bleeding crevices
soil enriched with sacrifice
a lifeless body
~
sacrificial pier
stains of grotesque history
fade away with time
~
sacrificing lamb
look of knowing in dark eyes
death is singular
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* For Carpe Diem # 241.
bleeding crevices
soil enriched with sacrifice
a lifeless body
~
sacrificial pier
stains of grotesque history
fade away with time
~
sacrificing lamb
look of knowing in dark eyes
death is singular
* For Carpe Diem # 241.
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Oooo this is dark, but your words painted the picture so well.
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Thank you..
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I can’t help but wonder how fade those stains really are…
Sacrificial Fire
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“faded”
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visions of the movie by Mel Gibson – “Apocalypto”…
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well, I haven’t watched the movie.. so I don’t know.
thanks for reading.. 🙂
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Beautifully dark words
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Thanks.. 🙂
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Such intensity in your haiku and the image makes it even more vivid. Well done.
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Thank you.. 🙂
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These were among the darkest haiku I ever read. Great set.
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Thanks, Bjorn..
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The soil may be enriched with the sacrifice, but is anything else?
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the superstitions that nudges the man for such sacrifices..
thanks for reading.
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Nice triplet on sacrifice HA, I personally like the third haiku the most, by the way what a nice painting you have included in your post. Thank you HA.
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Thanks, Kristjaan.. I loved the painting, for it clearly compliments the third haiku..
🙂
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