a small life

by Ophelia Monet

lie down and

look up

tell me,

do you 

see the hands

of gods

as they cast 

flames 

across the

darkened sky?

I heard 

they’re fighting

under the guise

of shooting stars

I heard

you’re dying

under the guise

of barely 

living 

Ophelia Monet (she/her) is an educator, mother, and storm chaser, living in Kentucky with her husband and their son. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Free Verse Revolution, Maudlin House, Loud Coffee Press, Heimat Review, The Orchards Poetry Journal, The Inflectionist Review, and more.