As Stars Decay

In a dark room of monitors,
a strange music and light
from the hallway, and
creaking carts, and tired voices.
This is a very old song.
A snippet of the universe is
unraveling, falling in a quiet light.
And light may rise, and turn
in its orbit, and seek a new light
for its own.

Meg Smith is a poet, writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Pudding, Poetry Bay,The Horror Zine, Silver Blade, Raven Cage, The Blue Hour Anthology, and many more.

Her most recent poetry books, Pretty Green Thorns, Night's Island, This Scarlet Dancing and Dear Deepest Ghost, are available on Amazon. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com.

Meg's short fiction collection The Plague Confessor is available at megsmithwriter.com

Find more by Meg Smith in the Author Index.

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