by Mary E. Lowd
Like a soap bubble
Pearlescent and perfect
Lasting only an instant
This empire reigned Continue reading “The End of an Endless Empire”
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Marjorie
It kinda feels like Taylor Swift’s song “Marjorie” is about the Fringe episode “One Night in October,” where memories of a woman named Marjorie are the only thing keeping a man from being a serial killer… and then the memories are removed, but the effect on him is still there.
Lunicorn
by Mary E. Lowd
A rare glimpse
Of beauty beneath the moon
See her and you’ll swoon Continue reading “Lunicorn”
A Whole Galaxy Held in Her Eye
by Mary E. Lowd
Look too deeply
And you’ll fall right in
To eyes as deep as galaxies Continue reading “A Whole Galaxy Held in Her Eye”
The Loyal Otter Demon
by Mary E. Lowd
This otter demon
Looks fierce
Spiked and toothy
Claws that grasp Continue reading “The Loyal Otter Demon”
What Lurks Beneath
by Mary E. Lowd
Beware what lurks beneath
The still, stagnant waters
Creatures
Unseen for ages Continue reading “What Lurks Beneath”
The Silent Scream Inside a Trapped Dragon’s Heart
by Mary E. Lowd
Tear the world
Rend the Earth
A primal scream
Primordial destruction Continue reading “The Silent Scream Inside a Trapped Dragon’s Heart”
Uncaged
by Mary E. Lowd
Too large
Too strong
Too powerful
To be held
Otter and Octopus
by Mary E. Lowd
Dance, dance, dancing
Under the sea
Wiggling your tentacles
Flapping your rudder tail Continue reading “Otter and Octopus”
The Mysterious Castle in the Sky
by Mary E. Lowd
A cathedral in space
Beyond the nebula shaped like a horse
Orbiting an ocean world
In turn, orbiting a black hole Continue reading “The Mysterious Castle in the Sky”