Death's Ship
by Richard H. Fay
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.
Originally published in the June/July 2011 issue of the webzine Aphelion
Dark sci-fi poem "Death's Ship", originally published in the June/July 2011 issue of the webzine Aphelion and also published August 2023 in the speculative poetry collection Cosmic Journeys and Gothic Visions.
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