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Blown Glass

by Ashley Barton, 2026

Blown Glass

 

The molten fire ablaze

The glass engulfing it, draped delicately like a glaze

 Fire restlessly attacks, as the molding starts to commence 

The fibers of the plastic slowly starting to condense

A sticky tar or moldable clay

Rests ever so subtly as the shape starts to stay

Forming a renewed defined figure immersed in new color and awe

As each piece stills so perfectly and the agonizing fires withdraw

The flames have dissipated and the structure stands unyielding 

The result light, and airy 

The process of healing 

 

A transformation of something so dreary and tasteless

Into something so new, so pronounced, and so flawless

New vibrant color peaks its way through

Such an exquisite creation to lay eyes to 

The structure and composition forever changed

And its elements and internal being has been re-arranged

A new radiance protrudes as its brilliance shines unbound and free

The beams of true rejuvenation pouring out for all to see

And through the pain and uncertainty

I have found the hidden illumination inside of me