Genna

Blood on my hands
from brushing against your thorns.
In the dark,
you swore you bloomed.
I mistook it for art.

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I bloomed in your ruin.
Why did you kiss my pulse?
to conjure ghosts in my chest—
only to haunt me?

#micropoetry #poetry #blueskypoets #micropoem #bloom #poetrycommunity

Every way I've loved
begins with words
pressed softly into my palm—
petals folding open
the flow of emotion
to wrap themselves around another's heart.
Somehow
they always end
in fallen tears
etching rivers
carving out banks
no language can cross—
where once a name bloomed
on the edge of lips.

What is childlike about joy?
If joy is youthful, consider me forever five,
lying on an apple tree with my weary dog,
forever seven,
concerts for cows in the back paddock,
forever ten,
a bedroom dance party with my sister,
and forever joy,
never too fleeting to keep—
woven within.
#vss365

A quiet hum,
rusts my bones.
Creaking rib cage,
exhaling soft #noise,
fills the void
of my throat
catching still air,
with words unsaid—
I love you
I love you
I love you

Is it enough
to be held
in this quiet?

Suspended hearts beat,
between the desolation,
calling our names—
I love you.
#vss365

Thank you!

Love and death grow in an orchard
Picked from the same basket
Barefoot in the soil
Reach to kiss a sweet apple
Cut it open—the core is rotten, a worm unfurls
The blackbird swoops to grasp its tail
I felt death on its wings
and it sang a prayer—
Bury it beside thyme
Sweet apple of #death
#vss365

I love this so much

I sometimes wonder
why you chose
my heart

it requires
more tenderness
than others
to keep the love
flowing

it requires water
from the depth of you

smile at me
with your dawn light
I so adore you

'til death
if you let me

for life
if you breathe me

for sure
if you believe in me

#vss365

There's a slow and steady pull that lingers beneath my skin,
like a #thread that weaves the edges of a dream.
When my fingers trace the spine of a book, I wonder if you've read it—
and I feel it fray when we forget where it started,
pulled to a forgotten place,
tethered without knowing why.
#vss365

Thanks!

Thank you 😊

Her hands were velveteen, and they brushed my skin like an old secret.
It made me wonder how things become real, how years of use had not worn her tenderness.
She wrapped me in the woven softness of glances and promises,
and we bathed in the shadow of something unreachable.

#vss365 #velveteen #vss

I walked through gossamer fields
and let my fingers run over silk.
I think we spun here once.
Do you remember when our bodies twirled?
The sky split open, and we pulled at its edges.
We felt it drift across our skin.
We spun ourselves into the fabric,
unraveling what we were.

#vss365 #gossamer

Thank you!

Gorgeous

the sun reaches new heights
and there is spring
in my step

the soil softens
and speaks the word
desire

& it's like
I'm on the way
to see you
everywhere I go

& the way
you lighten my heart
is in the fluttering
and flittering
chirping
and twittering

& the grass
like your eyes
deep
& green

#vss365

What is so insatiable about desire when the mere existence of you unfolds like poetry in motion?
When the thought of our ache stirs a tempest in my heart?
I have not felt your touch, yet my soul has memory of you.
It cannot be insatiable when your unspoken presence settles within me.

#vss365

Desire—
Writhes when distance calls
my soul casts itself willingly adrift
my body knows I am in search of you

Desire—
Twists itself into obsession
my hands seize its wrath
my heart devours the distance

Desire—
Lends itself to devotion
passion transcends purpose
longing is the offering.

#vss365

As always, a beautiful piece!

Thank you ✨️

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Thanks so much 😊

Thank you!

#Inspiration drips from your fingertips,
steeped into the nape of my neck.
A touch—enough, it sparks a thousand wildfires—
love, so divine, tides to quell them.
When smoke rises from my breath,
it meets the wind in kindred spirit—
return me home to you,
the origin of dreams.

#vss365
#poet

written
in honey

written
in flame

in confession

in tribute

in catharsis

in necessity

the inspiration
you imbue me with

the constancy
of you

the light in your eyes

the motion of your hips

in this voice
or my other

another verse

the same ache

#vss365
#inspiration

I like to think we are entangled in infinity,
for as long as you exist, I have lived.
And when we are apart,
we are not bound by distance or time.
Your essence orbits,
a celestial body circling my soul.
You grow in my bones,
and build our home in the marrow of me.

I could never forget you.
#vss365

Your love makes me feel guilty
Sinner's breath washes over me
I bathe in self-righteousness
Your love makes me feel guilty
A ritual of sensuality
I soak in intensity
Your love makes me feel guilty
Fingers like a hot iron brand my heart
Flames ignite in my chest
For guilt is an unholy fire
#vss365

Thank you!

#interregnum

Thank you!