deep within petals the well is not dry nature hides away fertility and moisture from the scathing gaze of a fickle life-giver warlord, feast maker outer lips exposed to the elements photons, star tempests tremble and desiccate quiver and dissolve  resistance can never last forever she will surrender her molecular pool experience vapour consumption savage incandescence sublimation of her material existence a roasted creature a ravished corpse fleshy hues singed to earthtones pretty detritus held captive in the rough grasp the careless embrace of the Anthropocene  deposed and discarded a scant, scented memory a disintegrating potpourri centrepiece her sabine seeds pod sequestered, sheltered soar and tumble in liberation set free on an arid breeze  With Pretty Detritus, I tell a nature-based horror story where the sun is both care-giver and life ender, depending on the season, the length of the day, and the intensity of its glances. This piece of poetry keeps with my October Halloween theme and includes the vss365 prompt arid. It also includes themes of astronomy, science, and mysticism through the exploration of symbolism and analogy. The full poem will be part of my upcoming collection; date to be released .... unknown:)  *** # Wine and Hemoglobin  the wine was corked and tainted the source of the groom's contagion the inspiration for his mind's disfiguration or had he been cut by the Maid of Honour's sharp wit and it pricked open his suspicion for once there were two vigorous human beings at his side now there are none one floats, cummerbund up a dead best man drowned in a vat similarities to a soppy rodent's end a most unfortunate coincidence  
the bride he lured to a desolate part of the vineyard the fireflies flare bright against a red-mottled, white wedding gown sour grapes mixed with the sanguine there's now no telling her dry rosé from the best man's O negative congealed hemoglobin a most unfortunate coincidence  *** This poem is keeping with the theme of horror and Halloween. Wine and Hemoglobin is published in Monsters, Avatars, and Angels and available in paperback and kindle through Amazon. Scroll down for direct link.  *** # Boundless Unearthly 

my thoughts boundless unearthly cirrus scratchings series of 1's on blue  Unearthly first brought to mind themes of horror but from there my thoughts traveled to the clouds. The idea that the wispy ones could act like binary code a on simulated reality took hold, melding mysticism with physics and adding just a touch of space. Some math in there too, I suppose:) The AI art symbolizes are thoughts in a such a reality could lead to the manifestation of amazing and beautiful things:)