Elvis Dylan
@elvisdylan.bsky.social
#vss365
above me, cloud cover
above the clouds, Sun
beneath my feet, Earth
beneath that, stars
I feel like the tasty part
of a cosmic sandwich, and
today’s #vss365 prompt,
#bequest, is the relish #vss365 #moments
for a moment, the sky
rested upon a bowl of fruit
blue flowed through the room
and everything fit together
I belonged, I was connected
a brief #reprieve from grief
cleared the air, and the world
regained its brightness
until I remembered Writing and reading #vss365 posts is a distraction, a #reprieve from my daily concerns.
I’d stay in this peaceful space longer, but after a while my brain becomes mush, and I feel like this:
 “I’m gonna take a nap now.” #vss365
typing bubble fades
a #reprieve in the silence :-)
we’ll fight tomorrow :-/ #words #love
There’s something intimate
about wishing someone a
“Good night.”
I didn’t realize that the
first 10,000 times I said
those words.
I know that now.
I miss saying it. #vss365
blue and bluer blue
between clouds:
a small, sunny #reprieve
below, grass wet with
who-knows-what silver
✨ sparkles ✨ #vss365 #PulpFiction
The landlord hammered on the door like he wanted to break the whole fucking building.
I didn’t answer. I sat at the table with a smoke and cold coffee, thinking about losses and debts.
When he finally left, the silence wasn’t mercy - just a #reprieve long enough to breathe. #vss365
If the word #reprieve were
human, it would fold it’s umbrella
and take off its raincoat. #vss365
Laughter, for the sorrowful,
grieving or struggling is a
#reprieve.
It does not need to apologize
for its unexpected arrival.
It is always welcome.  #vss365
I wake, and from my window
see morning drift in like a half‑finished watercolor and
hear choirs of birds sing choruses
of hope and praise
all this serving to sanctify
today
and #purify the ache of
yesterdays #vss365 #tesearch
First I must identify before proceeding to liquefy, simplify, modify and #purify.
Finally, I will verify, classify, and hopefully, edify.
If the data doesn’t support my hypothesis, I will falsify. #vss365
Planets argue about the meaning
of “orbit.“
Their star turns and #renounces the debate.
A speeding comment interrupts.
Thank goodness! 
#CosmicNerds  #vss365 #nerds
She: I #renounce our relationship.
He: I reject your renouncement.
She: I repudiate your rejection.
He: I spurn your repudiation This morning, I’ve found the majority of my #vss365 posts to be substandard or in poor taste.
I therefore #renounced and deleted them. 
You’re welcome. #vss365
Some days I feel like a poet and some days I feel like a clown.
Today I feel like a clown, a manic clown
I neither embrace nor #renounce either of these personas. #vss365
a quiet garden in May
I #nurture each sprout
as if it were a syllable 
readying itself to speak
it’s green name  #vss365
Back then, we learned to
#nurture love’s trembling flame.
And for a long time we thrived
in its warmth.
I’ve forgotten so much.
But not that.  #vss365
#Reckoning is exposure to what
cannot, should not be avoided.
To sustain oneself in this world
we must confront and deal with
its starkness.
Reckoning is often painful, but
it can also be the first step toward
healing and growth. #vss365
I’m plum tuckered out.
I #reckon I’ll head to the
Silver Dollar Saloon for a
bottle of Red Eye, a warm
bed, and some female
companionship. #vss365 #Tarot
The tarot card that resonates most strongly with the word #hunger is the Five of Pentacles.
It features two figures that wander, like unanswered prayers, seeking relief. #vss365
outside the bar
I see my neon reflection
in the glass window
and think,
“Look at me -
all heartbeat and #hunger.
What a fucking loser!“ #vss365 #Poetry #Memory 
My #hunger was great. So I ate a memory of my first girlfriend‘s kitchen.
It tasted like linoleum, steam and the smell of something that might have been love.
Still hungry, I ate a poem like this one.
It tasted like crap. #vss365 #MicroFiction #confessions
He told her the truth in pieces, like stepping stones across a river.
Somewhere between the third and fourth stone, #passion rose in his voice, and she heard it.
She reached for his hand, steadying them both before the current overwhelmed. #vss365
Unmanifested passions are painful and potentially destructive.
#Passion demands action. #vss365
I was at a party. In a group of people. And some guy says he has a
#passion for writing.
I wasn’t sure what he meant, so I asked him, “What do you mean? Do
you have an erection when you
write?”
And everybody laughed at me.
I’m not sure why. #vss365
My crazy old grandfather would often delight us with tall tales that stretched reality far beyond belief, like riding a cannonball in the war or #embarking on dangerous, heroic journeys of adventure and discovery. Always with a beautiful, fiery woman at his side. 🤩 #vss365
If we were to enter the word #embark in the way a physicist peers into an atom, we would discover
a void a buzz with anticipation where every particle negotiates its next leap
and beginnings multiply, collide and burst into astonishment :-)
or fizzle and thud :-/ #vss365
just before dawn
a single bright star
glimmers
beneath its watch,
the path I must take
I gather my resolve
to #embark, and
meet my destiny #vss365 #Poets #Poetry #BlueskyPoetry
I want to live in the world of
e.e. Cummings.
I want to live there because
after each #storm, that world is
puddle wonderful
and in each of these puddles
we can see the reflection of a
red balloon floating
up (down?) into a blue blue sky when I see a #vss365 prompt
my mind becomes a #storm of
swirling thoughts
a storm that almost always leaves
disappointment in its wake #vss365
somewhere right now,
someone or something
is rolling dice
determining #storms or
miracles or love or
heartbreak #vss365
to #marvel is to open oneself,
to widen, to allow someone or
something to radiate its essence
and then,
to receptively take in and begin
to understand, appreciate,
resonate #vss365 #writing
Sometimes I #marvel at a writer’s ability to pull a feeling or thought from someplace inside me. #vss365 #Love #Time 
Sometimes I just have to stop and #marvel at my ability to remember what she wore, how she looked, what she said and how I felt many, many years ago. #vss365 #TheAlienObservers
We have journeyed twenty
light years to #explore this
wet planet.
It seems that the only thing
of value we have discovered
is ourselves.
I believe an Earthling said
something like that.
Well, that’s at least one thing. #vss365
#Explore a feeling and you’ll find
an underlying thought.
Explore a thought and you’ll find
an underlying feeling.
Each gives rise to the other.
Always. #vss365
“LET THERE BE LIGHT”
and light #commenced
as did motion, distance
mass, time, me and you
 #vss365 #FamilyTradition 
My crazy old grandfather would always begin Thanksgiving dinners with,
“Let the feasting #commence!
Firstly, let us eat lettuce!“
It always got a laugh. 
