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Pinned
I stand here, the #sole survivor,
proof that silence can outlive us all
And yet,
I have one more story to tell
#vss365
A ruined sentinel left behind by the dead and dying

An effigy, an omen, a sacrifice bound in a #dappled black coat

Umbra stands guard now, feather and metal aligned

She keeps watch over her friend, and a field no one remembers
#vss365
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Not the ideal couple,
the perfect one

Bodies printed from warm alloys,
#Heartfelt memories etched by a plasma torch

When their lips met,
hard drives ignited

In a world of ones and zeros,
love still writes its own code
#vss365
January 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
I’m not sure what brand of #wonky coffee this artist chose for his morning caffeine fix, but I want some. #vss365
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Reposted
It’s hard being a background character. I’m in crowd scenes, cheering for the hero, or I sit on my #stoop and watch them run off to save the world. But I always wonder, why not me?

So when I saw your magic cape, I just had to take it. You can be a hero later, kid. It’s ol’ Stu’s turn now.

#vss365
January 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Reposted
dusk at lamplit #stoop
#haven for nocturnal thoughts
still under repair

#vss365 #haikuchallenge #haiku #blueskypoets
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I study the fine details
The glory lives in craftsmanship
But this story is chaos
A meandering plotless mess
Verbs clashing without tempo
The author's #slipshod attempt at humor goes awry
Crashing, burning leaving nothing but ash
The End
#vss365
January 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Faces locked in mirrored rage
Forged from the same iron

One strains to break the chain,
The other feeds on the rage

The difference is #unmissable
We are not the same
#vss365
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Music is her blade

Each note a step closer to death,
each jewel a held breath

Strange ciphers play the melody,
as the dark keeps time

She is a #symphony,
and I dare not miss a cue.
#vss365
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
No one had lived here for years

As kids, we told stories about the place,
terrifying our younger brothers

I told myself it was just dark, just empty

I wasn’t #spooked

Until I heard the door breathe
#vss365
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This is where it starts
A rotary dial, worn smooth by other hands
Each number a choice
My fate lingers, but I turn it anyway
#Clueless who will answer
Only that something will
#vss365
January 4, 2026 at 11:35 AM
"It’s the ultimate time machine," the con man says
"No batteries required, it runs solely on imagination"

" #Balderdash," I say. "It’s rubbish,
and I’ve wasted enough time dickering with you"

"Ah," he says. "It’s working already"
#vss365
January 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
He sits alone, bathed in gray silence
A single red rose grants a moment of peace
While the raging storm shields him from a life of misery and mistakes
Within it, there is stillness
A #delight only he understands
#vss365
January 1, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I drift now, suspended between worlds

Each journey pulls me farther from home,
yet closer to her voice

She taught me how to #travel the stars

“Keep moving,” she said "Because standing still
is the only place you cannot find me"
#vss365
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I stand here, the #sole survivor,
proof that silence can outlive us all
And yet,
I have one more story to tell
#vss365
December 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The bong gurgles, smoke spirals into the thin atmosphere

I draw once and my thoughts ignite,
The soil beneath my feet turns red, and the room shifts

One exhale later, my mind lands on #Mars

It's the herb—the portal to our universe
#vss365
December 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It was in the #air all along,
slipping past our filters, changing us

Breath by breath, we adapted

Our DNA fought back, one cell at a time,
changing our code

And ... things are different now
#vss365
December 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
In the quiet cradle of breath,
differences become shelter.

The #struggle was never love—
But the fear of what doesn’t look like us.
#Vss365
December 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To #survive Christmas, he does not scatter gifts like seed
He measures joy against sorrow, light against dark
Balancing the two
Every ornament on his staff is a promise,
An offer of hope and joy
Merry Christmas, he whispers to the sleeping child
#vss365
December 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
She lifts a finger and the world slows
It’s Christmas Eve, she says
And tomorrow is a special day
Go in peace

The creature steps back
Even this monster knows when a child is right
A falling star will #shoot across your path tonight, it says
A gift from me to you
#vss365
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The treble clef waits, and she holds her breath
Random notes hover, each afraid to fall

To #jump is to trust the silence
where melody becomes motion

She leaps
and the song flies
#vss365
December 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#Saturn looms high above the horizon
He wields Time and Judgement like sharp edged weapons
Medusa lifts her gaze—snakes whispering in fear
In her reflection, most planets pause
Not this god
Medusa kneels, and the snakes bow in reverence
#vss365
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My mask idles in a pool of serinity
Behind it, my ego rages silently
The two battle as they always do
I’m a #humble introvert, an imposter
Surrounding myself in a halo of false pride
An artist with no skill, no talent
So today,
I step back and let the truth breathe
#vss365
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I’ve been gifted the joy of a song,
the sight of grace in motion

My scars fade,
each one a lesson

My burdens ease,
and I’m left stronger than before

With only #gratitude,
the quiet is all I need

#vss365
December 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The staircase of my life
Full of missteps and falls
The moon has seen them all
#Regret isn’t loud, Luna says,
It’s the silence that follows
#vss365
December 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM