#bravewrite #revealing
#vss365 #draw
#vsspoem #captive

What I draw
Comes out
Revealing
My eyes
Captive to the page
A figure
Gorgeous eyes
Unseeing
Looking the other way

"#Release me!" Gin fought against the Qatu that held her. His hand closed her mouth - she bit his finger.

"#Blast!" He dropped her & she smacked his leg.

"You're it!" Sath watched her fade to invisible, regretting teaching Gin tag. Druids cheat.

#satsplat #vss365 #bravewrite

RT antsared: Never get too
High, sloth, a
Leaf a spiral down,
Little time accent,
Heart of ones intent!

#vss365 #bravewrite #writemap #SLOTH #nature #time #mindfulness #poem #poetry #POEMS #poetrytwitter #heart #peaceful #leaf

There is a #place
Where we boldly go
Toward prosperous long lives
Then take a turn
Into the #black
Overlooking the expanse
Beyond a galaxy far away
That awaits discovery.
Will we find banality
Or babylon
Before we dial home, devices worn and tired?
#vss365 #bravewrite #satsplat

(Y'all, I'm a geek, not a poet.) 😉

"Mind you, I did not #mistake who I held in my grasp, a muscle twitch away from snapping a neck," Sath snarled.

Gin paled. Lairky had been so careful in crafting her illusion - her #identity was hidden under the spell. "You mean..."

"I thought it was you."
#vss365 #bravewrite

After one last #spike on the telemetry, we were in the clear. The right course was logged in, and the ship - and crew - vibrated with renewed purpose.

From the observation deck, I looked ahead - too late to #change direction. Earth was behind us.

Onward.

#BraveWrite #vss365

[Satsplat prompt this week is to write a piece that builds tension.]

She hardly knew the #difference between awake and asleep. His voice was always in her mind. She worked so hard to be rid of him & now -

"What have you done? You will #rue this day, Ginny. This is too far."

His voice was in the room, not her mind...

#vss365 #BraveWrite #Satsplat

Gin looked around the campfire and then grinned up at the stars, happy in the #knowledge that her people were safe, her world had found balance, and here - with her chosen family - she was #enough.

At least for tonight, anyway.

#vss365 #BraveWrite

Gin looked around the campfire and then grinned up at the stars, happy in the #knowledge that her people were safe, her world had found balance, and here - with her chosen family - she was #enough.

At least for tonight, anyway.

#vss365 #BraveWrite

Nelson At the Holiday Party

When Nelson heard her name mentioned at the party, he came over trepid and queasy: they had "history", though not of that sort. He wanted to slip out before her grand entrance.

Too late; in that moment she wafted over the parquet wearing a gossamer gown calculated to draw all eyes. Melissa. As if by instinct, her cold stare homed on Nelson. And then a comedy of errors ensued: her chiffon snagged on a holly wreath, and in extricating herself, she stepped a stiletto heel on a power cord, de-twinkling the tree lights as she butt-flopped onto a pile of presents.

Her spell was broken. Amid the aghast looks and irrepressible titters, Nelson strode over and offered both hands to help her back to her feet. The party awkwardly resumed; she muttered a begrudging thank you, Nelson bowed slightly in acknowledgement, and as she turned to survey the wreckage, he sought his hosts to proffer an excuse for his early departure. When granted such a boon, he reasoned, best not to test the Fates.

2022.12.16

Prompts used:
#MastoPrompt: name
#FlexVSS: party
#LimerickRhyme: trepid*
#CrowsTales: queasy
#StoryIn12: moment*
#BraveWrite: gossamer
#VSSNature: holly
#VSSHumour: twinkle_lights
#VSSPoem: presents*
#oxj: out & cold
* = not used per the prompt guidelines

Deeply we love
deeply we hate

but
when Thanksgiving
comes
we hold out our plates

and ask for more.

#vss365
#vsspoem
#BraveWrite
#poetry
#poet
#poem

#BraveWrite

It truly did exist once, that time when the people knew and respected the #bountiful land.
But all that changed.
They came.
The greedy, the hateful, the murderous savages with no thought beyond the miniature moment of their lives.
Some hold true to their beliefs.
May we all learn from them.

#OGResquire

Today's #poem using prompt words

#vss365 #grain
#BraveWrite #children
#vsspoem #current

To have a grain
of children's energy
To run a current
of their power

Age does not slow
one's curiosity
but one's quickness
to move by the hour

@BraveWrite This is a fantastic discovery for me... so pleased to see #BraveWrite making the transition.

#BraveWrite

Be it a slingshot, or a #catapult, it will serve its purpose when its tiny projectile finds its mark and strikes down the foul beast.
So many bullies, so few who wield those fearsome weapons.
Strike now, for equality and freedom!
Strike for those who cannot.

#bravewrite #vss

#vss365 #atomize
#BraveWrite #flimflam
#vsspoem #internal

Break it down logically
Atomize internal conflict
Throw out the flimflam
Dissect the main root
Wipe away the tears
Change behaviors
Solve the problem
Remove emotions
Explode onto scene
A New You

#BraveWrite one end glowed orange. the other end of the log was blacker for being wet.

part forever, as element carbon, clothed Bonfire Night. part flew as ash quietly in the night following howling rocket
part stayed on the cauterised ground a testament to fight

for freedom