She gingerly stepped around the tide pools to her secret seat beyond the caves and sat, head resting against the worn stone.

Her eyes closed and breathing slowed as waves trickled onto the ocean shelf. Soon it would be time to return to the day’s stressors, but for now, she was #calm. #vss365

becalmed voice
of guided visualization
aphantasia

#SenryuSunday
#vss365 #calm

"ain't all el niño"

Long branches
whip in wind's
sweep, bend
but do not break.

Long leaf pines
stay, rooted in
place.

Cement churned to
shrapnel, shards
measured in pounds.

We wait
in the roots,
no walls left.

Calm collected
in the eye, till
even that falls
to hurricane's wake.

#Vss365 | #Calm

Harsh words and the occasional infidelity could be forgiven. But their own children?!
Grace forced herself to remain #calm and kept mixing. The #cement was almost ready. After all, she'd been saying for years that she wanted a new patio. Now he'd get to be part of it. #vss365 #vssdaily

#vss365
Sunday lunch over
dishes clean
cup of tea beside me
#calm

extended invitation
palatial parkland awaits
a calming balm to soothe the soul

#vss365 #calm #poetry #photography

Bluesky is #calm +11.7% sentiment

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Eerie cackles and the creak of footsteps. I bolt awake, #quaking from nightmares made real. They're back.
Stay #calm. Lifting the axe, I tiptoe to the cellar, where I find them stabbing shovels into our peaceful earth.
"Can't you let us rest?" I wail and swing.
Four more for the grave. #vss365

Happy Sunday. Enjoy what is left of the weekend. #vss365 #haiku

Serene #calm enclosed
Her embrace a haven of peace
Melt into her heart

They claim the #calm inside the storm
Is fame behind the pain you absorbed
Withstand the lashing in public squares
Pretending skin is steel and do not care
Speak the truth despite the liars
Keep your roots bound in the mire
Of poverty and humble soil
Fruits of spirit labor do not spoil
#poem #vss365

The light in

your eyes,
the #calm in

your smile,
the quality of
your silences.

#vss365

#vss365

The simple truth, of life... didn't uproot me
like a tree caught in the path of a voracious hurricane.
But instead...
it touched my soul like the #calm embrace of a child.

"Grant has likely fled by now. Climbing to some hill or high building." Elliot seemed to relax a bit. Uller rolled a grape between his fingers. "Being #calm... Well, there is plenty of air so that is not a problem, but just waiting does bother me a bit." #vss365

Having a moment of tranquility in Glasgow's West End.
No yoga on at the gym today.
#Glasgow
#calm
#yoga
#bodybalance
Enjoy the day everyone.

Intrusive thoughts heavy with time

But you keep writing

Create that spark of calm, that quiet fortitude of connection

No matter how seemingly fleeting

The light continues

#vss365 #calm #OCD
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Bluesky is #calm +11.9% sentiment

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"Detective? To what do I owe the pleasure?"

"Chief tells me I'm barking up the wrong tree."

"And are you?" She smiled. Her blue dress shimmered under neon light.

"May be…" All I knew… she was the #calm eye of the storm. Wherever chaos broke out, she was dead center.

#vss365