Light It Up

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