By Kyra Lambert
Redness swells and burns
Spreads across my chest
Smoke almost lifts through my pores
I scratch at my palms
I claw the souls of my feet
My nails leave little oxblood half moons
Cutting up my velvet
Is there a religion in some aches?
In losing you I learned the body can withstand
Any and All
Even still,
I kneel at your altar every evening
Kyra Lambert is a multidisciplinary artist whose works circulate around ideas of femininity, divinity and worship and take the form of jewellery, poetry and oil paintings. Lambert designs under the name ‘Sacred Grotto’. With strong roots in Pagan practice, Kyra’s work is emblematic of times past and the ocean’s offerings. Lambert is currently based in Halifax, NS and has received an emerging artist designation from the Canadian Council for the Arts. You can read their work in Eastern Edge Gallery, Scavengers Literary magazine, Grape Seed Press and soon Mother Wort Rose. They have just been made Managing Editor for Cream Scene Carnival Magazine.
