L. M. Shayle

@skittishr.bsky.social

#Author #artist #poet I go wherever inspiration takes me. Health & anxiety hold me back, ambitions keep me going. https://linktr.ee/lmshayle

- self-worth – an azure cenote hidden beneath our skin, calm and clear, waiting to be discovered. for those who can’t swim, we require others to teach our souls buoyancy, an empathetic breeze to beckon us long after we have forgotten what it means to be needed. - #poetry #vss365

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After the waxing was done, a faint sheen caught the morning light, a soft glow rising from the floor like something breathed back to life. Her work had been empathetic, steady, almost ceremonial. it was her way of insisting that the world could still be made gentle in small, human ways. #vss365

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This week, I'm gonna “reread” his graphic novel The Arrival. A wordless graphic novel full of lovely creatures and fascinating oddities.

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Smoke billowed for miles and we watched gobsmacked as childhood memories disappeared in an afternoon the boardwalk is a magical place as are the sea and the sand but the #wax museum was a place for freaks like us to gather witnessing the obscure and grotesque just what we teens wanted to see #vss365

squished flat with an iron marking authority for all none dare break it at all a small #wax piece stamped respect higher than a lord holds secrets so long as you respect the gesture accept the contract want to share rules #vss365

Julie stares at her own reflection with an #empathetic mildness she has long denied herself. She removes the pins along the lace front. With one movement, she lifts the synthetic hair away from her scalp, exposing her natural hair. She won't wear the wig today. #vss365

Now docked at the station, with shore leave granted, in small groups, the crew could let off a little steam, probably get into brawls, drink to excess and then require a #broom to sweep them back onto the Charon. Dylan couldn’t stop it from happening, but he gave orders for due prudence. #vss365