ange belle

.
there's
something
so grounding,
and makes me
feel at peace

it brings harmony
to my universe—

it's knowing
you exist

#vss365
#poetry

We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.

.
it was always personal
never met one like you

we were intimate
& private
pushing limits and
boundaries
falling in love with
each other's mind
and the essence
of our souls

a beautiful romance
filled with twists
& turns—
and will forever be
my most intriguing
amorous liaison

#foxprose
#poetry

there is no
divine intervention
nothing to save the day
slipping in
from another dimension

there is the heart
& then there's the practical
sometimes
to stay safe
we have to be tactical

we took our chances
it was the most beautiful
of romances

now there's just two people
and a set of
circumstances

.
he was
the finest gem
in my jewelry box
of dreams—
his words seductive
like fire & magic

over many years
softened my heart

a sensual awakening
in my soul
made me feel things
I've longed for...

and can't forget

#vss365
#poetry

.
can't hide it no more
my body goes numb
thinking of the time
we had together

thoughts that
swirl around
behind
a vaporous veil
of foggy memories

#inkmine
#poetry

velveteen caress
finds tender warmth

my blood sighs
finding resonance in your touch

undulant forms
bathed in moonlight
finding no surcease
in the need

fingertips
softly brushing your thighs

i want to turn ripples
into waves
tease crescendos
from your currents

#Amatory
@amatoryq.bsky.social

.
consumed by
stressful lethargy
never felt a fear
like this
so dark and
overwhelming
hurts to think of
the future—
and the way
it was

obliged to
remember the past
by my nostalgic
tendencies

praying & hoping
for global salvation

#vss365
#poetry

i kissed
your clavicle
again last night
from light years away

and wondered
would you quiver
at the touch
as i do at the thought

i kissed
your hip
in again last night
from a million wishes away

and you tasted
like something
between heaven
and home

#pennedreveries

picture of a white bowl of raw potatoes and garlic along with a white porcelain pitcher, tiny glass salt & pepper shakers and a red tomato in a small bowl.

.
there is no glory
in potatoes
no majesty in garlic

yet they please
my palate

make me salivate

and the splendor
of sharing a meal
we cooked together
would taste divine

#vss365
#poetry

.
how long
will we stay
separated this way,
will we meet again
in another realm
to become lovers—

or never look into
each other's eyes
for eternity

#fromoneline
#poetry

thank you ⚘️

You were always a step ahead of me— amazing how a single stride can shift the whole horizon. You’d already released me before I even felt the shift, while I still drifted in your wake, tossing petals at your shadow, until the moment you slammed your brakes, and I collided with our tombstone, my name carved in stellar-like granite, I gave my warmth so freely, asking only for yours, but it always seemed tied to the wind. Now I listen for a soft RIP in the devil’s still, but all I hear is a silence of reasons dressed in lovers’ ashes and charred whispers of my heart

#vss365
#stellar

so beautiful Bethany ⚘️

.
these times
so very different
from all others...
a fear never
thought I'd feel

chaos breaking out
all over the world—
hate & great anxiety

reaching for memories
of love to soothe me
remembering
the way he loved
& his stellar poetry

#vss365
#poetry

how long will we stay
calling love
a promised land?
what do we know of it
if pleasure is all we name?
it is touch
fever
the #bouncy pulse
of bare skin
but also dark & blues
madness fused
with wisdom
a door flung wide
past the senses
both the wings
& the abyss

#FromOneLine 406 #vss365 #blueskypoets

An old one..

I want
to swallow
starlight
so that it breathes
through me
Light like a feather~
like the helium
you once were
to my heart

#poetry #photography #skylovers #moon #stars #trees #blueskypoets #writingcommunity #westcoastkin

🙏✨️💛

.
the need to get
brutally honest with
one's self...

to cut one's losses

stepping out of
an enchanted dream
to live in a reality
without one another,
seeing with eyes
to the future

for now, wishing on
stars & all the
could have beens

truly some spirits will
never be forgotten

#vss365
#poetry

.
conjuring up
invented identity
photographs
from years ago
she embarked on
a journey into her mind
writing what needed
to see the light

like a rocket
her soul was lifted
to heights sublime

putting pen to paper
saved her life—
returning to her
the will to go on

#foxprose
#pennedreveries
#poetry

lol 🐿

Happy Valentine’s Day, Bluesky 🩷

soft
like a sun ray
delicate
as a lunatic wish
my lips
brushing yours...

hard
and urgent
as though survival
deemed it so

as deep
as i can
leaving bite marks
on your heart
and fever
at your altar

i kiss you
everywhere
in every way

darling
i so thirst for you

#vss365
#kiss

thin barren branch with red and pink hearts dangling from it

.
February's valentines
tokens of affection
emanating love
and ardent emotions

remembrances of
passionate kisses
real or imagined

unexplainable
body and soul
attractions

bonding with others
& celebrating life

#vss365
#poetry
#valentinesday

the night changes
from empty black
to cradle
holding us

eddies of chaos
slow their swirl
to peace

winds that once whipped
caress

where
changes from being a place
to being you

heartbeats
become melodies

though I have not done
a full accounting
the remarkable happens

when we. touch

#vss365

painting by John White Alexander (1856) of a woman in a long white dress in repose on a lage light brown sofa.

.
he made me dream
taught me about love

flowing like a river
he's in my veins—

every bone in my body
aches for his warmth

#vss365
#poetry
#art John White Alexander (1856)

.
dangling
from a thread
our love goes on—
still blossoming
among the scars
and old wounds

breathing hope
into our souls
to find peace

#vss365
#poetry

delicate petals
bely the depth of root

i am in awe of her

that flower
defying any storm

we all bend
we all break

she endures
she thrives

resplendent
in her spring

she blooms constantly
in my garden of reveries

impossibly beautiful

in fortitude
and grace

#pennedreveries

.
there was a
luminosity
to his lucidity
bringing light
into a dark world

this amorphous
ghost
like a shapeless
cloud
lifting me out
of the swamp
that was my life

#vss365
#poetry

.
looking out at the sea
past the deep end of blue

my mind traveling
past the horizon
liberating itself from
worry and sorrow

cradling me
soothing the pain
making me remember
things long forgotten

#vss365
#poetry