Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Northern Lights Visible Last Night

Northern Lights

The newspaper said they made an appearance last night,
Like a ghost in my deep sleep,
Lit up the northeast skies around Chardon
A dancing sheet of color in the black night.

Will I ever see these lights?
It’s like seeing the face of God
The green flash at sunset
A bobcat in the night woods . . . .

I feel like Thomas—
“Let me put my hands in the wounds
Or I will not believe!”

O Northern Lights
Aurora Borealis,
Let me dance with you
Some lonely winter night.

                                                Bob Coughlin

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