lotte kestner

fix

Tue, 21 May 2013 02:10:00 -0400

it is the only way i know

to snap my boughs

in a storm,

to give up my hiding place

when my heartbeat

has made my cheeks warm,

to set my teeth

when you show me

the place where you hurt,

i’d break myself to fix you

and stop trembling

in return.

i think in the woods

our names are already carved.

you kissed my mouth

the first time

and i realized

that the rest of my life

i had starved.

beautiful fallen tree (at Orcas Island)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:32:23 -0400

beautiful fallen tree (at Orcas Island)

tethered

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400

you can always be certain

that the heart you fall asleep beside

will be the same in the morning,

the same color

and the same rhythm,

the same blue butterfly,

if you learn the sound of the wings

you can set your watch to it

it is a lighthouse,

the shape of your face,

which brings me back

from the labyrinths of sleep.

by the time you wake,

i am already tethered

your beauty is alive

even with your eyes closed,

calm as glass

like your neck and your shoulder

were lines on a map.

even then,

your skin is a living mineral,

your features a silent spell,

i am a moth,

dying softly against your lips.

elliott smith, <3

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:11:25 -0400

elliott smith, <3

favorite park (at Gasworks Park)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:53:33 -0400

favorite park (at Gasworks Park)

Whither thou goest.. (at Gasworks Park)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:01:22 -0400

Whither thou goest.. (at Gasworks Park)

seasons

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:27:11 -0400

i want to be a season

for you

i want to be the molting of leaves

or the layer of ice

or the windows you leave open.

or if you would let me be the spring

when the whole world parts

with flowers on either side

like you are standing

in the middle of a tulip field,

the almost symmetry

of the bowing trees

with their heavy blossoms,

something promised

in sky writing

and photographs

of roses that haven’t opened yet.

if i were a season

you would step into it

and change your wardrobe

and you would not make the ending

because you’d know the end was coming

all on its own

like it always does,

just a little at a time.

when you start pressing

the petals in your book

because most of them are on the ground.

when you start rolling your sleeves

back down.

like a sleepwalker

you grab the extra blanket from the closet.

and the season

and the year

and the girl

are gone.

might be the most beautiful river I’ve seen (at Columbia...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:33:07 -0400

might be the most beautiful river I’ve seen (at Columbia River)

with my heart up in my mouth..

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:00:28 -0400

with my heart up in my mouth..

… i burned all my dresses from before you i want to be brand new didn’t you know this...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:25:31 -0400

…

i burned all my dresses

from before you

i want to be brand new

didn’t you know this boat of mine

travels in a straight line

to you

…

Step into my office, baby (at home)

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:18:02 -0400

Step into my office, baby (at home)

from the album Until on Saint-Loup Records. out today.

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:10:11 -0400

from the album Until on Saint-Loup Records. out today.

Until. CD available April 16 on Saint-Loup Records. Buy here:

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:50:19 -0400

Until. CD available April 16 on Saint-Loup Records. Buy here:

Listen/purchase until (buddy ross remix) by lotte kestner

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:23:19 -0400

Listen/purchase until (buddy ross remix) by lotte kestner

Washington.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:16:02 -0400

Washington.

toward you

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:50:52 -0400

how often it is

that we are traveling

toward someone,

who owns all of the seconds

it takes to reach them.

tonight i watched

all of the white blades

of the highway

and felt the current

behind me.

it is like the poetry

of gravity,

watching leaves fall

from a tree.

i decided not to sleep

on the bus

so i could feel you

getting closer to me.

if every thought of you was a mile i would already be there inside of your coat counting the...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:27:00 -0400

if every thought of you

was a mile

i would already be there

inside of your coat

counting the beats

of rain

fading into the earth

the way that i vanish

against your skin

My bedroom just became a recording studio (at home)

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:53:11 -0400

My bedroom just became a recording studio (at home)

Mike’s cabin (at Vashon Island)

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:57:38 -0400

Mike’s cabin (at Vashon Island)

Homemade music

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:54:19 -0400

Homemade music