Showing prompts for December 31st, 2020 until January 19th, 2021.
Destiny, self-promises —
#vsspoem prompt for January 19th, 2021: Promise
Wait for them
To come to you
And die to see them
Unfulfilled.
Anything worth having
#vsspoem prompt for January 18th, 2021: Bitter
Should also be
Worth losing —
You cannot have
The sweet
Without the bitter.
Job, not duty —
#vsspoem prompt for January 16th, 2021: Modern
Modern-day survival.
Nine-to-five hunting/gathering,
Zombie days
With zero fucks to give.
Heritage worn proud
#vsspoem prompt for January 15th, 2021: Heritage
Like an armor —
Something nothing,
No one
Can ever change.
Do not fool yourself.
#vsspoem prompt for January 14th, 2020: Praise
Despite the praise,
You are nothing special —
A mere setting sun
Dressed in pretty colors
Until nightfall.
Solutions made of
#vsspoem prompt for January 12th, 2021: Cyclic
Empty changes —
Cyclic issues,
Trading places
In a never-ending dance.
Round and round we go.
Walk the thin line
#vsspoem prompt for January 11th, 2021: Bravado
Between bravadoes and dont's —
Take life as it comes.
Fallen victim to a truth
#vsspoem prompt for January 10th, 2021: Deserve
So poetic, it hurts —
No more than I desired,
So much less than I deserved.
Top of mind
#vsspoem prompt for January 9th, 2021: Wits
At wits end —
Where the forest
Meets the plains.
Racist.
#vsspoem prompt for January 8th, 2021: Void
Sexist.
Dentist.
Humanist.
What is this void
You are so desperate
To fill?
Forced to
#vsspoem prompt for Janary 6th, 2021: Heal
Start healing
Before I was
Done hurting.
Forced to
#vsspoem prompt for January 5th, 2021: Teach
Start teaching
Before I was
Done learning.
Expectation be damned,
#vsspoem prompt for January 4th, 2021: Deadline
Death to all deadlines —
From now on it's at my pace
Or not at all.
It is said
#vsspoem prompt for January 3rd, 2021: Latter
You either love or hate me.
Yet, I cannot seem to
Find but those who feel
The latter.
I survived twenty-twenty
#vsspoem prompt for January 1st, 2021: Quarantine
And all I got
Was quarantined.
For all we know
#vsspoem prompt for January 2nd, 2021: Temporary
Even eternity
Might be temporary.
Admire the beauty,
#vsspoem prompt for December 31st, 2020: Horizon
As you walk the ever
Treacherous paths
Towards ever strange horizons —
Life is the journey.