Kali Roses 2drops π
Two drops.
Kali's necklace of skulls clinked softly as she tilted her head. Not a monster β a mirror. In one hand, the sword that severs illusion. In the other, a lotus still wet with the night's last dew. kali roses 2drops
The two drops fell not like rain, but like embers. Two drops
The roses grew from the cracks in the altar β thorned, black-veined, bleeding fuchsia. Each petal a small annihilation. Each scent a memory dying to be reborn. In one hand, the sword that severs illusion
One landed on her tongue β cinnamon and clove , the burn of old wars and new hungers. The other slid down the blade's edge, pooling in the rose's heart.
"You wanted power," the goddess whispered, voice like grinding mountains. "But power without destruction is just a cage."