Dreaming of Northern Lights

Tendrils, branches, vines and sheaves

Shimmer 'cross the heaven's floor

Shades against black gown of eve'

Silk threads of her dress harness pure

Magnetically charged particles

Flickering winds of the solar

The Northern Lights spectacle

Aurora Borealis; Polar

Steeped in the atmosphere's kettle

As tea leaves, permeated then seep

Mist crawling; creeps and settles

Like fiery flames; lick and leap

Ebon night sky shining 'lucent

A maestro and orchestral glow

As to touch the milk white with brilliance

Endless appearing, it flows

Mysterious form, shifts and bends

Vitreous colors; mystical

Dances in dreams as it lends

Its radiant green tentacles

photo credit: Christopher Marten Photography