The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
Killing Time
by Rie Sheridan Rose
I didn’t mean to do it…
To waste all those precious moments
that I should have treasured
like diamonds or bitcoin.
I dawdled over demitasse,
lingered through lunch,
diddle-daddled at dinner.
I never thought about the
consequences.
I should have been more focused,
driven by the needs of the many,
borne up on the wants of the few.
Instead, I come to this…
Sentenced to discover the ultimate
end of time…
When the hands reach 2:00,
and the spikes strike home…
Will I find time to scream?
Fiction © Copyright Rie Sheridan Rose
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from Author Rie Sheridan Rose:
Skellyman
“I have always preferred the supernatural in tales of horror, the knot between life and death. Rie Sheridan Rose’s Skellyman is cool and creepy. Her first horror novel is a chilling read.” — Charlee Jacob – Stoker winner, Best novel, “Dread in the Beast”
Brenda Barnett is trying to cope with raising her four-year-old daughter all alone after an accident tore her family in half. As she and Daisy go for a much-needed treat, the little girl spots a Skellyman on the corner.
This pivotal encounter leads to a wave of mounting terror as Brenda’s life begins to come undone around her. Who is the Skellyman? Why does he keep appearing? Can the sympathetic policeman Brenda turns to stop the madness before it is too late?
And why does Daisy insist that her dead brother is trying to tell them something important?
Spreading the Writer's Word 
Very good poem! A difficult image to illustrate as a tiny story — you did it so well!
Delightfully sinister and slightly creepy.