Fallen lavender
Photograph via 1stdibs "Pola Girls 8" original polaroid by © Larsen Sotelo, courtesy of the artist
A poetic collaboration featuring
words by Kathryn Carter
+ photographs by artist Larsen Sotelo.
revolt
Photograph via 1stdibs "Pola Girls 10" original polaroid by © Larsen Sotelo, courtesy of the artist
revolt the dawn
that thieves his touch
before their time
plead guilty to love.
cement
Photograph via 1stdibs "Pola Girls 14" original polaroid by © Larsen Sotelo, courtesy of the artist
[in vain]
dip their wings
in burnt cement
to sculpt your
fractured temple
forged by the light
of fires lit
by latex hands
on barren orchids.
fallen lavender
Photograph via 1stdibs "Pola Girls 16" original polaroid by © Larsen Sotelo, courtesy of the artist
baptise them broken
in smoldering cinders of
fallen lavender.
fog
Photograph via 1stdibs "Pola Girls 17" original polaroid by © Larsen Sotelo, courtesy of the artist
before your lips
the forlorn fog loses
its bearings, adaze
beneath your unchained breath.
Soon, they will retrieve
the residue of tainted
morning, shed softly
in your wake.
Laundering the traces
left by wolves led astray
by northern lights.
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You can read more of Kathryn’s poetry here.