May 2024 — JD Rudometkin

5 Doors is a monthly online magazine/gallery featuring new music, cinema, art, and writing from artist JD RUDOMETKIN and guest artists. It is also a communal space where rituals are curated. This gallery is best experienced on a desktop/laptop computer.

Is there something you wish to burn?

Its Time To Burn the Bones

He tore the bedsheets into smaller pieces.
and burned them one by one.
It took over an hour.
You can’t force these things.
After all is said and done—
Bedsheets hold a lot of weight.
They burn slow and smell like dead skin
and chemicals as they
turn to ash.
And smoke stings the eyes.
But he did not turn away.

And what do you need to burn, friend?
Is there something in your home
That should not be there?

It takes courage to move on.
It takes courage to stay the same.

When you’re ready.
Carry your dry bones out
to a field. Or near the sea.
You know where to take them.

Then, with care
Set the thing on fire and watch it burn.

Capture a little snippet of it disintegrating and send it off to me.
And tell me why you had to let it go.

That’s why I’m here.
To hear you say the things
you didn’t know you knew until
you burnt it down.

Images + editing / lyrics + music by JD Rudometkin

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