Open Poetry #39 |
Rainbow of Dancing Lights (Aurora of 2001) |
Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
I've always called the aurora borealis my Rainbow Dancing Lights. But at midnight on September 11, 2001, the aurora was monochromatic, a pale green, short-lived dancing wave accompanied by thousands of stars in a cold clear sky of midnight blue. And the dancing lights took on a different hue. They suddenly became a pale Rainbow of Hearts. The stars were the souls of lost innocents, and the aurora was their wave goodbye. And I stood in awe and shock and pain and all I could ask was, "Why?" And I heard the weeping 'round the world of the loved ones left behind, and the souls that burned brightly in the sky were also asking "Why?" And still there are no answers though I look to the sky each night and ask God "Why?" Now when I look for the twinkling stars and the dancing northern lights each night I cry my silent goodbye. And I look to the sky and ask that same question "Why?" Will there ever be a reply? |
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themute Member
since 2006-05-08
Posts 469Maryland |
Questions so profound take time to answer, time and thought. I am the two-toed wanderer |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
You know well that I believe there is an answer for everything... but in its own space and time and plane...will we know. For some reason, I saw your poem and the title alone spurred me to write so while we wrote separately, still...we merged... Kacy? When are you and I going to write a duet? Don't you think it's about time? I do... about time.... |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
I read your words with awe and wonder. Then wept as I too, asked God, "Why?" Linda |
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Interloper
since 2000-11-06
Posts 8369Deep in the heart |
Gee, God's time seems to be, sometimes, maddeningly slow to us mortals... You will get and answer, Kacy. Keep the faith Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
the answers await us Kacy our hearts long to know them they slide quietly past often in our tears I love this poem |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Rainbow Dancing Lights Grand, heart-felt and touching poesy!: taking on a different hue and.....becoming a ‘pale Rainbow of Hearts’ with ‘lost innocents’ star-souls wavin’ goodbye..... with the weeping world of those left behind! particularly meaningful and nostalgic for those of us who have many times witnessed the ‘Northern Lights’...and who have lost many friends/loved ones! (particularly to war)... I ask MANY ‘why’ questions daily! |
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