Darkness
Oh Darkness, darkness:
take me to the edge of galaxies indecipherable,
let me listen to the hum of the light
and cast out my confusion,
grant me the power to tremble in silence
and wake within a dream.
Oh, solitary shadow:
allow me breath enough to resist
as an isle between bluffs,
let me reach the future
even with the slightest of hope,
give me the sound of the squall
lashed with flawless thunder.
Oh, indecipherable universe:
paralyse the breath of the uncertain,
let me find words among infinity,
grant me the destruction of all distance,
hold onto these words, at least,
for a day, a week, a year,
a century, an instant.
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.
