Showing prompts for October 12th, 2021 until November 1st, 2021.
We may not seem much,
#vsspoem prompt for November 1st, 2021: Fertile
Not yet,
But we are they
From whose dreams will
Spring forth the seeds
To fertilize the Galaxy.
Blinding, bleak anticipation,
#vsspoem prompt for October 31st, 2021: Anticipation
All beyond the grass is gray —
Where predatory circumstance
Patiently seeks its chance
To steal our moment back again.
Her face, like the moon’s
#vsspoem prompt for October 29th, 2021: Reflect
Reflected another’s light,
Her eyes, like the stars,
Stood distant.
You may watch
#vsspoem prompt for October 28th, 2021: Watch
The same stars as me
And still see
A different light.
Compassion is believing,
#vsspoem prompt for October 27th, 2021: Compass
Embracing, not receiving —
Your compass to humanity
Is giving without reserve,
Without expecting a return.
Most talk ain't conversation,
#vsspoem prompt for October 26th, 2021: Luggage
Like most luggage ain't supplies.
Yesterday failed,
#vsspoem prompt for October 25th, 2021: Yesterday
So we fear tomorrow
And we hate today —
Nowhere to go,
No place to stay.
Through the fissures bleeds the sound,
#vsspoem prompt for October 24th, 2021: Melancholy
A siren song of misery
In words a broken heart can't speak,
Drowning souls in melancholy.
Captured where the warmth has fled,
#vsspoem prompt for October 23rd, 2021: Capture
Shivering, afraid to break
The final strands of perseverance
Tying rationality
To bittersweet nostalgia.
Silent tendrils of temptation
#vsspoem prompt for October 22nd, 2021: Tendril
Seeking naught but warm embrace,
Selfless, faceless, unintended
Frozen in our desolation.
Muted light, cast as shadow,
#vsspoem prompt for October 21st, 2021: Silhouette
Silhouettes of life, forgotten —
Broken promises of self,
Manifest in longing.
Defying conventions,
#vsspoem prompt for October 19th, 2021: Convention
Logic, and patterns —
It need not make sense
To bring happiness.
Given enough context
#vsspoem prompt for October 18th, 2021: Given
Little choice
Is still a choice.
Fair and square
#vsspoem prompt for October 17th, 2021: Square
Placing the self above all others,
Stale victories won
By the size of a wallet —
Worthless,
For they hold no meaning.
Stories told of those who passed
#vsspoem prompt for October 16th, 2021: Innocence
Cannot reflect what isn't known.
Who we become after we die
Is what we showed the world —
Even if it's naught but lies,
Like hope and innocence.
Spill tears for the living,
#vsspoem prompt for October 15th, 2021: System
Spill blood for the dead,
Spill life for the system —
Waste time killing yourselves.
The music changed —
#vsspoem prompt for October 14th, 2021: Music
He heard the scene's end coming,
But did not want to
Turn the page
Just yet.
Don't give in,
#vsspoem prompt for October 13th, 2021: Prisoner
You won't get out —
Despair takes no prisoners.