Horror Haiku Club Prompt
September 8 - Dumuzid
This Sumerian god of shepherds and agriculture was thought to die during the hot summer months.
Your prompt is DUMUZID
I am wilted death
I am your auburn sunset
And resurrection
Sumerians would mourn his death every summer and wait for the abundance that returned with his rise in the spring.
Inanna slew Bilulu
for the slaughter of her husband -
The seasons turn in blood
Fall to the underworld,
here you remain all winter,
until you spring forth.