Lotus Mantideus by Petra Frankova

Title:	Lotus Mantideus
Date Created:	2022
Copyright:	© Petra Frankova
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Graphite Pencil
Views:	113
Posted:	12/8/2022

Location: Czech republic

...The holy man treaded lightly on the dirty surface of the lake, and one after another, water lilies grew from his footprints, eternally sacrilegious in the mud. The brutal victors of the nutrient war were rising from the puddle that used to be in the centre of the temple of all holy words and was then a pool of purity. They smothered their rivals, the water roots sucked the small unassuming fish out of air, and the flowers turned hungrily after the bulrush. They came out behind their creator, spilling dirt, flooding the shore. The holy man turned and smiled at the flowers he had given life to. So pure, so innocent...