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Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!
A Look Within
by Elizabeth H. Smith
The small darkness, miniscule in its enclosed infinity, watches me. I gaze on it indifferently, with a slight angle in my neck, as if mocking it. Its only desire is to fill space, to black out what is alight with color and vibrant life. It wants to smother, to choke, to suffocate all that is impure in its designation. I know this, because I came from this darkness. I only look upon it now from the outside due to my banishment. I wanted to see the light, my dangerous fantasies reached too far, until my slender form slipped from the shadows from which it was born and invaded the outside. I’m now trapped, imprisoned in light. The cozy shroud that was my home is now a foreign land, inaccessible in my plight. All I can do is wait. Wait for the darkness to eventually consume all, as it inevitably will. Then maybe I’ll be allowed to return home…
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Fiction © Copyright Elizabeth H. Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay
More About Elizabeth H. Smith:
Elizabeth H. Smith is a storyteller who writes while trying to keep her cat, Luna off the keyboard. The musical group, Rasputina is her muse. She was born in the state of New York and would never feel at home anywhere else.
Through Clouded Eyes: A Zombie’s Point of View
Through Clouded Eyes: A Zombie’s Point of View: a collection of twelve stories told from the Zombie’s perspective.
They’re shambling toward you, feet dragging on the broken roadway. Arms outstretched, faces slack, they move as if they’re tracking your scent on the wind. You want to run, but you know there’s nowhere to hide.
Aware of their insatiable hunger, fear paralyzes you. These things were once human, people someone loved. Is there anything left inside them – some sliver of humanity that may save you from this nightmare? Your mind doesn’t want to accept the inevitable, a single thought consumes you: what are they thinking?
With your chance of escape dwindling, you snap out of it and run like hell knowing there is little to no hope; fate is coming for you. Soon you will see what they see Through Clouded Eyes…
Featuring stories from Maynard Blackoak, Calvin Demmer, Paul M. Feeney, Stacy Fileccia, Trevor Firetog, DH Hanni, Shannon Lawrence, Josh MacLeod, Zachary O’Shea, Neal Privett, Mark Steinwachs, and Alex Woolf
Spreading the Writer's Word 
That was a pleasure to read – such beautiful prose – especially enjoyed “miniscule in its enclosed infinity”
Darkly delightful, with a lovely touch of ominous.
Reading more like a prose poem, which it very likely could be — yes, a pleasure!