Sister Swarm

We were born of this same cloud,
you and I —
a fast-moving night,
in a path of purpose.
To the harvest —
we seek the best crops,
the best cities.
But, our wings fall — dry,
lacking blood, light or love.
We do not weep
for what we cannot hold.

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 short fiction collection The Plague Confessor is available at her online store! megsmithwriter.com

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

Find more by Meg Smith in the Author Index.