The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
Repayment
by Amy Zoellers
blood to bitters
streaming pink
this blood of fog
a healing drink
until the ghost returned
.
a soul dissolves
and must consume
without remorse
her site of doom
where living flesh had burned
.
her poison mists
will ride the air
and seep the ground
and flesh will tear
and burn whoever breathes
.
from guts to lungs
inside to out—
night shudders with
collective shout
of anguish through the trees—
her bile no longer seethes.
Fiction © Copyright Amy Zoellers
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.
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A superb poem.
Love the rhythm of your stanzas – creates a great stop/start feel (like an old animation) as the dread comes closer (hope that makes sense!)