#vss365 Here's my effort.. Now You're Gone Hands t r e m b l e in arid air a wound without the PuLsE of blood I clutch my breath, and taste the thirst of a b s e n c e. #arid #writerscommunity

Her dreams were #arid. I chased her round the sundial, shadows snapping like brittle twine. I kissed her stupid head off, sunsplit like a nectarine; a yolk in my fist; a drowning god. She laps the juice. She is you. You are me, dreaming sweetly. #vss365

Nature's hand, once lush and green, Now parched, a dream arid, unseen. Waters fall, but life retreats, A stark reminder, as Earth depletes. #ARID #vss365

The problem with parallel travel is it's the changes you notice. Some are so subtle you think you're imagining them. Others are hard to dismiss. I avoid the one where women can't vote. #scififri #change

the red tree lost its leaves the pond forgot its face #arid paths met & parted in their thirst without end the birds were gone their souls remained oh, precious rest to be nothing & still belong somewhere #vss365 #poetry 📸 E. Ristevski/IG

My heart is about to become #arid, Come back to back to shower love on me, I will wait for you in the morning tea, #amwriting #vss365

People of arid lands Unite to quench their thirst Under the messiah's flag #vss365

an arid nature i hate when he talks to me one dimensional #vss365 #haiku

Some victims would stammer out praise for her #arid lips, or the delicate mesh of her nose, or the seductive angle of her ears. For those, she would open her other eye, that they might see their own pretty fear reflected in its facets. #vss365

The dinner table: an arid plain. A tumbleweed of phrase. A harsh scalding wind of mutual regret. How was it so hard to make themselves heard over the short distance between them? How hard it had gotten to pretend not to see the black shadows of vultures circling overhead. #vss365

the playing field is vast in length and space where all the memories were formed before tragedy took a big hit in the forefront a travesty of lies and corruption settled in everyone lost in the deforested, #arid meadow fleeting souls tampering in the wilderness©️ #vss365

#vss365 Dry Humour > refresh... mirage 404 > reboot... arid sandstorm loop > reinstall...tumbleweed driver missing > revelation... firewall of dust System status: - sarcasm dehydrated - irony sunburnt - wit evaporated Press [ANYTHING] to continue. #arid

our paths cross but never touch your kiss is #arid devoid of passion the only thirst I can provide an oasis of dreams and fulfillment of the senses #arid #vss365

The earth bleached white constant sun plants shrivelled up nothing grows and farmer despair A land of sorrow unyielding Species lost for ever Once was a giving land of fruit and flowers a plenty now it is scorched and arid #vss365 #arid

#VSS365 #poetry #arid My arid soul yearned for the rain of her love

#vss365 #Arid desert where cholla, agave, & ocotillo grow, home to a most unusual feline not many know. Covered in sharp thorny fur, a tail tip like a knife, barbed blades for claws, Cactus Cat takes a life. #folklore #folkhorror #NewRelease2026 #quiethorror #horror

Now I rest my weary head I've had no sleep I'm so damn tired My thoughts are mired No soul to keep Empty, #arid Still I rust Will I trust? The voices lie Burrowing Their hooks dig deep My choice to fly Pon ashen wings Onyx tears I slowly weep #vss365

with every pump of my #arid heart, tears fall ridding me of you #vss365 #haiku

That is where we came upon An #arid garden full of Rocks emblazoned with the name Of an explorer from years Past, before the sea served as A highway and the sky dressed Itself as a concierge with An open smile and a myth #vss365

#vss365 #arid So now that I've roamed these arid dunes for a thousand years, how does it matter if I come across an oasis or a mirage? When reflections dance in maddening sunlight, all I have to do is believe that the sparkling mirror in front of me is made of water.

An #arid summer nothing grows except of course an abundance of weeds. ©️Purple Polly #vss365