On the Butterfly's Wing

from Moonlit Missive #71 by In Gowan Ring

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Composition by B’ee
Instruments: guitar, voice, organ & xylophone
Recorded September 2021

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One wound unspun day, the butterflies swarm
From the ground the heart pounds
The butterflies land on page, bind and back
Hollowed the word on the work of their wings

The world is ablaze in cloven wyndings
Eye bulbs beneath lids roam
The butterfly lands on boot, belt and cap
Bent to the wand of the worm in the day

Heavy rooted below
Ruddy blooms above, axile growth each leaf to rod
The butterflies land on leaf, skin and bark
They left my mind in sand a seed

Then lay me down in vulvous womb
When all the world was new
The butterfly lands on foot, skin and brow
A tear eyed child lay afloat on a seamless weave

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from Moonlit Missive #71, released September 20, 2021

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The Symbolist Folk Music of In Gowan Ring channels stories of stones and angels through homemade instruments and human voice.

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