The Copper Vigil

I know nothing of sleep;
I pore over books of reptiles,
royal monitors in their gray,
statesmen, dragons, dreamers.
So I appeal to their court
until the black cloak of night
melts in the fire of a strange sun,
not unknown, but burning,
a furnace of elements, that
covers us all.

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.