Amethyst Brook from That Us by Silvervest : Zombik & Caloia

. Fresh grief is here. Old joys, too. We dug around in the dark, looking for someone to come hold the crying baby. We found one, who was busy building a book, we asked her to show up. Sighing, reluctant to parent, she was however cognizant of the importance. She held the baby, felt it’s warm body soften into her arms...

An image in an image, a memory within a memory, was the fascinating one: the 21 year old. Wiping tears, food crumbs from her face, she grabbed my hand, and with a cryptic optimism, pulled me after her. I melded into her gait, feeling her footsteps as my own.

It was dawn. it was twilight. it was any hour she wanted to climb out of limitation, out of fear and rage to claim Living.

• Jazz
• Montréal music
• avant-pop
• story songs
• voice and bass
• Montreal