Arliden the Bard

I guess, really, my view of you never felt like perspective more like a fact a thing that's just true anyway you look at it I never believed that I could lift the darkness but I would have sat with you held your hand you knew you were meant for more I'm sorry it kept moving further away #poetry

if you listen in the early morn before the new day is born you will hear one bird be the first to herald the dawn you can feel the earth stretch you can see the sky yawn and then and then that first golden ray a world awake a world at play oh, what a start. to the beating of my heart #vss365

there's a pause all the daydreams just float away evanescing somewhere up above & the entirety of me. sees you're right there! right there... and I want to make that approach I'm nervous but also sure and one hand slides rests atop yours and with the other I brush your cheek #SenseWrds 286

a thousand years of us was not enough to please the gods for cosmic epics pale to sparks that make mortals rise anew they take such delight in our time #travel enthralled as the loom spins us out again watching threads connect instantly with different names different faces endless graces #vss365

the far flung thoughts of spring travel to the ground the fire of summer has turned leaves to yellows, reds, and burnished brown let us paint and detail the splendor of the present, the future and the past let us not diminish beauty because it didn't happen or because it didn't last #vss365

magnificent eruption tears open, demands the sky broad-shouldered, fierce a giant’s stomping stride is declaration domination thunder power pride but when the fury softens recedes in a #taper fades to just a whisper only ribbons of silk left inside I will know the full breadth of you #vss365

if you were wondering what I can be for you I am not only for sunny days or when the sky is blue you do not have to wait for the rain to taper I have umbrellas and in a pinch a newspaper I am your battened hatches your sure and secure tether I stand strong and tall in all kinds of weather #vss365

#BraveWrite #vss365 #tanka #haiku #Poetry #commitment #photography depression drowning me in what we almost had yet bluer than blue my #commitment ran to the stars while yours set them on fire while we both ascribed the end #fueling in the eyes of one another 💙🕊️ youtu.be/Nu7aOan-lds?si…

in this chaos chatter turns to din it's a fine place to begin but let's find somewhere quiet to be alone we can walk destination unknown I want to lose myself in what you have to say to wander miles and stray use old words on paths that are new I'd like to spend some time with just you #vss365

our words meet subtle & not so subtle a lovely game with both like to play there is lots of smiling & little touches that we both wish weren't so little it's not about what we haven't had in life it's because we know two hearts can make magic you can come here the weather is clear #SenseWrds 285

I love the quiet way you hold your light steadfast humble brilliant bright with rare breathtaking grace talent humor unfiltered skill your magic makes the chaos still with feet pressed softly to the earth let your modesty remain a steady guide but never #doubt the giant living there inside #vss365

scientist, I am & doubt is a tool of my trade convince me in the library of your mind I will study all that is written reveal yourself slowly, let fall each argument of clothing to the ground only when you reveal all that is real will I believe the data is skewed & this scientist unglued #vss365

#vss365 #doubt #poetry #BookSky #WritingCommunity

wait a moment the green in those rolling hills is darkening I shall tuck the sun behind them and let the moon work its magic a porch swing awaits us the breeze is telling me that I should kiss you but your eyes give me pause like I can see every star with you nothing feels far #SenseWrds 284

it's hard admitting that another tore you down an unpleasant situation one must solely turn around but she did it with such grace & precision a #commitment to loving herself first #vss365 #poetry #writing #blueskypoets

Today marks 2 years since I started HRT. 2 years since Ken Paxton and the rest of the Texas GOP lost the control they had over my life and I was finally allowed to be myself. I’m proud to say that I voted against my attempted killer today. Fuck you, Ken.

poetry is your masterful love language so to learn the meter of your mind I’ll try as well to dress my thoughts in silk and rhyme and spend my currency of time to make this vow this #commitment and if my words fall short I’ll try and try anew to make sure our hearts will get us through #vsss365

half awake you slide over body pressing on top you kiss me feel it grow then you stop my body wants to shout late for work you rush out oh, you like to play texts you send during the day are too much but you tell me not to touch then you come home acting coy it's your commitment I enjoy #vss365

Ilyna damned her curiosity, her need to outdo everyone else, #fuelled by an ego that surprised herself sometimes, and now that curiosity & ego had got her into this. Probably got her dead, too. The Lord Protector hadn’t been out of his office. He was right there, stating at her, curiously. #vss365

let the day demand its heavy dues for I shall ever disabuse the burden the daily grind all I have to do is close my eyes to find you the passion the wildfire in my mind #fueling every daydream every thought a moonbeam a caress my cheek against your chest my hearth my home my delicious rest #vss365

draw back the curtains stay, sit near, lend me the sound of your voice I feel a fueling of my blood my nervous sytem tingles my muscles twitch don't be surprised if I reach for your hand I want to learn of your life by moving my fingers across your palm stay, sit near, I'm losing my fear #vss365

was there a fire burning in the hearth? I only remember the heat was the wine smooth & oaky inviting me to be more voracious with each sip? or was it the way your eyes held me before each kiss was it the warm blanket of night making the world fall away? or was it just your arms holding me #poetry

banish the thought try to relax fall into the love the abundance that surrounds you no matter what just feel the moment no pressure to perform to find the words feel the music try not to be #nervous it's enough to just be you only ever you just be you just be #vss365

I guess it's a bit of a front but not a trick or a stunt I like you & so I'm using some charm I'm not the kind to mean any harm I'll falter & fumble make a gaffe but in my heart I just like to make you laugh past smooth words that praise & flatter if I seem nervous it's because you matter #vss365

Stories say kindness breaks When reality, in its polite cruelty, Shatters us into pieces. My boyfriend gave me His boxing gloves and Nietzsche quotes That only life is a miracle glass That turns its scars into steel. My kindness is #training In these shadows To be indestructible. #vss365 #poetry

A new short offering written for TTT on themes of "journey", "edge" and "revelation". 'Instead of milkweed, a monarch clings to the windshield' Thank you @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social for the inspiration 🤍 @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social #imagist #poetrycommunity #poetry

I want to paint the world blue with my pain and cross everyone's path like a black cat my world is grey, shrouded in mist no moon peeps in, no sun shines through if wishes could kill, mine would be deadly my unholy waking reverie follows no #training #vss365 #bionicanadian

i surrendered my achy heart to your touch - a quiet orchard after rain. you gathered my weight into your arms and watched how autumn deepened into me. #iamwriting #poetry #emoetry

letting go of earthly tethers no need to breathe green of summer still hangs monochrome in heavy air in this place of farewells #poetry

six years of training myself to say yes. nobody hands you a manual for the first no. i'm still practicing, one small refusal at a time. #vss365 #training

geese have been trained to fly south they know where to go where to land the moth has been trained to find the light it flutters adoringly the moon has been trained to show us only one side I have been trained to look up is there really wild and free or is nature just a subtle teacher? #vss365