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she asks again what is needed what hamstrings me what kills my climb what siphons sleep what eats my time what smothers wit what steals my stride what worsens grief what breaks my mind I shrug and hesitate to say this leech on me cannot be #shed because the demon in my head is me #vss365 #poetry

another bump #small, probably nothing nothing, like a breeze benignly gracing the days, or Nothing, like such gusts that grow to hurricane force, or NOTHING, like all the times doctors said, “the Pain is in your head,” or NOTHING, like diagnoses that take decades, or probably nothing #vss365

these brittle brain cells these dry-firing action potentials these microscopic thought seeds die when trauma meets raw meat when toxins find blood streams when age eats functionality you lie to lure me in lie to feign innocence lie to mask Mr. Hyde yet I can't #stop loving you #vss365 #poetry

fifteen-minute kibble countdown warrants tender talons tugging #cats #poetry #iguess #😺

it didn't fit they tried a smaller size but each white piece with its mitten-ended sleeves billowed around her little broken bird able to escape again a danger to herself and others smiling as she glides as she chimes her heartwood song drowning out the lie that she's not dreaming #vss365 #strait 🧥

you are embedded an inch-deep #splinter in my foot each attempted step onward or back brings osculating aches from stabbing stakes I stay afraid, sedated anchored in a frigid thicket I fail to fight for freedom from you for fear I'll forget how much I once felt #vss365 #poetry

early alarm clock twenty-six meows per minute mounting me with purrs #cats #SleepDeprivation #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

this unsettled dust stings and burns and blinds our hope my home demolished #haiku #poetry #micropoetry working title: New Country For Old [WASP] Men

slipping skins again racing to safety in waves as landwalkers drown #selkie #vss365 #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

fifteen years my friend gentle rumbling purrs, soft fur, the very best bleps #haiku #poetry #micropoetry #cats

empty each morning a glass, all cracks, pre-shattered unfit for holding #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

seeking secret paths a cat with none of her nine my oblivion #haiku #poetry #ideation

praying to Freija invoking full moon magic ritual healing #DailyHaikuPrompt (full moon) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

she's anchored in pain submersed, shaking, hypoxic... yet fighting to live #HaikuFeels (shake) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

jagged golden seams bind tight my many breakings kintsugi prayer #HaikuFeels (glue) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry Photo: My only kintsugi possession — this neglected necklace.

feuds fade each morning. new scars mend my brokenness, hardening my heart. #HaikuFeels (return [to homeostasis]) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

fat, fractal snowflakes plummeting in friendly flocks embracing dead Earth #HaikuFeels (return) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

bathing in shadow this quick venom of darkness saves me from the light #HaikuFeels (bathe) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

deceit destroys us, brings darkness which devours in toxic twilight #DailyHaikuPrompt (twilight) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

your lies ruined Love relationships wither now in poisoned soils #DailyHaikuPrompt (soil) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

poems are ghosts of regret and desire #poetry #poet #poem #writing #writers

arguing again alternate realities cleave my seedling heart #HaikuFeels (cleave) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

your words mimic his, crashing asthmatic anguish through a fractured girl #HaikuFeels (say) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

degenerating nerves and neurons, memories can't escape this fog #DailyHaikuPrompt (fog) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry #autoimmune

frigidness inside frozen by life without you too numb for new love * new flames radiate playful in my melt puddle loving all my ice * #HaikuFeels (attach) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

I could not fathom life without you I can frame death in prophetic prose and poetic fancy But there are no words profound enough to bring to measure the depths of love and loss … and certainly not an answer to Why? #vss365 #writingformylife 📸 Anthony Foutch

we talk everyday fifteen years, my longest friend her purrs comfort me #DailyHaikuPrompt (friend) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

(CW:SI) throat tight, try to lie it's fine i'm fine faking fine (the knife finds my thigh) #HaikuFeels (tear) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

@flashes.blue Flashes For Bluesky sounds amazing, and thank you for the excellent FAQ you've put together (github.com/birdsongapps...). Could you please also share about security for this third-party app, specifically regarding the processing/storage of Bluesky credentials?

gratitude and grief old wounds war with new knowings love hurts like loss now #HaikuFeels (arrive) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

his hands helping mine as years and tears burn my eyes, drafting eulogies. #DailyHakuPrompt (spiral) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

digging in thickets finding my inner child bound by barbed wire #HaikuFeels (locate) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

Endure this, our end. Let it be our grand Big Bounce. Collapse precedes growth. #HaikuFeels (bounce) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

rejected again another social failure hermits don't need friends #DailyHaikuPrompt (friend) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

tears salting our earth stop watering dead flowers build your thriving life #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

broken but resewn thrifted thrice then discarded my heart your garbage #DailyHaikuPrompt (thread) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

old sable lady cat abandoned in strange forests by empty-eyed men #DailyHaikuPrompt (sable) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry (dedicated to our family housecat, Sable, left in the woods when I was 12, because my father & brothers no longer wanted her...)

autumn afternoon sunflower sounds welcome me half a world from you #DailyHaikuPrompt (sunflower) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

wavering between betrayal's aching rage and wishing I had stayed #DailyHaikuPrompt (rage) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry (note: I don't.)

despite all our rage we are still letting fascists take stage... yet again. #DailyHaikuPrompt (rage, 🎃) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

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an alloy of joy a mirage which melts again and my soul's light wanes #DailyHaikuPrompt (parched) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry 01/23 Ocean Parched 01/24 Glimmer Lotus 01/25 Rage Glade

salty scents and spray playful undulating waves cast plastic in our wake #DailyHaikuPrompt (ocean) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry 01/23 Ocean Parched 01/24 Glimmer Lotus 01/25 Rage Glade

his future for us The House lawn laden with red soaked by our sorrows #DailyHaikuPrompt (lawn) #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

ten tiny fires little lives licked by life breath our darling arson #DailyHaikuPrompt [candle(s)] #haiku #poetry #senryu #writing #micropoetry

burn your broken world eat her ashes pass the salt savor what you've sewn #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (smolder) #writing #senryu

no Christmas krautnip no sizzling sausage song divorce for dinner #haiku #poetry #prompt "food" (seasonal) #writing #senryu

pages anchor thought her whispers reach through spacetime another life, lost #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (time) #writing #senryu

hiding from your light knowing I will never love another winter #haiku #poetry #DailyHaikuPrompt (hibernate) #writing #senryu