The Lilies Are Bleeding
My lilies are my most prized possession. Hand picked. I will only take the most supremely beautiful specimens. They must be white as an angel’s wings, and so soft and delicate to the touch that you must be careful of the harm you bring to them. Perhaps it is selfish of me to hoard them as I do. But as it is I who takes them first, it is I who shall enjoy them, their sweet, intoxicating scent and their soothing elegance.
To listen to the lily’s voice is to hear the sound of unrestrained magnificence, fine tuned to stir the soul into a passionate uproar. It is for this reason that I keep my lilies, one dozen at a time, at all times. I must hear the cry of my recherché beauties, bear witness to their bleeding, revel in the need they have for me. At first, even I, pious as I am, questioned this desire, but finding the answer proved such a splendor in its own rite. It is seeing my lilies weakened into such a state that I am all they have left, as they are all I have left, that I derive a satisfaction indescribable to one who has not experienced it themselves. But nothing is perfect forever. One of my lilies has wilted. I must be off immediately to replace her.
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Credited to Poizn.
inb4IDONTGETIT
I’m sure this’ll get a lot of those, and I’m fine with it.
Hmm, This would have been creepy if you had put more evidence out that what you were talking about was a human. I mean, it was written really well. But at the end it seemed like you were actually talking about another rose. Not a woman.
Exactly
Was really good. Then ending and the way it’s written reminds me just a little bit of Harold.
I could kind of guess where this was going from the start, but it still made me flinch. Delicious pasta.
Shit, I forgot to say inb4needs2bmoarspecific/lessvague. :C
My name is Lily!
:shiftyeyes:
Wilted = decomposed? Ewwww.
I liked it.
I was guessing where this was going. I think many pastas on the “Madness” category fall onto this delusions…
But what really touched was the last word. It was when I said “Yep, that’s it. Creepy all right.”
I got it and it creeped me the fuck out.
THEN WHO WAS LILIES?
read it 1st time – WHAT
read it 2nd time – FFFUUUUUUU
love it
Poizn, as I told you in the forums, I love this.
For Caedus, are you stupid?
The whole POINT was to make it seem like he was talking about a flower.
Well, I’m thoroughly creeped out and it’s only 5:04 PM.
Love this. Rather appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
And yes, I did understand it the first time around xD
Interesting idea, flowers… It was easy to get, but I guess you could still say it was a little vague, if you want. I would say I could see the ending, except that by the time I read the beginning it was already just about over. The short pastas are great, though usually I’m one for the longer stories.
Personally, I prefer stories that put me in danger, or at least make it seem like something much worse than simple murder is happening.
Simple Murder. Okay then.
:Shuffles away:
wow, that’s pretty creepy actually D:
Ending was obvious, but it’s still a good piece. Kept lol’ing at only picking the white ones though, clearly we have an Aryan madman!
This is probably the best story ever because it uses something of delicacy, something of small size to symbolize a larger, more morbid thing.
perfection
Y’all are stupid… lol of course its about people… its prisoners, that the narrerator keeps confined in 12′s to hear them scream, and bleed. Wilted=Died… Now to replace it
Pretty good.
@Maran Doll-Dead, I think, not decomposed.
Bah, reminds me of the song “Fear Garden.” You know, that creepy, high pitched Japanese song were the singer is some psychotic little kid who kills people, cuts off their hands and treats the hands as if the were a garden of flowers? *shudder*
Anyway, there should have been just a pinch more of information leading to think that the ‘lilies’ were humans, but I really liked this~
I reckon that was great, ignore those who say its too vague, i reckon that worked perfectly.
Although its not too creepy, its got the”oh shit” factor, and unlike many of the recent pastas, not too long…Loved it
I like it a lot, but a lot of people probably won’t get it. If there were a few more hints the the lilies were humans, it would be easier to understand.