Why does anyone think saying "Calm down" is a good way to actually #calm anyone down?

In the history of your entire life, has this ever once worked on you?

Yeah, me neither.

#vss365

They love to cut me
To learn what color I bleed
Just ask - I'm true blue
💙

#dailyhaikuprompt #bleed

Cupid's Quiver💘
Makes me #quake
Love is a million heart attacks❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹
Hearts flutter💓
Palms sweat👐
Fight or flight? My body reacts🤺🏃
Was that a wink?😉
Blink blink🫣🧐
He goes in for a kiss
💋
Soft lips
Press of tongue...🤭
Worth it for this bliss
🥰🥳
#vss365

To maintain his cool
the passionate oenophile
Drinks from glass with stem

#dailyhaikuprompt #stem
#haiku #dailyhaiku #haikuoftheday
#wine #oenophile

Ancient sailors would steer their ships wrong
Tricked by half-bird-and-half-woman's song
But a modern-day #siren
Acts more like a Chiron
Helping fire engines cut through a throng

#vss365
#limerick

Some call it Original #Sin
On Eve all the blame they do pin
But because of her choice
Humankind has a voice
And I'd call that a glorious win!

#vss365
#limerick

Three years + one day ago, I lived on the mainland. People were largely decent; words had meaning; the worst evils perpetrated on mankind were behind us. In the blink of an eye, civilization crumbled. I stood my ground, but the land beneath me broke off, leaving me adrift on a tiny #island.
#vss365

In my youth, I set off at full #sail
Achieving my goals without fail
But now that I'm old
I'm no longer so bold
I just glide with the wind at my tail
#vss365
#limerick

‘Oh, no! I’m too late!’

‘For what?’

‘I ordered a new jib for the boat from Amazon. But a few hours later, I realized it was the wrong size, so I tried to cancel it.’

‘They get things out pretty quickly.’

‘I’ll say. They told me my #sail had shipped.’

#vss365

A weatherman named Clement Wragge
Found his job to be kind of a drag
Till he broke all the norms
And began naming storms
Every #hurricane after some nag

#vss365
#limerick

I #harbour a secret so shocking
The scandal could blow up the town
A developer's screwing the alderman's wife
While he's permitting projects downtown
If word should get out, I venture to say
Some buildings might need to come down

#vss365

I #harbour a secret

Spurred by intentions impure
The witch doctor dangled his #lure
After taking his pills
For my aches, pains, and ills
I was still just as far from a cure
😩

#vss365
#limerick

The #mountain cried out to Corrine,
"Come hike where the air is too thin."
Cursing the burn
Corrine did then learn
That the challenge had come from within

#vss365
#limerick