Joshua Shares
@shortkingofhearts.bsky.social
our doom
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
our doom
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
so achievable
if we all just keep on keeping on
ignore the storm and stress
into the fire and flames
with no change
or avert
subvert
reverse polarities
put out positive energy
right the vibe
let's care about each other
and act like it
#achievable #vss365 #poem #poetry #optimism
measurable sins
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
measurable sins
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
in dollar signs and lives
played across a table like a game
and swept from the board in fits of rage
and laughter
Monopoly? Life? capitalism
who's winning
not the pieces
and what's left for the players
when the game is over
#measurable #vss365 #poem #poetry
it's truly every thing about you
that I despise
specifically,
your smile
your eyes
the way you tie your shoes
the casual disinterest with which
you choose the place we'll have
our dinner
the way you never enjoy that dinner
I could go on,
truly it's a long list
#specific #vss365 #poem #rant
that I despise
specifically,
your smile
your eyes
the way you tie your shoes
the casual disinterest with which
you choose the place we'll have
our dinner
the way you never enjoy that dinner
I could go on,
truly it's a long list
#specific #vss365 #poem #rant
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
action to me means
a punchable problem
taking action is a punch
given or received
action hero?
big fists and a ready arm
#action #vss365 #poem #character
a punchable problem
taking action is a punch
given or received
action hero?
big fists and a ready arm
#action #vss365 #poem #character
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
action to me means
a punchable problem
taking action is a punch
given or received
action hero?
big fists and a ready arm
#action #vss365 #poem #character
a punchable problem
taking action is a punch
given or received
action hero?
big fists and a ready arm
#action #vss365 #poem #character
I strive every day to burst bubbles:
mine
what fun is living
trapped in fragile liquid glass?
not that fragile though;
bubbles struggle and persist
against faint force
it takes dedication
to find your way outside
but all that's great is there
growing and changing
#reality #vss365 #poem #poetry
mine
what fun is living
trapped in fragile liquid glass?
not that fragile though;
bubbles struggle and persist
against faint force
it takes dedication
to find your way outside
but all that's great is there
growing and changing
#reality #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I see them burning under the sun
and freezing, ill prepared
for the cold of night
I see them striving, and for what?
no wonder they're all unhappy
or dead
they think the end is bliss
but the only time for joy
is the journey
forgo goals
if you can't remember
#goal #vss365 #poem #poetry
and freezing, ill prepared
for the cold of night
I see them striving, and for what?
no wonder they're all unhappy
or dead
they think the end is bliss
but the only time for joy
is the journey
forgo goals
if you can't remember
#goal #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I see them grappling with the edge
and who they want to throw off of it
the issue is self-inflicted, they're caught
it'd be so easy if they could just snap;
enfranchise their own
toss off the rest
as is they defer to social cues;
gently, slowly
with policy
nudge us toward the edge
#issue #vss365
and who they want to throw off of it
the issue is self-inflicted, they're caught
it'd be so easy if they could just snap;
enfranchise their own
toss off the rest
as is they defer to social cues;
gently, slowly
with policy
nudge us toward the edge
#issue #vss365
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
latest Trump ban
new electrical code against
transports
where he's convinced
liberals charge power
for their agenda
#transport #vss365 #pun #poem #punem
new electrical code against
transports
where he's convinced
liberals charge power
for their agenda
#transport #vss365 #pun #poem #punem
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
latest Trump ban
new electrical code against
transports
where he's convinced
liberals charge power
for their agenda
#transport #vss365 #pun #poem #punem
new electrical code against
transports
where he's convinced
liberals charge power
for their agenda
#transport #vss365 #pun #poem #punem
I ask you to ask
and not believe
I ask you to learn
to know
and still to ask
I ask you to change
when you're given
reason to
I ask you to grow
even when you're old
especially when what you knew
no longer holds
I ask you to keep asking
there's beauty in truth
evolving
#science #vss365 #poem
and not believe
I ask you to learn
to know
and still to ask
I ask you to change
when you're given
reason to
I ask you to grow
even when you're old
especially when what you knew
no longer holds
I ask you to keep asking
there's beauty in truth
evolving
#science #vss365 #poem
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
my parents judge
my life against
the myth of the American Dream
and are unhappy
so, so unhappy
and disappointed
frustrated, disgusted
let down
I know I am the nightmare;
still I smile.
I could never buy into the dream;
with my savings
I invest as best I can
I'm happy for what I have
#myth #vss365
my life against
the myth of the American Dream
and are unhappy
so, so unhappy
and disappointed
frustrated, disgusted
let down
I know I am the nightmare;
still I smile.
I could never buy into the dream;
with my savings
I invest as best I can
I'm happy for what I have
#myth #vss365
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
law's vines feebly
wrap around their
criminally patriotic limbs
but are hacked apart
like a simple nuisance
rather than the thick jungle
we believed had grown
light exposes now
weakness and ruin and faith
burning, burning
the whole project kindle
for nothing good
#law #vss365 #poem #poetry
wrap around their
criminally patriotic limbs
but are hacked apart
like a simple nuisance
rather than the thick jungle
we believed had grown
light exposes now
weakness and ruin and faith
burning, burning
the whole project kindle
for nothing good
#law #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#history is poison rotting the body of truth
sometimes delivered by an assassin's steady hand
to waste a vital organ
and spare misleading veins
yet others
preserve vestigial stories
limp in hangly dangly appendages
the whole body, rarely glimpsed
just another man
face scarred and hands dirty
#vss365
sometimes delivered by an assassin's steady hand
to waste a vital organ
and spare misleading veins
yet others
preserve vestigial stories
limp in hangly dangly appendages
the whole body, rarely glimpsed
just another man
face scarred and hands dirty
#vss365
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
the #geography of a downfall
pits, pits, pits, it's all about elevation
and falling, sinkholes opening
in words, actions, in constitutional crises
physical features erased, and names
changed and unchanged
one man's impotent rage
just a toddler wringing tiny arms
but the blocks tumble anyway
#vss365
pits, pits, pits, it's all about elevation
and falling, sinkholes opening
in words, actions, in constitutional crises
physical features erased, and names
changed and unchanged
one man's impotent rage
just a toddler wringing tiny arms
but the blocks tumble anyway
#vss365
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
the #geography of a downfall
pits, pits, pits, it's all about elevation
and falling, sinkholes opening
in words, actions, in constitutional crises
physical features erased, and names
changed and unchanged
one man's impotent rage
just a toddler wringing tiny arms
but the blocks tumble anyway
#vss365
pits, pits, pits, it's all about elevation
and falling, sinkholes opening
in words, actions, in constitutional crises
physical features erased, and names
changed and unchanged
one man's impotent rage
just a toddler wringing tiny arms
but the blocks tumble anyway
#vss365
famous last words last,
their fame betraying the name
I want mine to be about
unfinished revisions
a sense of unease about
the work left to do
combined with hope and faith
that the work will get done
belief that everything
I can't even yet imagine
will meet warmly
capable hands
#famous #vss365
their fame betraying the name
I want mine to be about
unfinished revisions
a sense of unease about
the work left to do
combined with hope and faith
that the work will get done
belief that everything
I can't even yet imagine
will meet warmly
capable hands
#famous #vss365
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
the devil's education was firm,
inflexible
colored in blacks, whites, and
solid lines
there was clear calculus in its
design
who taught the devil?
observation, vibration
the interaction between
elementary particles
the guiding hand toward chaos
cares only how cards fall
#education #vss365 #poem
inflexible
colored in blacks, whites, and
solid lines
there was clear calculus in its
design
who taught the devil?
observation, vibration
the interaction between
elementary particles
the guiding hand toward chaos
cares only how cards fall
#education #vss365 #poem
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
the devil's education was firm,
inflexible
colored in blacks, whites, and
solid lines
there was clear calculus in its
design
who taught the devil?
observation, vibration
the interaction between
elementary particles
the guiding hand toward chaos
cares only how cards fall
#education #vss365 #poem
inflexible
colored in blacks, whites, and
solid lines
there was clear calculus in its
design
who taught the devil?
observation, vibration
the interaction between
elementary particles
the guiding hand toward chaos
cares only how cards fall
#education #vss365 #poem
Reposted by Joshua Shares
in the house of only hate
anger echoed repeatedly,
relentlessly, against the empty
walls. the faintest positivity
dwindled into nothing, beat
into submission by the misery
they carried.
can the self-satisfied cross
they choose to bear
be called domestic terrorism?
I am terrorized
#domestic #vss365
anger echoed repeatedly,
relentlessly, against the empty
walls. the faintest positivity
dwindled into nothing, beat
into submission by the misery
they carried.
can the self-satisfied cross
they choose to bear
be called domestic terrorism?
I am terrorized
#domestic #vss365
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
what kind of creature are you
he asked, stroking his beard
the two beers too few kind
I sighed, feeling the headache
I hurt, I'm hurt
and this old reflection
is asking questions
you won't find the answer
in whatever -this- is
sage advice
but I can find a finale
#creature #vss365 #poem #poetry
he asked, stroking his beard
the two beers too few kind
I sighed, feeling the headache
I hurt, I'm hurt
and this old reflection
is asking questions
you won't find the answer
in whatever -this- is
sage advice
but I can find a finale
#creature #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
they learn a lot at school
about taxes, stocks, and
shareholder value;
no one studies
the business of being human
demons grow and rise
in our midst, it's no surprise;
their ways are rewarded
what can we do?
what can we do
but refuse to play their games
#business #vss365 #poem #poetry
about taxes, stocks, and
shareholder value;
no one studies
the business of being human
demons grow and rise
in our midst, it's no surprise;
their ways are rewarded
what can we do?
what can we do
but refuse to play their games
#business #vss365 #poem #poetry
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the Halloween ray
turned everyone into monsters
but almost no one changed
did we not know ourselves
or did we not know
what a monster is
#Halloween #ray #vss365 #poem #poetry
turned everyone into monsters
but almost no one changed
did we not know ourselves
or did we not know
what a monster is
#Halloween #ray #vss365 #poem #poetry
October 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the Halloween ray
turned everyone into monsters
but almost no one changed
did we not know ourselves
or did we not know
what a monster is
#Halloween #ray #vss365 #poem #poetry
turned everyone into monsters
but almost no one changed
did we not know ourselves
or did we not know
what a monster is
#Halloween #ray #vss365 #poem #poetry
wing sword eye
argent knife in flight, to mine
just a look, but I'm cut so deep
with need, critique
she makes me weep
in all the ways, wrong and right
and either way, always cutting
my core is scored
final judgment written in her words
and god forbid she speak
#argent #vss365 #poem #rbf
argent knife in flight, to mine
just a look, but I'm cut so deep
with need, critique
she makes me weep
in all the ways, wrong and right
and either way, always cutting
my core is scored
final judgment written in her words
and god forbid she speak
#argent #vss365 #poem #rbf
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM