The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!

Maid of Sand
by Alex Grehy

You are the destroyer, your

words are the excoriating wind

relentless, seeking always to

mould the world to your desires.

You see my face softening as you

scour my identity, seeking to

obliterate all that is not you.

By your will

green forests burn

great mountains crumble

blood flows.

All becomes sand,

falling,

reforming.

The eternal dunes creep closer

to the shore; the sphinx stands

forever in time and memory.

Your bluster is no more than a

bothersome zephyr in the

vast desert of my power.

More from author Alex Grehy:

Last Species Standing

Alex Grehy (she/her) enjoys writing quirky, thought-provoking horror and is a regular contributor to The Sirens Call and Ladies of Horror Flash Project. Her fiction and essays on being a lady of horror have featured in a range of publications, including Spread: Tales of Deadly Flora. Alex’s first poetry collection, Last Species Standing, which explores mankind’s relationship with nature and technology, is available on Amazon.

Available on Amazon!