Sci-fi poem "Death's Ship" originally published in Aphelion, June/July Issue, July 2011, and also published August 2023 in the now out-of-print speculative poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.
Background illustration above by yours truly.
Death’s Ship
Swifter than a gamma ray,
Sleeker than a comet’s tail,
Darker than a black hole’s heart,
A grim ship hurtles through space
In search of the cosmic damned.
Constructed from crystal tears
Reinforced with blackened bones,
Propelled by a stream of souls,
That fell craft crosses the void
To bring death amongst the stars.
Carrying galactic plagues,
Spreading stellar diseases,
Fomenting hatred and war,
Death extends his chilling touch
Across the vast universe.
Blazing toward dying suns,
Homing in on condemned worlds,
Soaring through smouldering skies,
The reaper rides a rocket
To collect the cosmic dead.
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