# vsspoem unheard poetrycommunity poetry prompt amwriting undergrowth source fuse drag machine crucify damn madmen ride seed cripple trial aptitude obedience prudent nourish fissure cheek leash

Cries for attention
Echo through the night,
With no one to answer
But the unheard one
Feeling left behind.

March 15th, 2023
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Cry louder.



16 28
2023-03-15

Wild, this garden mine,
Shadowy and overgrown —
With angels in the treetops,
And demons in the undergrowth.

March 2nd, 2023
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Do some weeding.



11 27
2023-03-02

Source unknown,
Shaped or grown —
Meet your maker.

February 20th, 2023
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Irrelevant.





12 28
2023-02-20

A beacon
For the brave enough —
Hope's a fuse, not a candle.

January 10th, 2023
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Light it up.





8 15
2023-01-10

Boxing day —
Christmas dreams,
Drag them up,
From the bottoms of your hearts.

December 26th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Be fabulous.





11 17
2022-12-26

Social technology?
It is but the tool we choose.
In the end,
It's not the hate machine —
It's how WE use it.

November 26th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Behave.



14 25
2022-11-26

Damned be the friendly,
The crucified saints —
Shamed out of context
With passive-aggressive
Unjustified hate.

November 20th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Unfollow.



11 23
2022-11-10

Soothing past
Scars fresh wounds over —
Little monsters grow up
So damn fast.

October 8th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Give several.





10 22
2022-10-08

Crazed
We sing along
Ballads of madmen,
Celebrating
Our insane circumstance.

October 4th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Change key.





12 26
2022-10-04

The dream
Is not the beanstalk,
But the place
To where it leads —
If only we could get there
Riding the cow instead.

September 30th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Sculpt the dream.



11 24
2022-09-30

To plant a seed
And watch it grow —
Baby mine,
There's nothing like it
In the world.

September 18th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Water it well.





10 25
2022-09-18

Fear and pain,
Shame and blame,
Crippling negatives in cadence.
Suppressed self kept deep within —
Reshaped and silenced,
Forced to dance.

August 23rd, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Cut loose.



13 25
2022-08-23

Endless end games,
Trials uncompletable —
Incremental goals,
Punishing growth
Towards a greater hurt.

July 2nd, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. No surrender.



15 19
2022-07-02

Aptitude for resignation,
Raised to accommodate —
Freedom means shit
If it is not
Absolute.

July 1st, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Get your share.





12 17
2022-07-01

Hereditary devotion —
Obedient little soldiers,
Raised on battle hymns
And toxic lullaby's.

June 26th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Reformat.





13 26
2022-06-26

Act prudent,
Save the blame —
It's expectations
That let us down.

June 16th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Who am I kidding…





10 22
2022-06-16

All that nourishes
Body or soul
Addicts —
Attention most of all.

June 10th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Recognize the hunger.





18 27
2022-06-10

None of us
Got close enough
To notice
The fissures in her smile.

March 5th, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Come closer.





19 36
2022-03-05

Together apart,
Ass cheek to ass cheek,
Nothing between
But a memory of closeness
And the promise of
Maybe someday.

February 23rd, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Turn back.



11 26
2022-02-23

Who follows,
Who leads?
Fear is anger
On a leash.

February 22nd, 2022
prompt:

Share. Retweet. Bite the hand.





9 30
2022-02-22