The Precipice

Bianca Alu-Marr

Little things,

    all the little things, 

      Gathering like soldiers at dusk

lined up in the midst,

  Hearing the howls of enemies

    smelling a foul decay

hearts pounding in chests

 sweat,

    traces of spirits and death

inhale destiny like breath.

This life is a coin flipping and spinning,

    light…dark…light…dark

 crazy…sane…crazy…sane…

   where will it land?

What boney fist will emerge to grip 

     your face and squeeze

       until your cheekbones crush?

Or will you bathe in salt and

       cleansing dust and 

  shatter evil to the wind 

   in just your skin?

It’s dichotomy, 

 it’s the fiber of the stars

  it’s a chill laced with fire,

      unknown

  together, alone

    the precipice….

Bianca Alu-Marr is an emerging (in the publication world), writer who's been passionate about writing in many different genres for most of her life. She is the author and co-plotter of a comic book about a Comic Book shop in outer space called, “The Comicverse,” that has sci-fi, romance, comedy and drama. She also has a piece about a lonely dragon titled, “The Forgotten,” who’s lost her people (or so she thought), being published in Carmina Magazine in March.