here. her3.

Here, her3.
To sunrises spent in the arms of the woman I love
The voice I know
The wonder she brings to the simple things.

Here, her3.
To making love all night, then fucking it up
Secret whispers born in welcome ears, held close
By eager fists and willing lips pursed tight
Against unwelcome assumptions and misunderstandings

Here, her3.
To changes and traditions and mountains in distances
And knowing we were heard though we didn’t say a word
Our thermal signatures burned forevermore
Into the eyes of our peers and subordinates
And others whom do not matter

Here, her3.
My love.
To learning your evanescent subtleties
Over hot chocolate coffee blends, the celebrant song
Of the coyote, the distant patterns Orion built, and
Wind song storms that showed us the proper way to

Rage against the machine.

what it isn’t.

I’ve spent a lot of time
Carving out the big pieces
Whittling the details
Sanding the edges
Polishing the rough spots
And staining the surface
I am still working out the significance
But I know a lot about what it isn’t …

napowrimo — bleed me.

bleed me.bleed me.
allow all the poison to seep
from the punctuation of your teeth
through my skin.

bleed me.
hold the spare parts together tight
keep me from flying apart
keep me from evaporating

bleed me.
filter your screams through
the empty spaces, and
let us be free

napowrimo — 4.24.13 — dante.artifex

I loved this piece, and it just might be my favorite for the entire month, not sure. I’ll be honest and say that one of the reasons it’s my favorite is because the painting is an original created by my partner …