03/01
Take everything
To keep
Your head up
Nothing worse
Than to feel
Yourself
Sliding down
The #slippery slope
To ruin
Ever vigilant
#vsspoem
03/02
I had never
Been happier
But it was not
Meant to last
Another pairing
Torn #apart
By circumstance
And jealousy
The price
Of fame
Is high
So high
#vsspoem
03/03
Battered
From the contest
I #reach out my hand
For your loving touch
Every day a struggle
Fighting the
Corporate wars
Tea with you
Makes it
All
Worthwhile
#vsspoem
03/04
I am done
My jar
Of #compassion
Lies empty
On the weeping ground
Nothing more
To give
Nothing more
To spend
Explain my absence
By examining
The image
In the mirror
#vsspoem
03/05
The disheveled crowd
Stood at the #gate
Waiting for the man
Who would never come
Hands outstretched
They only wanted
A touch
Or a smile
He was so full
Of himself
That he didn’t
Even
See
Them
#vsspoem
03/06
I would be remiss
In neglecting this
Your tender kiss
A feeling of #bliss
The feeling is fleeting
When I catch you cheating
Your clandestine meeting
The proof I am tweeting
Alone again
#vsspoem
03/07
Sneak through the woods
Nary a sound
Stealthy escape
Is complete
Feel the #dragon’s breath
On your neck
Now you are lunch
#vsspoem
03/08
The creatures hurrah
The frigid withdraw
For the new season’s #thaw
Makes green Omaha
The sleepy emerge
New life on the verge
Of a new springtime surge
New life
#vsspoem
03/09
She finds the bottle
On the night table
The proper dosage
Read the #label
Two twice a day
Take with some food
For your life depends
Forget and you’re screwed
#vsspoem
03/10
I see in your eyes
A change
A clarity
I had not seen before
Time for action
Time for closure
Reflection
Done
#Decision
Made
#vsspoem
03/11
Words
Cannot
Express
My #devotion
To you
Your smile
Brightens my days
Your caring
Comforts my nights
How did I live
Without you?
#vsspoem
03/12
Some say I fell
Into
A #trap
Some say I will
Wake up
One day
I say I could not
Imagine
Any other way
Of living
#vsspoem
03/13
My soul
And my being
Are constantly
Under
Attack
From those
Who would use me
And cast me aside
I will #fight
For what
Is
Right
#vsspoem
03/14
I sat
And stared
At the #cobweb
Glistening
In the summer sunlight
I had the power
To destroy
The spider’s world
Utterly
Not today
#vsspoem
03/15
Careful
Cautious
At arm’s length
I keep the world
A special skill
You have
To #infect my being
And draw me out
With your smile
#vsspoem
03/16
Our eyes meet
Across the
Crowded room
We both have
The same thing
On our minds
#Forbidden pleasure
Is on
The menu
Tonight
#vsspoem
03/17
Day by day
The numbers grow
Down and out
Pleas in ink
And cardboard
#Compassion
Is a choice
Selected
By the wise
#vsspoem
03/18
My senses dull
As sensation
And speed
Increase
No one
Has time
Or patience
Enough!
I will never
Drink
#Instant
Coffee
#vsspoem
03/19
Hours
In the lab
To #invent
A new serum
Dreams
Of celebrations
Of his genius
Danced
In his head
Until the test subject
Died
#vsspoem
03/20
I pick up
Your call
On the second ring
I answer your text
Within seconds
You say I don’t
Love you
You could not be
More #obtuse
#vsspoem
03/21
You are
So beautiful
So kind
So benevolent
Please do not
Take
My failure
To #accept
Your #comfort
As a Reflection
On you
It only shows
My timidity
And
Unworthiness
All I can ask
Is for you
To fight through
#vsspoem #whistpr
03/22
Quiet in the study
Assessing my feelings
Like a bean counter
Executes an #audit
Like a manager
Checks a list
Like a teacher
Grades a test
I know what they are
I do not know
What they mean
#vsspoem
03/23
The day
Of my life
Has arrived
I lift
The #veil
From your face
And kiss your lips
The first day
Of the rest
Of my life
Starts with
The taste
Of arsenic…
#vsspoem
03/24
How can you say
I #betray
Your trust
Our motives pure
Our goal is just
I refuse to believe
Our plans turn to dust
Please
My brother
#vsspoem
03/25
You keep my heart
Under #lock
And key
Afraid
To let it
Run free
It is
The sure way
To lose me
#vsspoem
03/26
How should I #feel
When you shut the door
In my face
After all the time
Support
Love
Caring
For you
Did it mean
Nothing?
#vsspoem
03/27
Safe
In my #box
No one
Can harm me
I could stay here
Forever
No one
Would find me
It is lonely
Sometimes
#vsspoem
03/28
Your love suffocates
Your intentions benign
Your lone source of safety
My spirit #confine
The sole way to love
Is to let me fly free
Your faith in return
Would show trust in me
#vsspoem
03/29
Freedom
My soul #unbound
Free from the rules
And the isolation
Seems like
A faraway dream
In my Gilded cage
#vsspoem
03/30
Walking
Skipping
Laughing
Not a #care
In the world
Until now
#vsspoem
03/31
My thoughts
#Overflow
But I cannot
Find
An audience
I will
Therefore
Think to myself
And slowly
Fade away
#vsspoem