Archived Work 5

Northern Lights (from approx '97)

Green, pink, purple, blue
Dancing across a star-filled sky
Like rolling waves on a gentle sea
Playing tag, leap-frog, follow-the-leader
Across the blackened heavens.
To natives living long ago
These are the gods of the past.
A serpent of lights
Streaks across the night
Using stars as an earth-bound serpent
Would use rocks.
The North-star watches over the games
An ever-gleaming eye in the dark.
Suddenly, it winks at me
I know everything will be all right.
A feeling of peace falls over me
And for the next few moments,
Nothing matters.
For the first time in my life
Everything is just fine.
The lights continue to play
And dance across the star-filled heavens.
And I watch.
At peace at last.