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northern lights
September 7, 2013
on nights like this
I let wistful dreams
carry me away
my eyes are wide open
gazing intently upwards
yet
I don’t see
the violet
glow in the dark stars
on my ceiling
I see
aurora lights
illuminating
the ebony sky
the iridescent ribbons
meander through
a splash of stars
My body is unaware
of the quilt beneath me-
no, I am shrouded in
a coat of vegan leather
I treasure the
snow that
melts as it brushes my
eyelashes;
the sweet scent of
smoldering firewood
the sharpness of
the crystalline air
and
there’s silence
except for
Our
breathing
© Allison H., Vancouver, WA
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