The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
Perspective
by Angela Yuriko Smith
he: astronaut high
more far out than a rocket
lost and outer spaced
numb and comet cold
a warp speed drift to nowhere
alienated.
she: drowning girl deep
buried under the abyss
blind and untethered
drift in the current
coming apart like a corpse
a monstrosity.
they: two broken cogs
no truce,
no quarter given
fighting each other
a broken machine
sum of dysfunctional parts
systematic fails.
they made a good match
to light their world into flame
burning everything
different perspectives
could only see I to I
but neither could breathe.
Fiction © Copyright Angela Yuriko Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from Angela Yuriko Smith:
Angela Yuriko Smith is an American poet, author and co-publisher of Space and Time magazine, a publication that has been printing speculative fiction, art and poetry since 1966. Together we build a poem as a community each month. Visit “Exquisite Corpse” at SpaceandTime.net to submit.
Spreading the Writer's Word 
Such a powerful poem – that last stanza – amazing!
Ooooh! Love it! a biting poem, leaves you bleeding in kind response. Brilliant last stanza! Befits the prompt so well.
Wow
Very dark and trippy, a fantastic poem.
Pingback: POETRY PRODUCTION: “PERSPECTIVE” | angelayurikosmith.com