Genesis of a madman

Not a person, rather, a character. What drives it to kill? A character with its own thoughts and believes that spiral into motives. Yet, so much is to be decided before the murder takes place. The choice of an instrument for the lethal deed, is simple. Poison for ladies, swords for gentlemen. Not a truth universally acknowledged and still many authors connect nature and femininity, from which I assume, the desire to condemn their female characters to the sole choice of plant-based poisons would arise.

On the other hand, flowers in general have left a trail of petals all over the pages of canonical literature. From Shakespearean sonnets to J.K. Rowling's stories, they have been mentioned and used as focal points in writing and as a means of creating a detailed setting. But poisons are only for women.

Reading certain novels and poems, I catch myself concentrating on the botanical aspects of them. Wondering why, D.H. Lawrence would include such vivid imagery of flowers in his writing or why a rose is the most common flower used to confess love in literature. At the same time, my darker side wonders about the effects of cyanide and poison ivy. Forgive me father, for I have sinned.

By creating this blog, hope to spread my love for dark literature. I wish to discover those hopeless romantics that share my fascination with nature and the unknown. The people that cry on Tim Burton movies and have Blink 182's "I Miss You" as their favourite love song. I believe, those people still exist.

This, for the hopeless romantics that buy black roses on Saturdays. For they

do not die, they live on inside the morning dew on flower petals.