D.C. Swanson

A molecule is #minuscule.
The universe is giant.
But, they need each other
For no mass is self-reliant.

#vss365

When you cook meals, I cannot wait
to #kiss the chef and clean my plate.

#vss365

A couple spins around the sun
is all we get before we’re done.
A fleeting shadow that we cast
as numbered days diminish fast.
But don’t just sit and wait for #dark-
go use your years to make a mark.

#vss365

Holding a book and perusing its pages
has made our brains better and brighter for ages
but holding a screen that we #touch, tap, and swipe
makes minds more inclined to embitter and gripe.

#vss365

I’d rather sweat
and #ache and bleed
then let A.I.
fulfill each need.

#vss365

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A.I. writing has no soul
A.I. music has no breath
A.I. movies have no goal
A.I. paintings have no depth
A.I. has no blood or #bones
No emotions and no heart
It just copies, feigns, and clones-
Please support non-A.I. art.

#vss365

Gravity’s a law, they say,
but we don’t have to hear it;
though flesh and blood get stuck in mud,
the globe can't ground your #spirit.

#vss365

Thanks - and thanks for the great word prompts!

They’ll batter you with banter
and smite you with a smile.
They’ll lash at you with laughter
to #wound you for a while.
But mocking words won’t break you;
that's not how you’re defined.
Just mind the things that matter,
and chatter, you won’t mind.

#vss365

When I was growing up,
the job I wanted most
was strapping on a pack
and busting up some ghosts.
But now that I’ve grown old,
my childhood dream must end;
there’s too much chance I’d bust
a ghost who was my friend.

#vss365 #ghost

In life I’ve said a lot of words, and many I forget.
But I remember every word I’ve said that I regret.
I wish that I could take them back if life let me rewind,
for now I know how pain can grow from words that are not kind.

#vss365 #pain

Where do souls go when we die?
Do they float up to the sky?
Do they sink if we have sinned?
Do they vanish in the wind?
Do they find a newborn home?
Do they turn to ghosts and roam?
It’s my hope each soul endures
And that mine will stay with yours.

#vss365 #soul

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I think books are best read in the quiet of night
when the screens are asleep but a lamp still gives light
and a #shadow descends on each page as you turn
until words are revealed, and you read, and you learn.

#vss365

Don't just read to ease your mind;
Read things that help move it.
Don't just speak to #soothe your soul;
Say things that improve it.
Don't just love who loves you back;
Love when love is trying.
Don't just live to take up time;
Do good before dying.

#vss365

Don’t get mad when children lie- it’s a talent in demand!

When they fumble with their fibs, offer them a helping hand.

Teach your kids to #obfuscate and believably deny,

and you’ll give them skills that sell- these days, it pays well to lie.

#vss365

Most billionaires
believe they're bold
but #quiver when
the truth gets told.

#vss365

You have to sink to learn to soar.
You must have less to then get more.
If you don’t #wane, you can’t renew.
Improvement makes a better you.

#vss365

It's not required that the news
reflexively repeat a #ruse.

#vss365

Life sometimes won’t go as planned
Things sometimes get out of hand
But, some rise when times demand
To #slip and stagger, but still stand.

#vss365

Many thanks!

In deserts, a #drizzle can feel like a flood.
In movies, a Rogen can pass for a Rudd.
In tech, any chatbot can claim it's a friend.
But not everyone will be fooled in the end.

#vss365

There is a condition called billionaire brain
It makes you think everyone’s glad when you gain
& that each debate is enriched by your take
& that there’s no harm from the rules that you break
& that it's not fair when your whims are ignored-
yet they think the rest of the world is #unmoored.
#vss365

It's profound how strings of sound can synthesize in songs Structured noise the brain enjoys and memory prolongs
I’d assumed that discord #loomed to drown out good vibrations But our minds can always find the grace in life’s gradations.

#vss365 #loom

Is history a one-way street
or does it cycle and repeat?
Do people learn from past mistakes
or err again, with higher stakes?
Is fate a future we can steer
or does it thwart attempts to #veer?
Will we improve the world we’ve got?
I hope we will. But maybe not.

#vss365

A passive push won’t build much speed.
A murmur's hard to hear or heed.
Indifferent seas don't make big waves.
Sometimes it's taking stands that saves.

#vss365 #murmur

When history is written,
seems the penmanship's not neat.
Less a linear progression
than a cycle on repeat.
But with hope and help from neighbors,
we can change the die we've cast,
find a #dappled ray of sunshine,
and drive out our darkest past.

#vss365.

Thanks Bethany- great first prompt word!

Some pictures hang inside my mind
The details clear, the points defined
I cannot crop them; they stay whole
These scenes are seared inside my soul
But though they bring me pain, regret,
I’d rather face them than forget.

#vss365 #sear