Arliden the Bard

maybe in the morning
just at the moment
the golden kisses the pale

or maybe at the low point
of dreary afternoon
and you are looking
for a reason to look up

and did you know
that I would keep you company
even in that land
where love
has no relevance

and the sky
marks no day or night

#vss365

Today I used onions
as an excuse. Yesterday,
it was the rain.

Today I listened
to certain songs
& wondered
if you found me,
somewhere inside you?
And if you did,
how long it held
your attention?

Today I was frozen
& didn't know
what to do.

Today I realized
I don't like these days
at all.

#vss365

Flu or cold? I had laryngitis after a short cold which lingered for too long. It was annoying. We're doing okay. This administration has increased the stress levels on both our jobs, but we're managing and have wonderful children which gives us very nice things to think about when we need it. 😊💕

Thank you, dear Poetess. I was hoping it would be seen that way, but didn't feel like maybe I got it quite right. 🙏

Stand tall.

When we listen, not with the ears,
but with the whole of our being—
the air itself begins to speak.

The noise of the world softens, and from beneath it rises a quieter truth, a trembling note at the center of all things.

It is there that the heart reveals itself—
Pure in essence.

#GreatMystery

Really like this, Bithi. 👏👏❤️

I never wanted to #achieve you
for I know death would've the upper hand
eventually

I just ache to be with you
night and day
weeks and months and years

with you, not a second is dull
time flies
and time drags when you're away

#vss365

to have options
is to live freely

a train whistle
at Kinston Station

a revolving light
at Point Judith

a singularly
remarkable oak

a few words
chosen and written

gratefulness
as the moon sets

again

#vss365 #options

Pretty sure the Republican Party already sent to a message to the Cheney's when they censured Liz. The Republican Party is far beyond just a hawkish war criminal.

my empathy has limits
there is place I cannot inhabit
my mind cannot map
into yours

Don't you know
that loving you
wasn't a choice
or an option?

I just took a breath
and you were in my lungs
then in my blood

so why are there times
my heart aches
for just a kind word
but your lips
are numb
#vss365

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a flag ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a flag

😂😂

Maybe Kash Patel can post photos of it on his social media. He loves posting evidence during active investigations.

Well at least he didn't greet MBS by wearing a tan suit or give a head bow. Instead he just spent a shit ton of taxpayer money to a country that is an absolute monarchy running on Sharia law. And soon they'll get F35s!

What I want to know is, why didn't anybody as the crown prince why he wasn't wearing a suit like they did for Zelenskyy?

Seriously though, why doesn't anybody believe that Trump will just get rid of documents in the Epstein file that implicate him? What stops him from doing this?

I believe wings can grow, and if not there are things with really big wings that you can get in and fly far away from where you came. :)

There is energy in the ground. I was born of the earth, but one day you look up and you know it is time to ascend. And then you're looking, searching for a place to land. But so many places are already taken, belong to someone else. As I perch. Rest. I realize reality. I need bigger wings.

#vss365

I know I can
pick up the phone & call
if the writing’s on the #hickory wall.

#Reality feels like
a stepping stone
built to watch me fall.

There’s no reflection
in the windows
as I walk on by.

I got friends
in all the right places,
but they don’t
want to hold me
while I cry.

#vss365 #vssdaily

commoners wanted to be them
wear their skin
their gait was tight
untouched
as a new car
never sat in

born with a silver spoon
their #reality
dark
loveless

struggling to keep
the heart's lights on
barren of what life meant
now hearing
the dying song
#vss365 #poetry #prompt #writing

Curves drawn
With pastels and chalk
Portrait position
On canvas against a landscape
Lit by sunsets magenta

And night roses blooming
In lipstick rouge
The mood a little #beguiled
By nymph magick
In the morn the muse disappears
Till dusk reappears

#emoetry

And didn't she sign the petition though?

Always your words transport and such a lovely picture. I do enjoy that first sting of cold...but by January I may be singing a different tune. lol I hope you are well, dear soul. 👏❤️💕

11/14/25 a blustery day, the wind sweeping tall grass, and separating a few leaves from nearly barren branches

autumns swan song
i stand watching
welcoming the cold stinging my face
natures necessary chill
trees have unmasked their colors
branches nearly barren
eyes see magic, not science
witness to an ancient cycle
blustery wind sweeps the last few leaves
a fleeting waltz
as winters gaze falls upon us both

the way the soft
and gentle of your cheek
are held by the lines
of your regal jaw
meet the curve
and gracefulness
of your neck

and if I had goals
in life before
I've forgotten them
as new purpose
burns within me

and I am eager
for the journey
my lips must take
and the music
of your sigh

#vss365

Which hemisphere...the northern or western? lolol

Keep listening I guess to people who are more informed than you, because apparently you aren't very informed on what a fascist actually looks like. I for one am not interested in continuing a discussion with someone so uninformed.

There was even fascism going on in the U.S. before Trump ever showed up. Didn't mean we were a fascist state.

That's a strawman, I never claimed that there isn't fascism in many of the people in our current administration. But there is a difference between people trying to fascist things and being in a fascist state.

Oh, I may. I am not a citizen. And I have seen people trying to fend of federal agents using violence. That doesn't make what we are living in a fascist state. To suggest where we are at right now is anything like Nazi Germany or Mussolini's Italy would be factually incorrect.

He's forever the hero of the problems he caused. His voters just believe that it's all the democrats fault and so he keeps piling up these 'accolades'.