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I am transcendent of time and space.
I am the embodiment of love’s salvation.
I am grace incarnate
I am the natural storm that wipes clean
The sin of the world
Then leaves rainbows, swirling behind
Like a child’s mess of finger paint
Upon her innocent skin.
While death taints the waters with mourning
I churn and fold outward, then in.
I bless my feet
For today, they will carry me
Wherever I am destined to be.
I am open.
I am willing.
I am ready….
For the penetration
Of vivication.
I am not dead.
I am authentically alive.
I am jubilant,
Fluttering…
Vibrant –
Butterfly.

Jessica K Ballantyne
Immutable Self
Graphite, spraypaint and wax pencil
on paper
59.4 x 84.1cm