10/4
My eyes strain
Read the dial
Its numerals #dim
Racing across the desert
To certain doom
#vsspoem
10/5
Of many things
He misses most
The #warmth of
Her touch
The gleam of
Her smile
His journey
Seems endless
He counts down
The nights
Until he is home
#vsspoem
10/6
All of the #demons
Inside of my head
Feed the #delusions
That fill me with dread
Just one more beating
That shows you my power
Then slink to my corner
In fear do I cower
#vsspoem
10/7
She rises each day
Full of #optimism
And hope
Forgetting
All of the days
Behind her
Where they tried
To beat it
Out of her
#vsspoem
10/8
The line
At the shelter
Breached
Led away
In shackles
Two loaves
Fall from his hands
For his #greed
Betrayed him
Again
#vsspoem
10/9
I struggle
To the #surface
My morning swim
Has turned cold
Far too early
The winter looms
I am not ready
#vsspoem
10/10
Raven
Sends a #message
With her silence
Adulterer
Cheater
Philanderer
He sits in the corner In denial
Oblivious
To the proof
On the screen
#vsspoem
10/11
She finds a quiet place
Every day at five
To reflect on the day
And plan for another
She never quite finds peace
The #noise in her mind
Is relentless
Howling
Destructive
Try again
#vsspoem
10/12
He stares
At the #distant horizon
Hours
Of toil
Hours
To shore
Hours
To the warmth
Of her embrace
He stares
#vsspoem
10/13
The impish cat
That mocks our quest
Leads our path astray
The fading #smile
High in the tree
Gives it all away
There soon will be
No place to rest
On this summer’s day
#vsspoem
10/14
Could the commission
Lie by #omission
Giving their monthly review?
Forty-two sites
Close today night
Showing the people it’s true
#vsspoem
10/15
Worthy
Needed
Missed
Loved
Words of relief
Too loud to #ignore
Cutting through
The din of your demons
Reaching
Comforting
Believing
#vsspoem
10/16
Fill the hall
Hail affectation
Absorb the lies
Light the torch
The wise man
Is only fooled #once
If at all
#vsspoem
10/18
Will I always be
The #ugly one?
The last at the dance
Alone Friday night
Single
Solo
Atop the bluff
I look on the city
There must be a man
Lonely as me
There must
There must
Missing
#vsspoem
10/19
Walking the path
Smelling the rose
Helping where I can
I deserve
Neither praise
Nor #pity
My life
Is my own
#vsspoem
10/20
Venture alone
Into the zone
Desires #unknown
Only hints shown
Move uncertainly
Dance mysteriously
Mock insanity
Prize conformity
Rinse and repeat
#vsspoem
10/21
Everyday
Pressure
Make the money
Feed the family
Climb the ladder
Go go go
Balance the day
Take the time
Cleanse the soul
Calm the mind
I #think
I will
#vsspoem
10/22
Silent night
Heron’s flight
Signal the coming storm
Ominous morning
Red flag #warning
Savage wind takes form
Vacuums fill
As they always will
Constant change the norm
#vsspoem
10/23
Early rise
Work
Sweat
Toil
Time to enjoy
The #bounty
Of your effort
Before the cold
Wraps the Earth
The passing
Of seasons
The Way
Of Nature
Endures
#vsspoem
10/24
In this #moment
A lifetime passes
Before your eyes
The metal twists
Bones break
Life passes
Like the flow
Of a river
#vsspoem
10/25
I sit
In the corner
Forlorn
#Unseen
My sentence
In solitude
Is self-imposed
Isolation
Manifest
By my action
Alone
#vsspoem
10/26
I never thought
It would
Come to this
The bitter struggle
At an end
I pick up
The shovel
And #bury
My past
The heavy weight
Of expectation
Lies in the dirt
Not on my shoulders
I am light
As a feather
#vsspoem
10/27
His name
No longer spoken
In polite company
His legend
#Tainted
By the memory
As societies mature
No one Is safe
#vsspoem
10/28
I #desire
Yet
No one
Responds
#vsspoem
10/29 – 10/30
The last few days
Felt like
They were not #real
My girl
Turned
Into a woman
Before my Eyes
Would not
Have missed it
For the world
But now
I am
#Home
#vsspoem
10/31
Feeling your faculties
Fade from
The toxin
Always remember
I gave you
The #option
#vsspoem