Jagged veins of weeping blood
offered to the sky
in praise of death eternal
from an angel born to cry.
Alone in darkness, robed in black
she offers up her soul
in plea of bloody sacrifice
to make her body whole.
In a forest full of graveyard trees
her hair, soft, streaked with grey
she prays for black salvation
with a crimson streaked bouquet.
Candle of self sacrifice
flickers by her side
memory of mortal life
that in this sadness died.
Author notes
Black Narcissus.
Credit picture prompt :
5. http://freaky665.deviantart.com/art/between-love-and-hate-99690227
A contest entry
- Picture Prompt (20 pictures) by VampyreAnna.
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