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Last Stop Junction
by A.F. Stewart

Faded colour beneath the dark rain

flailing paint off the weathered wood

with the thrashing noise 

of a drumbeat, heartbeat

that pulsing throb whipping 

the cold bite downpour 

along the force of the forsaken wind

.

I should be far away from here

.

Cracked graves and bones, scattered

into the scent of musty grass and old rust

carved into abandoned ground

leaking ghosts, leaking secrets

on screaming voices

brooding and bloody

as the stains mingling in the earth

.

I should be far away from here

.

Standing fast within the numbing rain

memories cascaded over me, purifying

the lingering taint growing roots

pinning me to eternity 

uncoupling me from sanity

far away from my once reality

as I drifted with the other forgotten ghosts

.

I’ll never be far away from here

.

Fiction © Copyright A.F. Stewart
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

 

More from A.F. Stewart:

Visions and Nightmares

Tragedy spares no one… and takes no prisoners.
In the twilight shadows, secrets are revealed past the whispers of madness.

Wander into the realm of the old gods with Elenora, where humanity and marriage are a prison.
Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.
Join with Zenna to seek the truth as her death by magic grows closer.
Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.
Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.
Shiver as Doctor Killbride experiments with corpses to create life from death.
All that and more await within the pages.

Ten stories. Ten women.
Who will survive? Who will fall? And who will succumb to their inner evil?
Find out in Visions and Nightmares.

Warning: This book contains disturbing scenes that may be upsetting to some readers.

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