The North Wind

from The North Wind by Helvella

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The North Wind

  I lay waiting  
a static torpor
 buried  beneath
 coastal moors 
whipping peaty blankets
with thousands of days folded  into my squalls’  kept pockets
and ledges of that body  

The jutting-hip hillside  of her a shelter 
stray flurries run up the sheer-drop 
sternum moraines as I approach the ascent
 I was drawn in the empty atmosphere
 before the lands’ beginning 
now I begin with watching an end.

  I follow anyone innocently walking the fault lines
  see where 
Joy kneels, arms wide
 at my lover’s foot by night.  

A threadbare
 full-body channel 
climbing heather’d rows
 shoes worn through 
gripped in the ruins
  conjuring against a crown of constellations asking for instruction.  

With her hopes and her wants
 her eyes - other-worldly thresholds 
pearly masses of secrets colliding
 collapsing in on themselves.  

The stars silence in the world 
a monarchy of opinion held in coded transmissions  
summoning streams of solar systems. 

The ancients trails thrumming in caves and forests of creation: gone, nobody’s listening.  

Cuz all roads that I lead are beaten edges
 the fire in my belly quickly cold as ether stones
 I am winds I am the beginning say my first name
and  I’ll change your direction

credits

from The North Wind, released April 9, 2020
Vocals and lyrics: Eliza Gregory

The players:
Guitars: Will
Drums: Dan
Bass: Chris

Recorded by Joe Garcia at Joe's Garage Bristol
Instrumentation written and mixed by Will Turner-Duffin
Image by Andrew Gale

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Helvella UK

Helvella is the performance name for Eliza Gregory; a UK songwriter, musician and writer. For all news and updates: Insta/Twitter @helvellanoise

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