Wednesday's Verse - The Brastineek Survivors
This week’s verse moves from an urban fantasy verse about trolls and fairies to a science fiction poem about rescuing survivors from a crashed starship. It is taken from 366 Days of Poetry , a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2016. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Brastineek Survivors Through the skies with engines racing, came the cruiser, cannons blazing, firing even as it died, falling, starlike, through burning skies. Dying like an ember flaring, flaring brighter than the sunset’s glow, falling like a star from Heaven, fighting even as it dies, with only us to see it falling, only us to hear it cry, watching as it passes by. We watched its back trail, barely breathing, hoping none would chase it down, and, in relief, we watched it, breathing as we saw it barely level out. Knowing there would be survivors, hoping we could reach them soon, we mo
