Showing prompts for December 11th, 2023 until December 30th, 2023.
I'm doing quite well,
#vsspoem prompt for December 30th, 2023: Block
Thank you very much.
Positivity at rock bottom —
I've got a piss bucket
Full of sunshine,
And two cotton wads
To block the smell.
Resolute
#vsspoem prompt for December 29th, 2023: Resolute
To save a world
Beyond healing,
Wearing masks to keep
The sickness in.
Give and take
#vsspoem prompt for December 28th, 2023: Humane
The humane way —
Listen to reason,
Then reason to live.
Kept within our demographics,
#vsspoem prompt for December 27th, 2023: Statistic
God forbid we break the mold —
Happiness a mere statistic,
More a median than a goal.
Counting bullets from the trenches,
#vsspoem prompt for December 26th, 2023: Bullet
Willing the world to sleep —
Silent night, holy night,
Stars above, grant us peace.
A thousand times rewritten;
#vsspoem prompt for December 25th, 2023: Sentiment
Yuletide,
Winter solstice
Christmas,
Festival of light.
Yet, the sentiment remains —
Comfort in darkness,
Regardless beneath which
Politics, religion, ideology
It hides.
Chaos born,
#vsspoem prompt for December 24th, 2023: Prejudice
What is change, truly?
We thought the world
An unfair place —
Of privilege,
Of prejudice.
Little did we show.
White pills changing color,
#vsspoem prompt for December 23rd, 2023: Transpose
Switching voices for the pain,
Never altering its loudness —
Transposed, remixed, orchestrated,
Yet, my body screams
The same.
Religion?
#vsspoem prompt for December 22nd, 2023: Dinner
Heating prefab dinners
In otherwise unused kitchens.
It feeds, sure.
But a meal
Should be so much more.
Hot and cold
#vsspoem prompt for December 21st, 2023: Incandescent
Pain incandescent,
Sharp and dulling
Signals blinding —
Binding, begging,
Leaving me incapable
To act.
The art of
#vsspoem prompt for December 20th, 2023: Confines
Suggestion,
Persuasion,
Control —
Do as you like,
So long it’s within
The confines
Of what you've been told.
It's not that I
#vsspoem prompt for December 19th, 2023: Abundance
Have anything to hide,
Am too shy,
Or do not appreciate
The abundance of natural light —
Glass houses simply offer
Too little storage
To contain a life.
Iconized timelines,
#vsspoem prompt for December 18th, 2023: Timeline
Heroes, villains,
Saints, demons,
Martyrs, sinners —
But, mind you,
Dark or light,
From any shade,
Just the winners.
History as chosen by those
Who pick the victors.
I used to know what it's like
#vsspoem prompt for December 17th, 2023: Wish
To live in pain,
But for a while, somehow, blissfully,
I forgot.
And now that it's returned,
More than wishing it would stop,
I mostly fear it works the same
With happiness.
Twisting truth to match the lie,
#vsspoem prompt for December 16th, 2023: Forsaken
Fallen angels, demonized —
Even we, praised today,
Might tomorrow find ourselves
Forsaken.
Hashtag flavour of the day,
And then they came
For me.
Words of love
#vsspoem prompt for December 15th, 2023: Ricochet
Ricochet —
Some dreams
Ain't meant to be,
Some hearts
Cannot be reached.
Paint me thoughts
#vsspoem prompt for December 14th, 2023: Dictate
And sing me hopes
For what you feel
A life should be.
Share with me
You world beholden —
I will listen,
I will hear you,
And never dictate sanity.
Fear of death,
#vsspoem prompt for December 13th, 2023: Trivial
Fear of debt.
Damnation here
Or ever after,
It’s trivial —
Enslave the populous,
Control through fear.
A change of scenery,
#vsspoem prompt for December 12th, 2023: Scenery
That's all —
We're still waiting,
Though the dream
Has left the station.
The biggest lie
#vsspoem prompt for December 11th, 2023: Indulge
Ever told
Is not the liar's,
But our own —
We willing fools,
Indulging in
A choice, presumed.