Nancy Kerr 2020
About the cinnabar moth that lives on ragwort (“crown of gold”). About the consequences of human impact on climate, heat. love, and how we forget adversity when we’re wrapped in comfort, which makes it hard to act against our consequences.
The Magpie Arc: https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/cinnabar
https://themagpiearc.bandcamp.com/track/cinnabar
The sun he fells the forest wall wearing a crown of gold And though I know he’s terrible yet still I see he’s beautiful Chorus: I’ll mourn you lowly cinnabar, born in a crown of gold In my burnished lover’s arms I have forgotten the cold The moon devours the heaven’s hall wearing a veil of red And I embrace this other soul – should end days feel so wonderful? The earth in rags and tattered strips, wearing it thirst for rain The breeze is like my lover’s lips but will it lift your wings again