Dystopian
By Emma Wells
Ravenous nesting lurks
in subterranean soil;
it bides its time.
Patient for flesh, blood, life;
diminished strength is a foil,
shielding latent power.
Yet to unleash...
Tunnelled nightmares
bury unknown;
they coil and weave
perimeters of life.
A webbed labyrinth
of malevolence beats –
underlying potency.
A need to dominate awaits.
Spidery shadowed limbs rotate
as blackened mist:
a living dead stalks the vulnerable…
Its unseeing eyes sense all:
Omniscient. Omnipotent. Omnipresent.
White debris encircles,
floats near the nuclei of toxicity:
flickers of the underworld.
Another world.
A torment.
A macabre heart beats steadily:
subtly gaining purpose,
a grittier steel…
Beat...
Drum...
Beat...
Riveted channels bubble..
frothing to fruition
spilling from a disturbed,
tenderised mind.
A map of sinister routing -
Planned. Unchecked. Formed.
Death lurks, dips its tongue
into listening eyes,
spying ears:
purging humanity,
distorting senses.
Its need is greater, towering, escaping — freely...
Overpowering...
ambitiously climbing...
Dystopia shimmers,
reflecting a mirrored underbelly –
realism intermixed
with darkened forms.
A hybridity that leans —
towards sabotaging humankind…
Fragility hangs precariously...
Dystopian-brittle.
Emma is a mother and English teacher. She has poetry published with various literary journals and magazines. She enjoys writing flash fiction and short stories also. Her debut novel, Shelley’s Sisterhood, is due to be published in 2022.