VISUAL PROMPT
by X-Cannibal @ DeviantArt

Write a story or poem inspired by this image.
Red Blossoming Everywhere
I remembered using my blade to cut things out of my path
Or getting bloodied over fights with vicious plants and their wrath
Or swinging from vine to vine
Looking at everything, it was all so divine
I even remembered this place I got to be in
That was more nicer, like it was free from sin
There was luscious greenery everywhere
So much, it was frankly hard to bare
I then looked down and what I saw
Was a red path before me, had me drop my jaw
I walked on this path, red growing flowers galore
So many growing rapidly, just more and more
There was so much red and green to see
With birds always flying ever so free
I looked up, so entranced with everything
I did not see this in front of me, this thing
This thing floating, wearing a red cloak made up of roses, so lovely
It just was there, staring at me
I got closer, wanting to touch it
But as I got closer, it vanished, every bit of it
It faded away with the flowing wind
Watching each of its petals go away made me chagrined
I chose to continue walking on the red path, trying to move on from that
The plants still grew, some were thin, some fat
I look back on that day fondly
Even if I never got to see
That thing with its cloak again, not at all
Never in spring, summer, winter, or the fall