Ekaggatā
in the morning
close your eyes
see the sun rise
in the changing hue
of the colour
beneath your eyelids
sit
with yourself only
and in the pause
between each breath
feel as all comes within you
to still
observe with the pointed mind
a whisper of light
crackle in the vastness
of your space
and knots tied in the lace
of moments unwound
but do not reach out
to pull on them
as though a mess
to be straightened
rather feel in them
a heavy doubt
and reluctance
to just be
then
let them be
Sam Gluck is a poet and singer songwriter from Swansea, UK. His poetry draws on the splendour of nature, and grief and renewal. His debut album I May Well Have Already Lost was released in 2023. He was featured in the Poetry Wales 60th anniversary issue as one of sixty Welsh “poets to watch”. His work has also appeared in The Seventh Quarry Press.