Ashley R. Oden
@ashleyroden.bsky.social
Author of: “Murder in Moondust” - Educator of small humans. Lover of all things black, NIN, cats, & coffee. Slytherin for life. Late night poet.
I carved myself in shadow and flame,
Hid fragments too fractured to name.
Some drawers opened, a glimpse, a few,
Others locked—no one knew.
Yet he, my love, takes me whole, Every piece, liberates my soul. No more hiding, no more flight— In him, I burn, unchained and bright.
#vss365
Yet he, my love, takes me whole, Every piece, liberates my soul. No more hiding, no more flight— In him, I burn, unchained and bright.
#vss365
February 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I carved myself in shadow and flame,
Hid fragments too fractured to name.
Some drawers opened, a glimpse, a few,
Others locked—no one knew.
Yet he, my love, takes me whole, Every piece, liberates my soul. No more hiding, no more flight— In him, I burn, unchained and bright.
#vss365
Yet he, my love, takes me whole, Every piece, liberates my soul. No more hiding, no more flight— In him, I burn, unchained and bright.
#vss365
There never was, nor never will be,
A place where stars refuse to fall.
A thoroughfare ‘tween wish and have,
Where love and longing call.
I send my wishes on the wind, Save my stars for dreams to weave— For now, I hold most everything, Just a girl who dares believe.
#vss365
I send my wishes on the wind, Save my stars for dreams to weave— For now, I hold most everything, Just a girl who dares believe.
#vss365
February 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
There never was, nor never will be,
A place where stars refuse to fall.
A thoroughfare ‘tween wish and have,
Where love and longing call.
I send my wishes on the wind, Save my stars for dreams to weave— For now, I hold most everything, Just a girl who dares believe.
#vss365
I send my wishes on the wind, Save my stars for dreams to weave— For now, I hold most everything, Just a girl who dares believe.
#vss365
Sometimes I look upon the sea,
Of envy, loss, and misery.
A race to rise, to stand up tall,
Yet never seeing life at all.
But sonder flows in waves so bright,
A whispered truth, a shared delight.
If only we could pause and see,
The threads that bind both you and me.
#vss365
Of envy, loss, and misery.
A race to rise, to stand up tall,
Yet never seeing life at all.
But sonder flows in waves so bright,
A whispered truth, a shared delight.
If only we could pause and see,
The threads that bind both you and me.
#vss365
January 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sometimes I look upon the sea,
Of envy, loss, and misery.
A race to rise, to stand up tall,
Yet never seeing life at all.
But sonder flows in waves so bright,
A whispered truth, a shared delight.
If only we could pause and see,
The threads that bind both you and me.
#vss365
Of envy, loss, and misery.
A race to rise, to stand up tall,
Yet never seeing life at all.
But sonder flows in waves so bright,
A whispered truth, a shared delight.
If only we could pause and see,
The threads that bind both you and me.
#vss365
Sweet nectar drips from sugar plums,
Nollaig calls shadows near.
Tread softly, as snow appears—
Solstice hums, a #challenge comes.
Bind the dark in holly’s glow,
Bottle ghosts where ice winds blow.
Stars will sing of frost’s embrace,
As winter haunts each sacred morn.
#vss365
Bind the dark in holly’s glow,
Bottle ghosts where ice winds blow.
Stars will sing of frost’s embrace,
As winter haunts each sacred morn.
#vss365
December 16, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Sweet nectar drips from sugar plums,
Nollaig calls shadows near.
Tread softly, as snow appears—
Solstice hums, a #challenge comes.
Bind the dark in holly’s glow,
Bottle ghosts where ice winds blow.
Stars will sing of frost’s embrace,
As winter haunts each sacred morn.
#vss365
Bind the dark in holly’s glow,
Bottle ghosts where ice winds blow.
Stars will sing of frost’s embrace,
As winter haunts each sacred morn.
#vss365
Hark! The #creeper wakes from gloom,
'Neath alabaster's frozen bloom.
With ivy twined & candles bright,
He joins the feast this Yuletide night.
The wassail flows, the carols soar, To greet both guests & shades of yore. Let joy unite the quick and still, This Christmas morn, on vale & hill.
#vss365
The wassail flows, the carols soar, To greet both guests & shades of yore. Let joy unite the quick and still, This Christmas morn, on vale & hill.
#vss365
December 7, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Hidden deep in a haunted glen,
Father Christmas hums, a spectral hymn.
Snow gathers thick upon his brow,
Lanterns flicker, extinguished now.
#Mycelium crawls, seeks his touch, Yet recoils beneath winter’s clutch. For waiting here, unbound by fear, Are those who call us ever near.
#vss365
#Mycelium crawls, seeks his touch, Yet recoils beneath winter’s clutch. For waiting here, unbound by fear, Are those who call us ever near.
#vss365
December 4, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Sing ‘neath hills where chapels glow,
Draped in frost & moonlit snow.
Whispers rise as shadows call,
While raven watches all.
Feast awaits in depths of sin,
#Tardigrades stir frost within.
Darkened hymns through silence creep,
‘Tis Christmas time, all spirits weep.
#vss365
Draped in frost & moonlit snow.
Whispers rise as shadows call,
While raven watches all.
Feast awaits in depths of sin,
#Tardigrades stir frost within.
Darkened hymns through silence creep,
‘Tis Christmas time, all spirits weep.
#vss365
December 3, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Sing ‘neath hills where chapels glow,
Draped in frost & moonlit snow.
Whispers rise as shadows call,
While raven watches all.
Feast awaits in depths of sin,
#Tardigrades stir frost within.
Darkened hymns through silence creep,
‘Tis Christmas time, all spirits weep.
#vss365
Draped in frost & moonlit snow.
Whispers rise as shadows call,
While raven watches all.
Feast awaits in depths of sin,
#Tardigrades stir frost within.
Darkened hymns through silence creep,
‘Tis Christmas time, all spirits weep.
#vss365
Reposted by Ashley R. Oden
From stone that crumbled,
#Souvenirs I tore.
A beating heart held tight—
I craved you evermore.
Locked in the shadows, For fear of despair, I rot in my cage, The ticking now bare.
#vss365
Locked in the shadows, For fear of despair, I rot in my cage, The ticking now bare.
#vss365
November 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
From stone that crumbled,
#Souvenirs I tore.
A beating heart held tight—
I craved you evermore.
Locked in the shadows, For fear of despair, I rot in my cage, The ticking now bare.
#vss365
Locked in the shadows, For fear of despair, I rot in my cage, The ticking now bare.
#vss365
A phenomenon of pennies spent,
Withered daisy’s roots now bent.
A travesty of endless need,
For what I crave, no coin can feed.
Droplets of earth in whispered sighs, Fleeting dance of goodbyes. To linger on a fragile plane, Mask the ache of loss’s strain.
#BornBattleReady
Droplets of earth in whispered sighs, Fleeting dance of goodbyes. To linger on a fragile plane, Mask the ache of loss’s strain.
#BornBattleReady
November 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
A phenomenon of pennies spent,
Withered daisy’s roots now bent.
A travesty of endless need,
For what I crave, no coin can feed.
Droplets of earth in whispered sighs, Fleeting dance of goodbyes. To linger on a fragile plane, Mask the ache of loss’s strain.
#BornBattleReady
Droplets of earth in whispered sighs, Fleeting dance of goodbyes. To linger on a fragile plane, Mask the ache of loss’s strain.
#BornBattleReady
I stood amongst the shadows
Summoning life in visions dark
An overture of mischief
Celebratory song from a lark
Muted neighs of horses black
Blew steam that tickled my ear
Fire-ignited amber eyes
Statues danced about
A brouhaha escaped my lips
I joined & gave a shout
Summoning life in visions dark
An overture of mischief
Celebratory song from a lark
Muted neighs of horses black
Blew steam that tickled my ear
Fire-ignited amber eyes
Statues danced about
A brouhaha escaped my lips
I joined & gave a shout
September 25, 2023 at 11:45 AM
I stood amongst the shadows
Summoning life in visions dark
An overture of mischief
Celebratory song from a lark
Muted neighs of horses black
Blew steam that tickled my ear
Fire-ignited amber eyes
Statues danced about
A brouhaha escaped my lips
I joined & gave a shout
Summoning life in visions dark
An overture of mischief
Celebratory song from a lark
Muted neighs of horses black
Blew steam that tickled my ear
Fire-ignited amber eyes
Statues danced about
A brouhaha escaped my lips
I joined & gave a shout
She lives in a world of charcoal smears
Raven wings, black cats, and ink
Violins and fiddles echo in her mind
As the devil serenades the dead
Words of Larkin, Baudelaire, and Poe
Inspire visions of things ahead
Dancing alone to midnight’s bells
Lost in a world of make-believe spells
Raven wings, black cats, and ink
Violins and fiddles echo in her mind
As the devil serenades the dead
Words of Larkin, Baudelaire, and Poe
Inspire visions of things ahead
Dancing alone to midnight’s bells
Lost in a world of make-believe spells
September 20, 2023 at 11:37 AM
She lives in a world of charcoal smears
Raven wings, black cats, and ink
Violins and fiddles echo in her mind
As the devil serenades the dead
Words of Larkin, Baudelaire, and Poe
Inspire visions of things ahead
Dancing alone to midnight’s bells
Lost in a world of make-believe spells
Raven wings, black cats, and ink
Violins and fiddles echo in her mind
As the devil serenades the dead
Words of Larkin, Baudelaire, and Poe
Inspire visions of things ahead
Dancing alone to midnight’s bells
Lost in a world of make-believe spells
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Choke on catcalls
As we cross
Salivation swallowed
From your lips
Bras we burn
As symbols hot
Unclasp your hands
From around our necks
#Feminist beings
Inclusive wants
Digest your archaic
Mentality
Equal footing
Dollars slashed
Without our existence
You’d have no path
#vss365
As we cross
Salivation swallowed
From your lips
Bras we burn
As symbols hot
Unclasp your hands
From around our necks
#Feminist beings
Inclusive wants
Digest your archaic
Mentality
Equal footing
Dollars slashed
Without our existence
You’d have no path
#vss365
July 10, 2023 at 4:19 AM
Choke on catcalls
As we cross
Salivation swallowed
From your lips
Bras we burn
As symbols hot
Unclasp your hands
From around our necks
#Feminist beings
Inclusive wants
Digest your archaic
Mentality
Equal footing
Dollars slashed
Without our existence
You’d have no path
#vss365
As we cross
Salivation swallowed
From your lips
Bras we burn
As symbols hot
Unclasp your hands
From around our necks
#Feminist beings
Inclusive wants
Digest your archaic
Mentality
Equal footing
Dollars slashed
Without our existence
You’d have no path
#vss365
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Labeled by society
As less than
What I oughta be
A #punk in black
With failed sobriety
Riddled by anxiety
Ink-lined pain inside my diary
I simply seek a different variety
Failed to see me in my entirety
Never seeking notoriety
I will not die and leave this world quietly
#vss365
As less than
What I oughta be
A #punk in black
With failed sobriety
Riddled by anxiety
Ink-lined pain inside my diary
I simply seek a different variety
Failed to see me in my entirety
Never seeking notoriety
I will not die and leave this world quietly
#vss365
July 9, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Labeled by society
As less than
What I oughta be
A #punk in black
With failed sobriety
Riddled by anxiety
Ink-lined pain inside my diary
I simply seek a different variety
Failed to see me in my entirety
Never seeking notoriety
I will not die and leave this world quietly
#vss365
As less than
What I oughta be
A #punk in black
With failed sobriety
Riddled by anxiety
Ink-lined pain inside my diary
I simply seek a different variety
Failed to see me in my entirety
Never seeking notoriety
I will not die and leave this world quietly
#vss365
Crumpled bits of fabled want
Slaughtered remnants of my soul
I was #damaged by a world so cold
Held together by God only knows
I clung to life to make it right
Needing no one to make me whole
Tears no longer I did cry
My head I held up to feel alive
#vss365
Slaughtered remnants of my soul
I was #damaged by a world so cold
Held together by God only knows
I clung to life to make it right
Needing no one to make me whole
Tears no longer I did cry
My head I held up to feel alive
#vss365
July 9, 2023 at 5:14 AM
Crumpled bits of fabled want
Slaughtered remnants of my soul
I was #damaged by a world so cold
Held together by God only knows
I clung to life to make it right
Needing no one to make me whole
Tears no longer I did cry
My head I held up to feel alive
#vss365
Slaughtered remnants of my soul
I was #damaged by a world so cold
Held together by God only knows
I clung to life to make it right
Needing no one to make me whole
Tears no longer I did cry
My head I held up to feel alive
#vss365
Ancient riddles whispered
Through evergreen boughs
Twisted tongues tell lies
#Fate intervenes, I vow
Floating fantasies fall
On bended knee, do bow
Planted passions pulse
Eternal bliss, allowed
#vss365
Through evergreen boughs
Twisted tongues tell lies
#Fate intervenes, I vow
Floating fantasies fall
On bended knee, do bow
Planted passions pulse
Eternal bliss, allowed
#vss365
July 9, 2023 at 5:09 AM
Ancient riddles whispered
Through evergreen boughs
Twisted tongues tell lies
#Fate intervenes, I vow
Floating fantasies fall
On bended knee, do bow
Planted passions pulse
Eternal bliss, allowed
#vss365
Through evergreen boughs
Twisted tongues tell lies
#Fate intervenes, I vow
Floating fantasies fall
On bended knee, do bow
Planted passions pulse
Eternal bliss, allowed
#vss365