Neptunium Girl

You asked me for the elements.
What I had to offer glows,
a brief and futile fire,
but wrought no less from the rocks
of Earth or the blood of my brain.
I am whole. I am not futile.
I am a natural thing, I am full
electric in my own planetary power.

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.