On this moonlit night
Emit I my light.
When it’s hard to think
I can always blink.
Streets lit and littered
With streaks of glitter
But that neon
Won’t be on
For eons
(No doubt).
This little light of mine
The only shine
That won’t flicker
Out.
Down here in the deep
Others struggle to see.
Competitors
And predators
Hover over.
So into the black
I react
With color.
Through today’s horror
And tomorrow’s sorrow
Looms the quiet roar of
A luminous aurora
And aura.
In my heart
This I know:
It takes the dark
To behold my glow.
©️ Matt Decker
