I Miss that Starry-eyed Feeling of Being with You
I miss that starry-eyed feeling of being with you,
of shattering silence with slow-moving words,
of leaping into your hastened ideas,
of setting the calm alight,
of capturing frenzy with serenity while we read
the future’s forecast in the afternoons
over the ever sweet darkness
that only you and I understood.
I miss the euphoria of waiting for you at the station,
wavering in the rapids
of your streaming, restless accent
and running across that mystical bridge
born from between our gaze,
imagining the touch of the water that you carried in snowflakes.
You floated on the waves and rays of sunshine
they/that covered you in the scent of a forest plunge
and I was the sempiternal reflection in your glass eyes.
I miss that starry-eyed feeling of being with you.
Callum Methven is a writer and translator living and working on unceded Wurundjeri land, in rural Victoria. His writing has appeared in Signs of Life Anthology, Jacaranda, and Nightmare Fuel Magazine. In 2022 he was longlisted for the Richell Prize. He is currently translating the poetry collection The Journey to Andromeda, by Julio Fabián Salvador.
Julio Fabián Salvador is a Doctor of Physics. He works as a Professor at the National University of San Marcos in his native Lima, Peru. He is the author of the poetry collections Zumbante Nervio, El silencio de la máquina, Darkness, Pared del sol, and El viaje hacia Andrómeda. In 2012 he received the FELIZH National Poetry Prize. He is the author of the short story collections El aire que corta la piel, Un tiempo alucinado en oscuridad, and Contemplación de las partículas. His debut novel, Desvanecer reinos en silencio, was released in 2023. He also holds a Master of Creative Writing.
