#vss365 #WritingCommunity I don't understand why people are afraid of the #dark At night the trees hold the sky at just the right height for you to breathe

The #dark kept receipts. Every step Jonah took, it whispered the total. He tried walking backward to get a refund. The forest rang like a broken till. At dawn, he found pockets full of leaves and a note: Paid in full. Don’t come back #vss365

#vss365 #WritingCommunity Sleepless in the #dark of the wee small hours, I recall your #touch on my skin - tender as velvet yet hot enough to boil my #blood and melt my #bones. You've been gone many years but while I remember you still live.

I have felt sick to my stomach all day about this horrific news, and it has yet to be covered by MSM, or even acknowledged by the WH. 🔊 JUSTICE FOR TREY REED. ⏰ NOW. ‼️‼️‼️

#vss365 I wish I could walk like I used to But the #ache in my joints is too tough, And I can't exercise As the pundits advise So I do what I can. Which ain't much!

#vss365 In these troubled times It's hard not to rejoice That I'm too old for anyone To heed my small voice When I say how I hate All the self-serving ones - Until I remember My #blood and my #bones Live on in my four And their children - five more.

This is overt racism. Full stop. There’s no ‘misinterpretation’ and no excuse. This is who he is, who he’s always been, and why he should never be anywhere near power again. And there’s a reason the tapes from The Apprentice have never been released.

#vss365 The King needs to disown his brother, Though it's never been done before - A clean #wound will heal much better Than a stinking, festering sore.

#vss365 #WritingCommunity The #ghost of the man I left forty years ago invades my dreams - nothing special he's just there as if he still belongs - and I wonder if he runs in my blood with the traces of the children I bore him.

#vss365 It is #soul destroying Watching the daily scenes from America The crying of children torn from parents The #pain on victims' faces The lack of action to stop it - And all this across an ocean.

Perhaps we'll dance again In #shadows cast By an unspent Sun Donning hemlock wreaths We'll sing nightshade songs And crush Death Cap mushrooms Beneath our feet Screaming with the laughter Of the newly insane: We're all fun-guys #vss365

This poem we cannot write empty rooms with teddy bears lonely for their owners empty schools but for the footfalls of violence innocent babies stolen from the arms of loving parents this is the song we must sing the poem we must write until all children are finally safe in their beds #MPPrompt

Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."

#vss365 We moved home when I was two, from Oz to England, summer sun to winter snow leaving g/parents. No coupons for furniture & a back-street school, canvas cot sleep after lunch. 2 more moves before age 12 - no wonder I recall my life only in #shadows.

#vss365 I sit down with a coffee To #soothe my shattered nerves, My neighbour begins drilling - I'll be happy when he moves!

Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence to induce fear, intending to coerce governments or societies to achieve political, religious, or ideological goals. It often targets civilians and critical infrastructure to disrupt safety and advance specific agendas.

#vss365 Today's prompt takes me back to the silence of lockdown. It was only when the traffic returned to the motorway that I realised how accustomed I'd become to that constant background #thrum.

A warning…

The StraightDope Look at how they want to create The most magnificent United State When in reality they obfuscate Try to get us to take the bait But pay attention, slow down, wait Know how to make America great Let me tell it to you straight It is not done through elevating hate #vss365 #obfuscate

#vss365 Is it too much to ask for a news outlet that tells the truth and doesn't #obfuscate?

#vss365 I thought I had my #quiver full Of children - stopped at three But number four crept past the pill An extra gift for me.

#vss365 Are we on the #cusp of a possible world war, or are the dreadful scenes in America orchestrated in the hope that our interest in the obscenities still being inflicted on Ukraine will #wane?

#vss365 Disguised as a benefactor, he grabbed the top job. Before the ink was dry on his pussy signature, he #slipped off his outer skin to reveal it was all a #ruse. Send for the vermin squad to flush him out of his hole, cage him and his offspring, then fumigate his den.

#vss365 Like Arachne he crouches in his sticky web weaving a net on a #loom of greed and casts it wide for more. But Athena's #loom is a continent and she will prevail.

#vss365 They denied him a peace prize - Oh dear! From his trail of destruction He won't #veer, And unless they do something Severe We could all be at war This year.

#vss365 Last night my granddaughter had six friends for a pamper party and sleepover. They went to bed at ten, exhausted after making avocado and banana facemasks. By 10.15 the #murmur of voices had given way to gentle snores.

Trump was never so close to completely unravelling as when the Epstein heat was turned up. THrough his recent rush of chaos, he has turned the world's attention away. Let's refocus and turn the Epstein heat to full boil! #epstein #epsteinfiles #pedophiles

We push the current envelope cause it needs to be stretched Sometimes it rips Shit happens And when it tears we do not retreat into the dark sanctuary of complacent yesterdays We tape the damage up as best we can and keep pushing Always and forever agitating #poetry #inkmine #poem #amwriting

#vss365 O for a balmy summer's day, a seat in #dappled shade, a cup of tea, a book of verse, and peace to sunset's fade.

#vss365 The rain's been pouring down all week, Soaking coats and shoes - Bring on the #searing summer heat, To dispel these winter blues.

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#vss365 My ##heartfelt plea to all Americans- Do Something Now about the appalling state of your country. I have a German friend who feels guilty about what her country did before she was even born! How will your children feel in rhe future if you do nothing now?

#vss365 My #heartfelt plea to all Americans- Do Something Now about the appalling state of the US. I have a German friend who feels guilty about what Germany allowed to happen before she was born. How will your children feel in the future if you do nothing now?

#vss365 The world scares me so much right now that I have retreated into my shell, shut the news off, and done crochet. Here are some very #wonky slippers that keep out the January cold wonderfully.

#stoop #vss365

#vss365 We must condemn his actions Each time he breaks the rules, But never #stoop to his level - Unlike the mindless fools Who revel in the evil world That they have voted for, Enriching those who have enough While stamping on the poor.

#vss365 I'm about to make marmalade. I wish there was an easier way to shred the peel, but I know if I do it #slapdash fashion now, I'll regret it every breakfast time for a year!

#vss365 He smiles at me seductively and said, 'Fancy some nookie?' but I'd been warned by girlfriends his tastes were way out #kookie. 'No thanks,' I said, 'I'd rather be in bed with tea and cookies.'

#vss365 After a tough morning having a hip injection, I welcomed my postal #delivery as light relief. Huh! Seven bits of #junkmail and one envelope addressed to 'the home owner' from my water supplier, offering me insurance! They can all eff off. I am not in the mood!!

#vss365 Eleven years ago my granddaughter arrived in this world, #unadorned as we all must, weighing only 4lb, and stole all our hearts. Happy birthday, my love 💓

When winter’s hand stills all the woodland’s rush, The dunnock’s note crafts a symphony, Each throated praise through silver- frosted hush Makes earthly pain ‘come heaven’s harmony. #vss365

#vss365 Another sleepless night, my peace #spooked by thoughts of world events. It's like being in the front row of a concert hall, lulled by the beauty of a #symphony, only to have the calm suddenly shattered by the clash of cymbals.

#vss365 Some people think I'm strange, I'm sure, But that's okay with me, I'd rather be an #oddball than A weak personality - My kids are all unique as well, So we're a close-knit family.

#vss365 #oddball

#vss365 An #oddball old man weeps his way through most TV commercials, comes undone by even the smallest acts of kindness, sees beauty throughout the day - and that beauty brings him to tears. “I have a rainstorm for a heart,” he shrugs. In his damp wake, strangers feel lighter, salted clean.

I spent 23 years as a soldier Another 20 years in security related positions When the orange sex pest instigated the attack on the Capitol, continuing his attack on law and order, my daughter asked me: Do you think we're heading towards all out war? Nooooo, said I Today, I'm unsure. The OSP must go!

wait I just heard a commentator say basically "well, how would Americans like it if some other country kidnapped trump and his wife and sent them off for trial?" I would guess that most Americans would be grateful.