October . Rain

The Clouds

Keening

I'm not your anchor, written and performed by Kit Radford. Produced by Chris Price

I'm Not Your Anchor by Kit Radford

metamorphosis | k a t e  r a d f o r d

"I begged for the change
wept-
screamed for it
not knowing who I would be
at the other side
but with all transformation
there is an act of death-
with myself as body
and executioner..."


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metamorphosis | k i t   r a d f o r d

when this all ends
the trees will still root
knotted feet in mulch and soil
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the bluebells won't forget to bloom
and the birds will still find dry leaves to nest
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the rivers will still flow downwards
great stones will weather over time
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the mill pond will still lay silent
the wheels long since turning now covered in ferns
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the houses will turn to ruin
rain drenching years of carpet and new paint
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the great halls and banks and palaces
will be filled with moss and grass and water
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
the earth will still turn sideways
there will still be seasons although they won't have names anymore
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
there will still be night and bright stars
a moon to greet the ocean and wash away the dawn
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
there will still be things like today, tomorrow
only
there will be no way to measure it apart from seeing it
(when this all ends)

when this all ends
it will be the beginning 
although we won't be there to see it
if it's anything like what's here now
it will be beautiful.

when this all ends | k i t  r a d f o r d

inspired by Olafur Arnalds new song 'we contain multitudes', a creative response..

leaves
as trees
as soil
as ground
as cloud
as skin
as lovers
we contain everything-
in vapour
in empty time
in completeness
the heart that beats
love
moves the body
holds itself
through nothingness
through all
we contain multitudes
(that cannot be contained)
that cannot be broken
even in the silence
and in the sweetened sound
there is nothing-
there is everything-
there is 
us.

we contain multitudes (that cannot be contained) | k i t  r a d f o r d

I built a garden for you in my mind
took all the parts of you that I like
well I loved
well I loved
and watched them grow
and watched the grow.

you tend the garden inside of my heart-
the person here tears me apart
all the parts of you that I liked
now you decided to hide
well I loved
well I loved

I built a garden for you in my mind
you grow flowers with love and light
I can't look at your body here
now you've gone.


in the garden I built for you
you said you always wanted one too
its yours where I can see
you'll be happy
with 
or without 
me.




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The Garden | k i t   r a d f o r d

To me, you are all of the stories not yet written
all of life trying to live itself
you are every moment being
and every moment dying-
you are every star that finds its way to seeing 
you are every child in any moment
that learnt something
that just might change their life
you are ending
but never over
and every tiny dance you make
transforms your life
to poetry.
so let me read your poem
open your pages
let me play piano to your violin
teach me simple things
and together we'll forget unhappiness
if every for a moment
live with me-
share breath
and know how much I need you 
just to be here
so we both know we are alive.
tell me you love me in every language
and I will understand
and I'll paint you in every colour
and you will still be more beautiful
moment by moment
we'll forget time
and dream this world again
swapping war
and blood
for butterflies.
so let me read your poem
and you can read mine
and together our story
will be so good
you couldn't re-write it
or tell it again
more beautiful
than it ever was.
it was heaven-
it was us.

it was heaven
it was us.

(here)



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'HERE' (live recording)poetry |  k i t   r a d f o r d

(a lullaby for the land)
.
Though a storm is passing..it hasn't stopped the weather. As we move through the world shifting again, its an opportunity to leave behind things we don't need so our planet can repair itself. Keep the pace. Slow down. Hold ground. Heal.
.
"the forests are falling
the coral, to stone-
there is fire
and flood
and this room.
the sky cannot hold itself
the soil, turned to water-
the creatures are force fed
then tortured 
then slaughtered.
the insects continue
unaware of the war
I will know that I missed them
when there were flowers before..
will I still have
the memory of beauty?
will the children still grow up
with safe soil to grow food in-
there are holes in this world
that don't want me to feel
I can't hold a human
to know we're both real-
the mountains look over us smiling
wondering
if they don't make it
I wonder what will come next
the sky dances rolling over itself
knowing all too well
how easy it is
to disapear.."

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