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Norman Crane's avatar

Re Mors, e-mail sent:

"I regret killing this one."

Eternally, Death

Daniel Baldwin's avatar

Mors picked among them

For the tired, broken, worn.

Vexed, he took them all.

Honeygloom's avatar

Tragic and well told. I really felt this one.

Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Vexed is such a delicious word.

Character Cognition's avatar

😂 this made me laugh. That's totally happening

Honeygloom's avatar

My original last line was much darker, but I decided to switch it up and go for the dark comedy instead.

Character Cognition's avatar

Now I'm curious

Honeygloom's avatar

Eh, it’s a real mood killer, and probably anticlimactic now, too😂

Character Cognition's avatar

Haha okay

Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

I’m in a dark place today.

1.

Crimson petals fall

Mors whispers through withered leaves

Souls drift on the breeze

2.

Skeletal fingers

Grasp at fleeting life, in vain

Mors claims her tribute

3.

Echoes of last breaths

Mingle with the rustling reeds

Mors, the grim reaper

4.

Blood-stained moon rises

Mors dances in the shadows

Scythe gleams in the night

5.

Bones crunch underfoot

Mors, a grinning skull, watches

Autumn's deathly hues

Honeygloom's avatar

Absolutely gorgeous as always! I love the correlation of souls with dried leaves. Such a cool image. Also loving a blood-stained moon 🖤

Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Thank you. Your prompts are intriguing.

ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Pummel-punch-pierce-pound

Spurting-screaming-shriek... silent

Mors code of honor

Honeygloom's avatar

Ahhh I love it!