The Ladies of Horror
Picture-Prompt Writing Challenge!

Artificial Red 
by Asena Lourenco 

Delicate petals surrounded perfect ruby coils

Adorned by supporting leafy greens.

Her mossy eyes twinkled in the sunlight 

framed by scarlet strands of every means,

Her soft freckles caressed porcelain skin,

Her curls a hint of warmth against the dead,

telling of no joy or warmth themselves,

but displayed such an illusion of artificial red.

Fiction © Copyright Asena Lourenco
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com.

More about Asena Lourenco:

Asena Lourenco is sixteen years old. She loves playing hockey, singing, and playing piano.

She began writing short stories and poetry at a very early age, and has been writing with The Ladies of Horror Picture-prompt Challenge since she was ten!

As the youngest member of The Ladies of Horror troupe, Asena has an uncanny command of language and has handled each challenge with grace, enthusiasm, and an aptitude far beyond her years.