits are #vss365

#dewdrop universe a lens for ancient starlight echoes of first dawn #vss365 #haiku

olive branch broken #dove lies bleeding in my hand* peace a distant dream #vss365 #haiku (*apologies to Elton)

gossamer spirit more beautiful than #moonbeams diaphanous dreams #vss365 #haiku

her curves are scripture a quiet gospel written in desire each line a whispered vow a hymn that calls to him skin like palimpsest inked in warmth aglow with longing #FoxProse @FoxProse

together we sewed a quilt of friendship stitched with mutual affection each panel pieced from joy & laughter each square a happy memory but my unraveling mind tugged seams until threads gave way, warmth lost my #dear, i’m learning to mend can we sew a newer, better quilt? #vss365

forlorn forsaken #phantom drifting at the periphery a poor wretched wraith unseen and unheard yearning for what it lost a dissolving memory a fading echo a thinning shadow ever reaching for that which has forgotten it #vss365

envelopes of #affection pile up in my mind's mailbox each one unopened returned to sender yet I keep writing them because the warmth and kindness they hold addressed to you refuses to leave and I don’t want it to #vss365

Jovian tempest #fury boils in soundless dark old gods awaken #vss365 #senryu

your #name drifts softly through the year a warmly held echo of a friendship dear though time may blur what once was clear fond memory holds its lantern near a guiding light to return you here #vss365

drumbeats wake #lion dust stirs ancient temple stones evil spirits flee #vss365 #haiku 📸 South China Morning Post

#dichotomous thoughts compulsion’s fingers unclench kind self breathes again #vss365 #senryu #ocd

#lightning hems the night a single silver suture stitching sequined stars #vss365 #haiku

it was always my ambition to be a master #tactician but lacking military intuition my plans all ended with fission #vss365

pitiless moonlight the black tide of #lunar sea pulling me under #vss365 #senryu

Their acrimonious tandem holiday culminated when Cynthia walloped Reginald with the cycle pump. Dazed and confused, Reg was convinced he saw a #psychopomp , clad in garish spandex cycling shorts, pedal by with a look of disappointment on its skeletal face. Nobody spoke. #vss365

There once were some Babylonian #cats Who sunned themselves on hot ziggurats Said one to the rest Isn't this just the best I'm glad we've got sunscreen and hats! #vss365

#fishing for hope in the dark pools where my monsters stir yet the line comes back empty #vss365

axes ring on shields blue frost steaming on hot skin #wolves - no longer men Ulfheðnar howl with blood rage Odin's berserkers rampage #vss365 #tanka 📸 Facebook: Ancient History Explorers group

luminescent #jade aurora frozen in stone borealis dreams #vss365 #haiku