You should have been shelter
Salvation
Solitude
A place to turn to
When all other roads closed
A #cradle rocking
A lullaby in the dark
Lighting the way home
You should have been many things
But our paths were decided
Before we were born
Now you’ve got your way
And I have mine
#VSS365 #prompt
Forgive me, for I have tried
I’ve wading the oceans
And battered the waves
I’ve trod the deserts
And burnt in the sun
I’ve smiled and bowed
Curtsied and grovelled
Forgive me, for I am tired
Of fighting
Of being burnt
I’m tired of being a puppet
For no reason
I ask for #forgiveness
For trying
#VSS365
#Luminous is your smile on a good day. Like a ship, finding its way home. The sun sparkles and birds sing as joy finds safe harbour. Though it’s fleeting, it’s greedily welcome with arms wide open. And when it leaves, as it always does, life yearns for your luminosity to rise again
#VSS365 #prompt
I left you
But you left me before
Yet, in my dreams
I love you #evermore
#VSS365
The #gravity grabs hold
Free-falling
With nothing to stop the descent
Surrounded by absence
Fingers reaching for mist
There is no end
No net
Cartwheeling through the air
Down
Down
Down
No bottom
But know, it’s coming
#VSS365 #prompt
Your inspiration never left
Your energy and strength
#linger still. Even now.
Despite your exterior
Your heart was pure gold
You carried a room
You commanded attention
A goddess living in plain clothes
With a northern accent
The world is one wonder barer
Now you’ve returned
To become a star
#VSS365
Blowing thick dust off the tome, his fingers ached with memories. It was #forbidden to touch the secrets inside. The dark corners of the room called him to the shadows. Folding his hulking frame into a ball around the text, he swallowed its pages into his skin.
‘Martha,’ he whispered.
#VSS365 #Story
Resonate with me
Make me care
Take me to the height of excitement
Guide me to the depths of despair
Lead me into your world
Then leave me at the door
Looking in, begging for more
Keep me #falling for your words
Like liquid gold
Write my pain
My pleasure
My passion
My joy
#VSS365 #writing #prompt
Sharp shards stick out
And pierce the soft skin.
Jagged edges raze tender hearts
Slicing them to slush.
The wounded lay weeping,
Weary on the worn out ground
Threadbare by barbs
Exposing the fibres,
The stuffing seeps through cracks.
Despite #wondrous beginnings,
Everything falls down broken
#VSS365
I follow your light
Sightless
Through #barren lands
And wasted spaces
I follow your voice
Soundless
Through battles
And screams
I follow your lead
Aimless
Through sadness
And sorrow
I follow you, hopeful
That from a wasteland
A shoot will grow
I follow you,
For a life
I may never know
#VSS365 #poem
