The city of sin got buried.

No walls or man-made construction could stop what nature laid judgement against.

On this day, #vss365 #prompt is #quake.

Distant cries echoed and it was clear danger lurked where the ocean was deepest.

So did the gold they coveted.

When her song soothed their worries all evil would be washed away.

Today's #vss365 #prompt is #siren.

What they hide the most were their secrets, the mistakes they made. In time, they hoped for forgiveness.

Today, the #vss365 #prompt is #sin.

I feel gratitude that I have lived in Manhattan and now live on Orcas Island, WA

Now, both islands live in me.

#vss365 #island

#vss365 #sail #island

birds skimming
the sea shimmering

water lapping
island shores

you kiss
swooping
onto my lips

the sky
coming down
to meet the ocean

and
your kiss
🖤
#ωнιѕρєяѕ

Alone and far away from the hands of father empire, they built freedom and seeded chaos in its wake.

Today, your #vss365 #prompt is #island.

It started as a black smear and grew into a monster.

A ghost ship needed no sail.

It wasn't moved by wind or anything natural.

What drove it most of all was greed and a desire for mayhem.

Today, your #vss365 #prompt is #sail

The Gods cried and screamed but these troubles would pass.

That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #hurricane.

They heard whispers.

Of riches and fame.

It pulled them in.

They left behind the safe enclave of the earth to step toward the uncertain horizon.

It convinced them they were safe, until it captured their attention and lives.

On this day, the #vss365 #prompt is #lure.

Under the sky's dread and gloom they stood taller than mankind.

Against rain or wind, they never faltered.

That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #mountain.

Sometimes we dream of greater days ahead especially during dark times.

That's why today's #vss365 #prompt is #cloud.

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#vss365
#Prompt
#Reprieve

Day 14 - Death is a #Reprieve cause it teaches us to just be

The long exhale.

Names loosen.
Edges soften.

Old recriminations
fall away.

Nothing left to prove.
Only the quiet
of letting go. 🖤🖤🖤

#vss365
#Prompt
#Purify

Day 13 - In Elderhood we prepare, we #Purify and reflect

We carry stories
of a lifetime.

Some are spoken.
Some are no longer necessary.

Our silence
begins filling rooms.

We begin to separate
what matters
from what merely happened. 👴👵🖤❤️

#vss365
#Prompt
#Renounce

Day 12 - As we grow older, into Late Adults, its time to #Renounce

Fewer possessions.
Truer sentences.

The noise
begins unhooking itself.

We learn
that not everything
needs to be carried. ❣️❣️❣️

#vss365
#Prompt
#Reckon

Day 10 - It time to #Reckon those Midlife questions

The mirror
starts asking different questions.

The past
taps its ring
against the glass.

What did we build?
What did we lose?
And who is this
standing here now? 😎🖤🖤

#vss365
#Prompt
#Hunger

Day 9 - In the Builder years its all about #Hunger

Then hands get busy.
Walls.
Meals.
Mortgages.
Promises.

Love begins to look
like routine.

And beneath it all...
the wanting. 💚💙💚

#vss365
#Prompt
#Passion

Day 8 - Ohh.. the #Passion of that Early Love

Aah!
the faint scent of lavender
between the pages
of a familiar book.

Two hearts
learning to share
the same weather. 💙💚💙