Showing prompts for April 28th, 2021 until May 17th, 2021.
Go ahead —
#vsspoem prompt for May 17th, 2021: Laugh
Act the part,
Flash that smile.
When I close my eyes
Or look away,
All that remains
Is the hollow,
Flat approximation
Of a laugh.
Words with a pulse —
#vsspoem prompt for May 16th, 2021: Connection
Emotion distilled to
An open connection.
Regardless your beliefs,
#vsspoem prompt for May 15th, 2021: Justify
Tradition does not justify
Bringing harm
To anything
Or anyone.
Do not despair,
#vsspoem prompt for May 14th, 2021: Despair
Keep going —
Getting lost
First requires
Giving up.
Engage the undiscovered trail,
#vsspoem prompt for May 13th, 2021: Thrill
Reacquaint with long-lost thrills —
Awaken, adventurer.
A quick hello,
#vsspoem prompt for May 12th, 2021: Remind
A little encouragement,
Just to let you know
That I think of you, my friend —
A reminder
That you are not alone.
You've got this.
Tales of hardship —
#vsspoem prompt for May 11th, 2021: Hardship
Bumpy roads
And broken wheels —
Remind me
How far I've come.
Shake the right tree
#vsspoem prompt for May 10th, 2021: Shake
And you'll eat,
Just beware —
Shaking the wrong one
Might get you chased
By angry monkeys
Layers of composure —
#vsspoem prompt for May 8th, 2021: Turmoil
Decorative and paper-thin,
Separate my inner turmoil
From the face bearing a grin.
Wry impossibility,
#vsspoem prompt for May 7th, 2021: Contingency
Stalled contingency,
My ultimate regret.
Painful afterimages
Burned into my
Mental retina —
You're with me still.
Comfort me
#vsspoem prompt for May 6th, 2021: Subside
Until my tears run dry,
Love me
Until the pain subsides —
Never let me go.
Cast into uncertainty —
#vsspoem prompt for May 5th, 2021: Fiddle
Fiddle until it feels right.
Positive spins
#vsspoem prompt for May 4th, 2021: Positive
On negative thoughts —
Only you can
Make your day.
Exploring unused muscles,
#vsspoem prompt for May 3rd, 2021: Variation
Moving in directions
Unfamiliar —
Mazes, countless variations
On down.
Beauty, skin deep
#vsspoem prompt for May 2nd, 2021: Defense
Cuts to my core —
Softness numbing
My defenses.
There's a beat to each word,
#vsspoem prompt for May 1st, 2021: Footprint
Rhythms to every message.
Pay attention,
You just might hear it.
Call it what you will —
A piece of heart,
A slice of soul,
An emotional footprint —
It is you.
There's still night to wander —
#vsspoem prompt for April 30th, 2021: Twilight
Get off that lazy ass,
We're wasting twilight.
Even lost in
#vsspoem prompt for April 29th, 2021: Time
Welcoming darkness,
Take your time
To appreciate the last light.
No two stops in the same place,
#vsspoem prompt for April 28th, 2021: Abandon
All I leave behind, I bury.
Whatever I can't carry, it is gone.
Still, abandoning my past
I seek comfort in my demons —
Running forward, looking back.