Ewen Glass

Everything Feels Beautiful Right Now

Old   beech   trees    blooming   by   17th   century   limestone;  one   of
those   thin  wispy  clouds  with  not  a friend; a tradie's van, its metal
badge  a  concentrated  beam  of  sunlight;  new  bus  etiquette that
asks  you  to  ring  the  bell  but  stay seated until the bus comes to a
stop.   There’s  care  in  that,  call  it  society  or– Springsteen's  Blood
Brothers plays in my headphones as  I  alight  and  feel my heart, not
a    xenomorph   today   but   nitrogen,   full    feeling   and    rising;   I’m
carried   skyward    past    beech    trees    and    cloud    and   I     am    a
concentrated    beam    of    light    until    it    vanishes    when    I    blink.

Ewen Glass (he/him) is a screenwriter and poet from Northern Ireland who lives with two dogs, a tortoise and a body of self-doubt; his poetry has appeared in the likes of Okay Donkey, Maudlin House, HAD, Poetry Scotland and One Art. Bluesky/X/IG: @ewenglass

Banner Art:
Photo by Richard Loader, Unsplash, 2020

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