Horror Haiku Club Prompt
March 16 - Libitina
Libitina was the Roman goddess of funerals.
Your prompt is LIBITINA.
Wraith wrapped in sorrow
Her hair smells like the pyre
Fingers at her throat
Scholars are unsure as to why, but Libitinia is often associated with Venus.
I assume she was at all the funerals then, from Julius Caesar's down to the lowliest peasant.
life is a gateway
drug, and every breath you take,
injection of death.