#vss365 She carried the smoking bundle through every room, whispering the words as bitter herbs filled the house. “Smoke will #purify what lives here,” the old woman had promised

In the bedroom, the smoke curled around her sleeping husband and turned black. She stared at him... #Edvane #DarkFantasy

wrapped up in scripture
for the world to see
pasted together
to #purify
dark colors

proclaimed

their christian right
stamped proudly
across faces
muted
from love
#vss365 #poetry
photocredit~sixteen.miles.out

the only way
to #purify your body
rid the demons that took refuge
is to exorcise them through your hand
and bleed it all out
through the ink

#vss365 #shortpoetry #original #darkpoetry #darkacademia #originalpoetry #writing

#vss365 #purify

grief
does not purify

it leaves
the cup
the chair
the unmade bed

exactly
where love
last touched them

#Vss365 #Purify #PoetrySky #Poem #Nature #Photography
#ECK #Grief #Poetry

my 📷

The course was set by the morning.

Our enthusiasm unmet by the enemy.

Orders made it clear we must #purify the scorned.

Those same gentle hands sow nature's blessings.

That same breath exhaled its last to nurture that message.

#vss365

#vss365

Nevermind a thought, crushing hope
Never minded
the cacophony of v(n)oices that claim to #purify these sins
Never! Mind this beating heart beneath this ribcage
Screaming to be let out
Be heard!
Never. Mind works in callous way
throwing this feelings
burying it beneath
apathetic perspective

Their well-meaning staged intervention
Pulsed with worry and long-repressed tension
They wanted, you see,
To #purify me
But the cure for my ills was prevention
(Oh well!)

#vss365 #limerick

A few drops of a river
to #purify your sewer of sins
You think…

#vss365 #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #micropoetry

#Oulens

She got off at Yonge Street. Her stench stayed on for four more stops, despite the thin top windows being cracked to help #purify the air. It was all Amy could do not to gag the whole time and draw attention, and she could see the other passengers were similarly affected. #vss365 #writing

Though a tragic sight of seeing the body, seeing Rob Roy's spirit managed to #purify and #nurture Cosmo's soul. Cosmo finally got to #renounce his guilt. Rob Roy was never mad, he had always loved Cosmo like a son. In fact, he loved his team like they were his children. #vss365

He reflected on his life and felt guilty about the way he had treated his family. They had tried to help him but in the end, they left him until he resolved his issues.

He entered the cleansing booth as he wanted to #purify himself. His toxins were removed and he emerged as a fluffy bunny.

#vss365

Grandad spent all spring trying to #purify the pond for Nan's frogs. He hates frogs. Can't be in a room with one. In May the first spawn came and he rang the ward and held the phone out over the water so she could hear it. The croaks were too faint, but held it there a good while anyway. #vss365

Funny how water and fire can both #purify; it's just a matter of how bad things have gotten. Could be a dunk in a river or matches and a gallon of gas
#vss365

zealots #purify
all the souls of the living
it is their duty
whether or not it's wanted
and their soldiers go onward

#vss365 #tanka #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

In this town, the rain didn't #purify us. It exposed us. Washed away the facade and revealed the scars and cigarette burns of life in a city that no longer cared for us.
#vss365

drown me
wash over my soul
bay and cedar
sage and sweetgrass
oil and water
holy, holy, holy
#purify my every cell
in the divine spell
of you
the sacred smell
of you
the consecrated swell
of you
so I may forever dwell
of you

#vss365