I realized my dryer was broken again and then just two minutes later I slipped on standing water in my garage and discovered a whole new terrible problem. This is fine. 😟 I’m sorry I complained about the dryer. 😭

where did August go? time passes, yet I stand still every day, the same #senyru #haiku

I feel eyes on me and pause, looking up to catch my reflection already gazing back at me in the mirror. It’s her again. The stranger. Familiar, yet…not. 1/5 (words & art by me) #writing #art

fighting for our lives but it’s already too late still, we cling to hope #vss365 #cling #haiku #photography 📸: me

the water under the bridge drowning us #senryu

good days are just bad days I can better hide the pain #writing #micropoetry #poetry

I like this saying; I like it a lot. #BookSky

"underneath, he's just a man" The import of this line from one of @beautyinthemess.bsky.social 's insightful and artfully expressed poems has stayed with me for over a year. Now, it is a key to mapping out a tricky new section of my life journey's terrain. #vss365 #divine

beautyinthemess@beautyinthemess.bsky.social · last yr.

a walking enigma his very presence sings of mystery and forbidden romance inviting me to ask questions i don’t really want the answers to so i don’t underneath, he’s just a man and I don’t want to spoil the magic #vss365 #enigma

porch light dark no way to reach you across this long night #micropoetry #poetry #writing

is there something there or am i just reaching for any foothold i can find? is it nothing or can i just not feel it underneath the weight? #writing #poetry

wistful for your voice a certain cadence never found again #vss365 #cadence

dark night, too quiet i keep looking out hoping that i’ll find you home porch light on waiting #poetry #writing

Quiet, mind. 1:30am is NOT the time for writing. 🤨 🌙✨

get up turn on autopilot don’t think, just do one thing—anything one leads to another and another a chain reaction but first. you have. to MOVE. don’t think, just do #vss365 #turn

pretty bird, back inside your cage all your feathers tucked in place “hello” you parrot back to me but once i swore you meant it back when you still knew the sky and used your eyes to speak hello? I say again, but you just stare blankly at me #poetry #writing

i miss you, i say to an empty room that doesn’t answer still, i say it again and hope, somewhere you know #poetry #writing

imprisoned songbird, singing of captivity; sweet music, to them

beautyinthemess@beautyinthemess.bsky.social · 5mo ago

sad girl serenade a bird inside her cage passersby enjoy her song then walk away again #vss365 #sing

I’ve said it before, but writing can be so weird. I just went months without even touching my WIP, and out of nowhere yesterday a window opened and I’ve been working at it non-stop. Now I’m just trying to run with it before the window closes again. And it will. 😅 #writing

you called me sunshine but I revolve around you and your light your push and pull, like the moon a reflection, you say ah, but who’s reflecting whom? #poetry #writing

#vss365 #midnight

say what you will about confessions made eyes wide open, in the light of day but midnight whispers just hit different the lack of hesitation the quiet vulnerability and the ever glaring question— will this still feel the same when tomorrow barges in? #vss365 #midnight

glass door, souls divided you on your side, me on mine nothing but an inch of glass between and in that inch, the world #poetry #writing

one day, I screamed into the void and it screamed back loudly, with affection quiet now but I’m still shouting from my end hoping you might hear me anyway #poetry #writing

soft eyes, gentle smile warmth enough for everyone only burns for me 🔥 #senryu #haiku

sunset, too early I don’t want to lose your light night comes anyway #senryu #haiku

you smiled, and the sun grew brighter like it was a competition you win—every time #micropoetry #writing #poetry

my heart, a hole-punched sky each pinprick of light another piece I gave away and I’ll keep giving til the stars go dark so take another piece, love hold it close and tell me you’re worth this ruined sky #poetry #writing

sad girl serenade a bird inside her cage passersby enjoy her song then walk away again #vss365 #sing

bleed for me, he crooned like setting fires was a gift and even through the tears, I knew he wasn’t wrong #micropoetry #poetry

ink-stained hands know all the reasons why I stay and all the reasons it will never be enough #vss365 #ink