If there was a science
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If there was a science
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
for the space between
my worry and wonder
I'd study with fervor.
If there was a water
to hydrate the heart
and soften the spirit
I'd drink 'til I drowned.
If there was a doorway
connecting our minds
I'd never cross over
a coward at best.
#vss365 #poetry #writingagain
The simplest words
can flow, crush, provoke;
or so we say.
Our chests will swell
with love, joy, fury;
static we stay.
Literature
can show, spark, inspire.
It's up to us
to run, change, believe.
If words can move,
will you?
#vss365 #poetry #tryingtostartagain
can flow, crush, provoke;
or so we say.
Our chests will swell
with love, joy, fury;
static we stay.
Literature
can show, spark, inspire.
It's up to us
to run, change, believe.
If words can move,
will you?
#vss365 #poetry #tryingtostartagain
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The simplest words
can flow, crush, provoke;
or so we say.
Our chests will swell
with love, joy, fury;
static we stay.
Literature
can show, spark, inspire.
It's up to us
to run, change, believe.
If words can move,
will you?
#vss365 #poetry #tryingtostartagain
can flow, crush, provoke;
or so we say.
Our chests will swell
with love, joy, fury;
static we stay.
Literature
can show, spark, inspire.
It's up to us
to run, change, believe.
If words can move,
will you?
#vss365 #poetry #tryingtostartagain
When in Waterstones...spend too much money on pretty books.
Been wanting to read this since @devilligan.bsky.social recommended it on steam a while back. Looking forward to the plane read when I leave Edinburgh!
Up for Edinburgh recs of any kind from anyone <3
Been wanting to read this since @devilligan.bsky.social recommended it on steam a while back. Looking forward to the plane read when I leave Edinburgh!
Up for Edinburgh recs of any kind from anyone <3
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When in Waterstones...spend too much money on pretty books.
Been wanting to read this since @devilligan.bsky.social recommended it on steam a while back. Looking forward to the plane read when I leave Edinburgh!
Up for Edinburgh recs of any kind from anyone <3
Been wanting to read this since @devilligan.bsky.social recommended it on steam a while back. Looking forward to the plane read when I leave Edinburgh!
Up for Edinburgh recs of any kind from anyone <3
Reposted by Becca
A commission I did for @crinklycrisis.bsky.social - such a lovely idea and fun project. I loved making the gang into lil birds.
@aliona.bsky.social and Jennifer English are into bird watching and love that for them hehe
#bg3 #corinna #shadowheart #birds
@aliona.bsky.social and Jennifer English are into bird watching and love that for them hehe
#bg3 #corinna #shadowheart #birds
October 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A commission I did for @crinklycrisis.bsky.social - such a lovely idea and fun project. I loved making the gang into lil birds.
@aliona.bsky.social and Jennifer English are into bird watching and love that for them hehe
#bg3 #corinna #shadowheart #birds
@aliona.bsky.social and Jennifer English are into bird watching and love that for them hehe
#bg3 #corinna #shadowheart #birds
In spite of it
My grasp holds fast
Unseen, unheard
Anomaly of flesh.
Innate response,
A quiet compliance
Bound to rules
Unfit for defiance.
Ignorance, ravaged
A bliss made broken
I hold what's left
Words kept unspoken.
#vss365 #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #trust
My grasp holds fast
Unseen, unheard
Anomaly of flesh.
Innate response,
A quiet compliance
Bound to rules
Unfit for defiance.
Ignorance, ravaged
A bliss made broken
I hold what's left
Words kept unspoken.
#vss365 #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #trust
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In spite of it
My grasp holds fast
Unseen, unheard
Anomaly of flesh.
Innate response,
A quiet compliance
Bound to rules
Unfit for defiance.
Ignorance, ravaged
A bliss made broken
I hold what's left
Words kept unspoken.
#vss365 #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #trust
My grasp holds fast
Unseen, unheard
Anomaly of flesh.
Innate response,
A quiet compliance
Bound to rules
Unfit for defiance.
Ignorance, ravaged
A bliss made broken
I hold what's left
Words kept unspoken.
#vss365 #poetry #poem #writingcommunity #trust
I watch your words
Form deviant spiders
They crawl into my ears
Benign until
They fill my skull
Webs hypnotic
And mendacious
#vss365 #deviant #poetry #poem #WritingCommunity #anxiety #loveisstrange
Form deviant spiders
They crawl into my ears
Benign until
They fill my skull
Webs hypnotic
And mendacious
#vss365 #deviant #poetry #poem #WritingCommunity #anxiety #loveisstrange
July 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I watch your words
Form deviant spiders
They crawl into my ears
Benign until
They fill my skull
Webs hypnotic
And mendacious
#vss365 #deviant #poetry #poem #WritingCommunity #anxiety #loveisstrange
Form deviant spiders
They crawl into my ears
Benign until
They fill my skull
Webs hypnotic
And mendacious
#vss365 #deviant #poetry #poem #WritingCommunity #anxiety #loveisstrange
You were a cold shoulder
In a fit of fever.
I knew it was wrong,
But I didn’t have a right.
I let you explore
Where you shouldn’t;
And I liked it,
As much as I wished
It would stop.
An excerpt from a longer piece I hope to finish one day.
#WordedArt #vsspoem #healing #poetry #WritingCommunity
In a fit of fever.
I knew it was wrong,
But I didn’t have a right.
I let you explore
Where you shouldn’t;
And I liked it,
As much as I wished
It would stop.
An excerpt from a longer piece I hope to finish one day.
#WordedArt #vsspoem #healing #poetry #WritingCommunity
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You were a cold shoulder
In a fit of fever.
I knew it was wrong,
But I didn’t have a right.
I let you explore
Where you shouldn’t;
And I liked it,
As much as I wished
It would stop.
An excerpt from a longer piece I hope to finish one day.
#WordedArt #vsspoem #healing #poetry #WritingCommunity
In a fit of fever.
I knew it was wrong,
But I didn’t have a right.
I let you explore
Where you shouldn’t;
And I liked it,
As much as I wished
It would stop.
An excerpt from a longer piece I hope to finish one day.
#WordedArt #vsspoem #healing #poetry #WritingCommunity
Numb hands
Held you then;
Moments and memories
Estranged.
Reflections fractal
In vacant eyes
Seeking vision
In a frozen void.
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #poem #PoetryCommunity #keepwriting
Held you then;
Moments and memories
Estranged.
Reflections fractal
In vacant eyes
Seeking vision
In a frozen void.
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #poem #PoetryCommunity #keepwriting
May 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Numb hands
Held you then;
Moments and memories
Estranged.
Reflections fractal
In vacant eyes
Seeking vision
In a frozen void.
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #poem #PoetryCommunity #keepwriting
Held you then;
Moments and memories
Estranged.
Reflections fractal
In vacant eyes
Seeking vision
In a frozen void.
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #poem #PoetryCommunity #keepwriting
I'm a vessel on
A foreign sea
Most days are calm
But storms are sudden,
Violent.
The winds scream
Water bares teeth
Brine burns my lungs;
I'm afraid again.
Can I tame
The beast this time?
Or will this storm
Be my last?
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #recovery #support #hereforyou
A foreign sea
Most days are calm
But storms are sudden,
Violent.
The winds scream
Water bares teeth
Brine burns my lungs;
I'm afraid again.
Can I tame
The beast this time?
Or will this storm
Be my last?
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #recovery #support #hereforyou
May 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm a vessel on
A foreign sea
Most days are calm
But storms are sudden,
Violent.
The winds scream
Water bares teeth
Brine burns my lungs;
I'm afraid again.
Can I tame
The beast this time?
Or will this storm
Be my last?
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #recovery #support #hereforyou
A foreign sea
Most days are calm
But storms are sudden,
Violent.
The winds scream
Water bares teeth
Brine burns my lungs;
I'm afraid again.
Can I tame
The beast this time?
Or will this storm
Be my last?
#WordedArt #vss365 #poetry #WritingCommunity #recovery #support #hereforyou
Your icy vines
Churn dread
As you explore
My body–
You seize my throat,
Squeeze the lungs
Wrap ‘round my arms
Trace long worn lines
With a fondness
Sickening.
#vsspoem #poetry #poem #selfharm #healing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
Churn dread
As you explore
My body–
You seize my throat,
Squeeze the lungs
Wrap ‘round my arms
Trace long worn lines
With a fondness
Sickening.
#vsspoem #poetry #poem #selfharm #healing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
May 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Your icy vines
Churn dread
As you explore
My body–
You seize my throat,
Squeeze the lungs
Wrap ‘round my arms
Trace long worn lines
With a fondness
Sickening.
#vsspoem #poetry #poem #selfharm #healing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
Churn dread
As you explore
My body–
You seize my throat,
Squeeze the lungs
Wrap ‘round my arms
Trace long worn lines
With a fondness
Sickening.
#vsspoem #poetry #poem #selfharm #healing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity
Pillowy soft
Caresses the crown,
I’m frozen,
Frightened
At first.
Her sweetened songs,
Alluring tongue
Softening, familiar.
I’m left with little choice.
She knows me best;
I fear her most.
I’ll imbibe
In her cold arms;
She’ll smother me
And I won’t care.
#SenseWrds 72 #poetry #anxiety
Caresses the crown,
I’m frozen,
Frightened
At first.
Her sweetened songs,
Alluring tongue
Softening, familiar.
I’m left with little choice.
She knows me best;
I fear her most.
I’ll imbibe
In her cold arms;
She’ll smother me
And I won’t care.
#SenseWrds 72 #poetry #anxiety
May 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Pillowy soft
Caresses the crown,
I’m frozen,
Frightened
At first.
Her sweetened songs,
Alluring tongue
Softening, familiar.
I’m left with little choice.
She knows me best;
I fear her most.
I’ll imbibe
In her cold arms;
She’ll smother me
And I won’t care.
#SenseWrds 72 #poetry #anxiety
Caresses the crown,
I’m frozen,
Frightened
At first.
Her sweetened songs,
Alluring tongue
Softening, familiar.
I’m left with little choice.
She knows me best;
I fear her most.
I’ll imbibe
In her cold arms;
She’ll smother me
And I won’t care.
#SenseWrds 72 #poetry #anxiety
The kindest words:
Sharp as steel
The softest tone:
A tempest.
The pen is stone that aches to hold;
My racing mind is breathless.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lostinthought #CBT #mentalhealthhomework
Sharp as steel
The softest tone:
A tempest.
The pen is stone that aches to hold;
My racing mind is breathless.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lostinthought #CBT #mentalhealthhomework
May 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The kindest words:
Sharp as steel
The softest tone:
A tempest.
The pen is stone that aches to hold;
My racing mind is breathless.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lostinthought #CBT #mentalhealthhomework
Sharp as steel
The softest tone:
A tempest.
The pen is stone that aches to hold;
My racing mind is breathless.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lostinthought #CBT #mentalhealthhomework
With pretty lies
I fall in dreams
Putrid ground grows
Violet blooms
I know the rot
Filth and comfort
I’m terrified
Of what’s above
I fear the breath
Of naked flesh
#vsspoem #vulnerability #poetry #writingcommunity #healing #highsandlows
I fall in dreams
Putrid ground grows
Violet blooms
I know the rot
Filth and comfort
I’m terrified
Of what’s above
I fear the breath
Of naked flesh
#vsspoem #vulnerability #poetry #writingcommunity #healing #highsandlows
May 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
With pretty lies
I fall in dreams
Putrid ground grows
Violet blooms
I know the rot
Filth and comfort
I’m terrified
Of what’s above
I fear the breath
Of naked flesh
#vsspoem #vulnerability #poetry #writingcommunity #healing #highsandlows
I fall in dreams
Putrid ground grows
Violet blooms
I know the rot
Filth and comfort
I’m terrified
Of what’s above
I fear the breath
Of naked flesh
#vsspoem #vulnerability #poetry #writingcommunity #healing #highsandlows
I stare again
Into the pool of then
Searching still
For substance
My memory of you
Fine grains of sweet,
Poured into
My watery mind
All tumbled down
In blackout depths,
Dissolved, dispersed,
Forgotten
#vss365 #dissociation #anxiety #poetry #backatit #imissedthis
Into the pool of then
Searching still
For substance
My memory of you
Fine grains of sweet,
Poured into
My watery mind
All tumbled down
In blackout depths,
Dissolved, dispersed,
Forgotten
#vss365 #dissociation #anxiety #poetry #backatit #imissedthis
May 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I stare again
Into the pool of then
Searching still
For substance
My memory of you
Fine grains of sweet,
Poured into
My watery mind
All tumbled down
In blackout depths,
Dissolved, dispersed,
Forgotten
#vss365 #dissociation #anxiety #poetry #backatit #imissedthis
Into the pool of then
Searching still
For substance
My memory of you
Fine grains of sweet,
Poured into
My watery mind
All tumbled down
In blackout depths,
Dissolved, dispersed,
Forgotten
#vss365 #dissociation #anxiety #poetry #backatit #imissedthis
@devilligan.bsky.social Hi! I was thinking about the podcast you & @neilnewbon.bsky.social (& co) were working on and had a thought: if not in the works already, would y'all be interested in having a few volunteers transcribe episodes for our deaf and hard of hearing community members?
February 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@devilligan.bsky.social Hi! I was thinking about the podcast you & @neilnewbon.bsky.social (& co) were working on and had a thought: if not in the works already, would y'all be interested in having a few volunteers transcribe episodes for our deaf and hard of hearing community members?
A leather-bound book:
A gentle script,
Words as heavy
As the oak felled
For the table it lies on.
Upon every page:
Thoughts entwine
With ink and hand
Compelled to write
What shouldn't be said.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #poetrycommunity
A gentle script,
Words as heavy
As the oak felled
For the table it lies on.
Upon every page:
Thoughts entwine
With ink and hand
Compelled to write
What shouldn't be said.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #poetrycommunity
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A leather-bound book:
A gentle script,
Words as heavy
As the oak felled
For the table it lies on.
Upon every page:
Thoughts entwine
With ink and hand
Compelled to write
What shouldn't be said.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #poetrycommunity
A gentle script,
Words as heavy
As the oak felled
For the table it lies on.
Upon every page:
Thoughts entwine
With ink and hand
Compelled to write
What shouldn't be said.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #poetrycommunity
Recollect
That first time
When rockets fired
Through your heart
Forward ‘til
You felt hers, too,
Until the scent of her
Mingled with
The warmth of you.
She still carries
That spark.
Don’t let this
Extinguish
You two.
#vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
That first time
When rockets fired
Through your heart
Forward ‘til
You felt hers, too,
Until the scent of her
Mingled with
The warmth of you.
She still carries
That spark.
Don’t let this
Extinguish
You two.
#vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
February 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Recollect
That first time
When rockets fired
Through your heart
Forward ‘til
You felt hers, too,
Until the scent of her
Mingled with
The warmth of you.
She still carries
That spark.
Don’t let this
Extinguish
You two.
#vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
That first time
When rockets fired
Through your heart
Forward ‘til
You felt hers, too,
Until the scent of her
Mingled with
The warmth of you.
She still carries
That spark.
Don’t let this
Extinguish
You two.
#vss365 #poetry #poetrycommunity
I often act
With deliberate love
To conjure
My necessity;
To have no cause
In wanting me
Is absurd
And frightening.
But I long for a day
This will cease
And I can believe
As you do in me.
#vsspoem #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#selfworth #iamenough
With deliberate love
To conjure
My necessity;
To have no cause
In wanting me
Is absurd
And frightening.
But I long for a day
This will cease
And I can believe
As you do in me.
#vsspoem #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#selfworth #iamenough
January 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I often act
With deliberate love
To conjure
My necessity;
To have no cause
In wanting me
Is absurd
And frightening.
But I long for a day
This will cease
And I can believe
As you do in me.
#vsspoem #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#selfworth #iamenough
With deliberate love
To conjure
My necessity;
To have no cause
In wanting me
Is absurd
And frightening.
But I long for a day
This will cease
And I can believe
As you do in me.
#vsspoem #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#selfworth #iamenough
From a distance, the plants appeared covered in thousands of white blossoms. Closer inspection revealed a wonder: the ice made nettles of the naked branches, extending out in tiny, delicate spikes. The unruly winter seemed to pause, granting this quiet beauty.
#vssfantasy #morningmusings
#vssfantasy #morningmusings
January 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From a distance, the plants appeared covered in thousands of white blossoms. Closer inspection revealed a wonder: the ice made nettles of the naked branches, extending out in tiny, delicate spikes. The unruly winter seemed to pause, granting this quiet beauty.
#vssfantasy #morningmusings
#vssfantasy #morningmusings
Sometimes my heart fills with so much love it aches like sorrow. It feels of guilt; a secret you should hear but mustn't know. The words seem meager where you deserve bounty. The scent of citrus, the taste of pith.
January 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sometimes my heart fills with so much love it aches like sorrow. It feels of guilt; a secret you should hear but mustn't know. The words seem meager where you deserve bounty. The scent of citrus, the taste of pith.
A swarm of words
I dare not speak
A maddening buzz
Fills my head.
I’m terrified
Of giving in,
Letting them find
My mouth’s escape
To see if they
Will fall and die
Or hold true
On their own.
#vssdaily
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#tryingeveryday
I dare not speak
A maddening buzz
Fills my head.
I’m terrified
Of giving in,
Letting them find
My mouth’s escape
To see if they
Will fall and die
Or hold true
On their own.
#vssdaily
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#tryingeveryday
January 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A swarm of words
I dare not speak
A maddening buzz
Fills my head.
I’m terrified
Of giving in,
Letting them find
My mouth’s escape
To see if they
Will fall and die
Or hold true
On their own.
#vssdaily
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#tryingeveryday
I dare not speak
A maddening buzz
Fills my head.
I’m terrified
Of giving in,
Letting them find
My mouth’s escape
To see if they
Will fall and die
Or hold true
On their own.
#vssdaily
#poetry #poetrycommunity
#tryingeveryday
A table set
With good intent
Anticipation grows
For fine discourse.
But hollow words
Dubious and false
Are served.
Brows pucker
Prudence settles;
I’m not hungry
Anymore.
#vsspoem #vssfantasy #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity #foodforthought
With good intent
Anticipation grows
For fine discourse.
But hollow words
Dubious and false
Are served.
Brows pucker
Prudence settles;
I’m not hungry
Anymore.
#vsspoem #vssfantasy #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity #foodforthought
January 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A table set
With good intent
Anticipation grows
For fine discourse.
But hollow words
Dubious and false
Are served.
Brows pucker
Prudence settles;
I’m not hungry
Anymore.
#vsspoem #vssfantasy #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity #foodforthought
With good intent
Anticipation grows
For fine discourse.
But hollow words
Dubious and false
Are served.
Brows pucker
Prudence settles;
I’m not hungry
Anymore.
#vsspoem #vssfantasy #vss365
#poetry #poetrycommunity #foodforthought
Show me
Tell me
Of all that brings you joy
Fill my cup
With memories
Together we’ll imbibe
The nectar of
Your happiness
Intoxicates in time
It fills me with
Euphoria
As if the bliss were mine
#vssfantasy #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
Tell me
Of all that brings you joy
Fill my cup
With memories
Together we’ll imbibe
The nectar of
Your happiness
Intoxicates in time
It fills me with
Euphoria
As if the bliss were mine
#vssfantasy #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
January 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Show me
Tell me
Of all that brings you joy
Fill my cup
With memories
Together we’ll imbibe
The nectar of
Your happiness
Intoxicates in time
It fills me with
Euphoria
As if the bliss were mine
#vssfantasy #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
Tell me
Of all that brings you joy
Fill my cup
With memories
Together we’ll imbibe
The nectar of
Your happiness
Intoxicates in time
It fills me with
Euphoria
As if the bliss were mine
#vssfantasy #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity
Yes to every ask
Eyes always averted
Punctual
Meticulous
Yielding only
To you.
The air here is heavy
Every surface dewed
May it make rust
Of the chains
That bind me
To your will.
#SenseWrds 25
Eyes always averted
Punctual
Meticulous
Yielding only
To you.
The air here is heavy
Every surface dewed
May it make rust
Of the chains
That bind me
To your will.
#SenseWrds 25
January 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Yes to every ask
Eyes always averted
Punctual
Meticulous
Yielding only
To you.
The air here is heavy
Every surface dewed
May it make rust
Of the chains
That bind me
To your will.
#SenseWrds 25
Eyes always averted
Punctual
Meticulous
Yielding only
To you.
The air here is heavy
Every surface dewed
May it make rust
Of the chains
That bind me
To your will.
#SenseWrds 25
Worries cloaked
In pretty smiles
White knuckles still
My shaking hands.
I try and meld
With them.
But slowly
I’m unraveling
As ragged courage
Catches
On every corner
Of doubt.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #socialanxiety
In pretty smiles
White knuckles still
My shaking hands.
I try and meld
With them.
But slowly
I’m unraveling
As ragged courage
Catches
On every corner
Of doubt.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #socialanxiety
January 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Worries cloaked
In pretty smiles
White knuckles still
My shaking hands.
I try and meld
With them.
But slowly
I’m unraveling
As ragged courage
Catches
On every corner
Of doubt.
#vss365 #vsspoem #poetry #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #socialanxiety
In pretty smiles
White knuckles still
My shaking hands.
I try and meld
With them.
But slowly
I’m unraveling
As ragged courage
Catches
On every corner
Of doubt.
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