Page 18 - Sacred Nude

Jessica K Ballantyne
Mindless Mindful
Graphite, spraypaint and wax pencil
on paper
59.4 x 84.1cm

Butterfly
Francesca Simonelli

Wee crawly thing
Come hither…
Climb in to die!
I am supine butterfly
I emerge
From my capsule of termination.
I recline into a state of absolution
And receptivity -
I am worthy of all that I am.
Mask removed
To reveal
The blood ocean
Of abuse, rape and molestation
My blue veins pouring into the sea
Of reconciliation
My shoulders….
The top portion of a young girl’s
“heart-shape” illustration
With it’s “v-bottom” at my vagina
I am elementary
And yet I am mastery.
I am student and sage.