Horror Haiku Club Prompt
June 13 - Hel
The queen of the Old Norse underworld, Hel is the daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda. She is said to be half living flesh, and half decomposed.
Your prompt is HEL.
Half flesh, half decomp
The unremarkable dead
Are your companions
The denizens of Hel’s domain, also called Hel, are the dead who don’t die in battle. They live in this dark realm, conducting their lives very much as they had in Midgard.
No battle glory
Mundane living every day
In Hel I now dwell.
The everyday
matter of
decomposing.
Composting here
our rotgoddess
lets us rest in peace