Splintered

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

A poetic collaboration featuring

words by Kathryn Carter

+ photographs by French artist Nicolas Gavino.

 

void

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

she holds fast his light 

that stains softly her flesh 

from long-gone days 

void of sorrow,

woven in purple night.

 

fire ice

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

come further,

bathe her broken body 

in crimson waters 

thawed from fire ice.

 

sutured

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

from their sky he brews

one glassful of fallen clouds

to steep kisses caught

in the wake of their

sutured shadow.

 

hollow chorus

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

you, with the wings

your hollow chorus wakes me

uninterrupted by the night slain

by synthetic sin

that smothers stars

in morning’s empty song.

 

splintered

Photograph by © Nicolas Gavino, courtesy of the artist

spy her lips suffused 

with his splintered serenade

soon to perish in the 

dark of day.

 

You can explore Gavino’s work further via Instagram.

You can read more of Kathryn’s poetry here.