Park, Owain: Upheld by stillness


Upheld by stillness (2015)

It burns in the void.
Nothing upholds it.
Still it travels.

Travelling the void
Upheld by burning
Nothing is still.

Burning it travels.
The void upholds it.
Still it is nothing.

Nothing it travels
A burning void
Upheld by stillness.

Text: Kathleen Raine (1908–2003)
Music: Owain Park (b. 1993)