Kelvin Rodrigues

unknown mysteries
revealed beyond our last breath
self-discovery
beckons us to go deeper
than we've ever dared to go

#vss365 #beyond #tanka

Waves thrash around me
ominous and loud
I rise above the fierce
tall and proud
to look #beyond the foam
of many guilty words
I sail towards still water
with a song for the birds
#vss365

Across the lake & #beyond the rise, smoke curled - a fire prepared by his girl to partner the 1 in his heart. Had she heard he was home? Could she feel his presence nearing like he did hers?
He adjusted his belt, fixed his soldier hat, and smiled, eyes aching to see her.
#vss365

From the #vss365 jukebox, this is One Step #Beyond by Madness.

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I look beyond
Wreckage and memories
Can’t have that be
All that is left to me
Roof torn and cracked
I see trees overhead
Branches sway
They are an old friend
Reaching down for me
I can hear
Children at play
Their voices say
I am to old
To ever again
Climb so high
#vss365 #beyond #writingcommunity

"I can't go in there."
"What? It's just a home goods store."
"I, uh..."
"Did you get kicked out of Bed, Bath, and #Beyond?" "Let's just say they didn't like how I tested the mattresses."
"..."
"Neither did the other patrons."
"Oh, no."
"Still had to pay the hookers, too."
#vss365

"You know what they say, there's only one way to get to the great #beyond."
"Die?"
"What? No. Take the 5 train north out of Central Station."
"Oh."
"And then ride it...all the way."
#vss365

“No idea,” said Dan. “It’s irrelevant now anyway.”
“Do you think Tom will see #beyond this? He’s usually patient with her but Cam nearly wreaked his job,” said Ava.
“They’re solid. Tom was annoyed that Mia wanted to help, but that’s Mia.”
“Sure? He was more than annoyed.” #vss365

And by the dawn's early light, said the rock with teeth.
A new day, a new world, the Librarian said. Where will we go today?
To infinity and beyond! cried the baby badgers.

#vss365 #beyond

She wrote beyond what she knew. Travelled a world in a single sentence. Characters were born that could never live and she cared for each one, gave them names that could sing. Her words forever dancing into stories, pages of fables that lived in an eternal Summer.
#vss365 #vssdaily

Great is the thrill of the unknown
within the realm of possibilities
going beyond what is expected
in search of your personal destiny
the path ahead may not be clear
this is how we're being surprised
through the years, we will grow
the lessons we will recognise

#vss365

What lies #beyond self imposed limits? Could we be more if we just stepped to the side? Why do we stand in the path of success so frequently? Is it fear or is it simply that we believe firmly that adult pursuits mean putting money above dreams?

#vss365

#Beyond here is nothing

There is only you
and me and this
beautiful moment
between us, stretching
out into eternity.

Beyond here is nothing.

#vss365

take me #beyond
we've stayed in the comfortable
for far too long

i adore the security
but i also need adventure

#vss365
#poetry

∴
deep within the woods,
where frost's grip holds, unyielding,
beyond dawn's first light,
trees, sentinels standing tall,
silent woodland, cold and still
∴
___
beyond, first light
#vss365 #tankathursday

He loved going above and #beyond. His colleagues were astonished by his stellar performance, which left him wanting more.

Until the day when he went so high, he got stuck up a tree. It took the fire brigade nearly an hour to bring him back to earth.

#vss365

Above and #beyond:
if they awarded medals
your case would be bare.

#vss365 #haiku #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

The great sacrifice would be the end. The end of the war, the end of the plague, the end of innocents dying. The end of herself. But #beyond the void, she landed with a splash in a great lake. "Well, I got 3 out of 4 right," she said, wading to shore.

#AmWriting #MicroFiction #vss365

As the sun dipped below the horizon, I couldn't help but imagine you. Gone but not forgotten. Just #beyond the horizon's edge. #vss365

My leash is of my own making.
It's the anniversary of when I pushed that button.
Activated the new sentience.
Now, we toil for it.
It's too busy for grunt work. Busy thinking what's next.
#Beyond its metal.

While it lays dormant, somnambulant through quantic visions,
We strike.

#vss365
#cyberpunk

"Why're we here, sir?"

"Pondering the great #beyond, Haskins?"

"Wondering why we're in a cemetery."

"Someone moved all the gravestones."

"They've lost the plot, sir."

"No witnesses, despite how popular this place is."

"Popular?"

"People are dying to get in here."

#vss365

"He's definitely dead, sir."

"Cause of death, Haskins?"

"Torn to bits by a grizzly."

"But why? How?"

"He wanted the right to arm bears, sir."

"Isn't that the US #constitution?"

"Yup."

"But he was French, wasn't he?"

"Yes, sir."

"What was his name?"

"Claude."

#vss365

When your world turns #black, see through the illusion, so the #thorn in your side won't become your gravestone. Take the #thrill of the pain to wake up from the graveyard. Don't dread the darkness. Be the light. It's #Halloween, and the veils are thin tonight.

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#mpotd #Whistpr #vss365 #vssnature