Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
Emily Brontë
Francisco Ribalta
Nightmare (1800)
— by Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard
Words by me, inspired by the bookplate (right) by Robert Budzinski from “Das Exlibris der Dame”, Richard Braungart, 1923. // ©thisisafault.
catharsis burns
a sketch lined palm
it pains, it crutches
liberty, jealous harm
her virgin match
strikes the ardour
It falls, it fails
scalding, icy balm
Words by me // Catharsis