Paul Fearne
Never been seen
the
hills hide my wavering breath
from what the night would
take as its own
a rock-cave hides art that has never been seen
in
the moment between the dusk
and the last breath of
the stars
there is a whistling sound
it tells the ploughman’s harvest
that the dew will always blanket his footsteps
and when movement finally stops on a darkened sea
the
waves will call out
and cradle themselves
in shadows of release
Paul Fearne is a Melbourne poet and writer. His poems have appeared widely in journals such as Westerly, Mascara Literary Review, Divan and Unusual Work. His first book, Diary of a Schizophrenic, was launched at the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival. His second book, A Schizophrenic on Artaud, has recently been released through Chipmunkapublishing in the UK. He blogs at literaryleaves. blogspot.com
Fearne writes: “This poem is one of my oneiric poems (meaning dreaming-like). Through fragmented images and unusual associations, the poem attempts to find that beauty that may be discovered in dreams.”