"Sholmes, the town clock has stopped"

"And Geriarty was seen nearby, Hatson"

"Did he confess?"

"He said it needed to #sustain a slower lifestyle"

"That's ridiculous"

"Quite. The clock disagreed"
#vss365

"Sholmes, the town clock has stopped"

"And Geriarty was seen nearby, Hatson"

"Did he confess?"

"He said it needed to #sustain a slower lifestyle"

"That's ridiculous"

"Quite. The clock disagreed"
#vss365

it's surprisingly easy
to #commence a dream -
logic flows like glitching rain -
but the brain needs some
throughline, something to
#sustain the theme
or else we wake
and catch the scheme

#vss365 #poetry

press hard upon sustain
twist tight the lid
on jam you hoard
still time and love
evaporate

but stone
remains

#vss365 #sustain #poem #poetry

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#scififri #vss365 #booklaunch #booksky

I could have joined
a nobler tribe
to #sustain myself
on starlight and vibes.

But, alas, my appetites ran
to wine and food, and skin
(and the warm places
enfolded within).

Sated and sleepy
here I wait--
too heavy to ascend,
too solid to evaporate.

#vss365

a flash mob
raids
a shopping mall
with a buoyant, rising surf
of music

bland waves of shoppers
become
keen watchers
photographers
even smilers

finally the moment closes
the waves resume
but now #sustain
lingering
musical smiles

#vss365 #tanka

#vss365 #sustain

Today at the Nuri vet
A cat named Kit didn't make it
Near eighteen years
At seventeen and a half
Time well spent doing cat things
In elongated cat years
White Persian
Curious catness inquisitiveness
We drove down together
Kit's owner cannot drive
I did
A small thing to help sustain

#vss365 🧠 #sustain
I think my brain is off
sustain. Gravity means
the sky is falling. Every
day I write a better email
to the professors of two.
The professors of three
think we doubt but they
remain the odd man out.
Is this sustainable sorrow?
Five, four, three, tomorrow.

There once was a planet named #Sustain,
That taught us to steward, not to drain.
We mended with care,
And learned how to share,
And called what we did simply 
"Sustain."

#vss365

Her name was #Sustain -half field, half city block,  
Her braids wound with thin vines and a twist of copper lock
Her skin—weathered green,  
One hand mended nets; the otherbore coal-smudges seen,  
She moved like the tide—slow, sure, inexorable as a clock.

#vss365

Lower in the sky
The sun no longer sustains
As frost finds my bones

#vss365 #sustain
#poetry #prompt #haiku
#writingcommunity

Overwhelmed with love
Seeks to #sustain the feeling
Bottle the moment

#vss365
#poetry
#writingcommunity

When the days are dark and short, and hope no longer can #sustain…

I feel her warm embrace as she kisses away my tears.

Hear her whisper that through the long winter and seasons yet to come, she'll be with me.

"I'll be here with you, too—"

I wake with a sob.

#vss365

#vss365 #poetry #prompt #sustain

How do we #sustain,
how do we regain
the fragile dignity
of humanity?
Well, maybe…..

It begins when we acknowledge
and take to heart the knowledge
that none of us is superior
and no one is inferior,
that we are all equally human,
sistren and brethren...........

#humanity #peace #poetry #vss365

Ever since the evil hour was instituted, there has been a sustained effort to expand it some places - so that they would be officially 'evil' practically all the time, and anything that goes on there ... well, that's the zoning, isn't it?
#vss365 #sustain #horrorprompt

"Riz, I have good news and bad news, which first?" I said solemnly.
"Ehh...da bad news?"
"We can't #sustain your current lifestyle."
"Rite...nd da gid news?"
"Finally cracked your account and cancelled your next order to save us money."
"Dats bad news!"
#vss365 #riztherogue