@anna-orridge.bsky.socialI’m damaged - that’s the truth.
Each photo of me in a group,
even folks I feel comfortable with,
I’m somewhere off to the side.
While others press cheeks, entwine arms,
I have only that grin, glaring
as the arc of colour on a spinning top,
twirling at desperate speed.
@johnchmura.bsky.social#SomethingEveryday #SpinningTops @sonnetsmith.bsky.social
My youth is a tilt-a-whirl of memory.
The spinners the four tops the box tops,
I know they were all big stars in the day
but trying to place their hits
I reach out and they aren’t there.
I can’t help myself.
Maybe I need a rubber band, man.
@sonnetsmith.bsky.socialToday - October 14th - is international #Top #Spinning day. So let your #SpinningTops loose with #poetry, #prose, and #artwork about these well loved toys!
#SomethingEveryday
#prompt #writingprompt #writing #amwriting #writesky #blueskypoetry #5amwritersclub