5/12/24
All of my life I’d longed to see
The Aurora Borealis
But Alaska is not for me
And that wish remained in stasis.
.
That changed the tenth of May.
By chance, I caught the evening news.
The Northern Lights were due this way!
At once I planned to see the views.
.
Matt Zaffino of Channel 8
Said peak times were from ten to two.
I started for Mosier and fate
To see the lights or return blue.
.
I didn’t even get to Corbett
When I saw a green haze above
The norther horizon! You bet!
“It’s them!” I shouted, awed, in love.
.
I took cell pictures exalting.
My spirits were somersaulting!
.
Glowing greens and tall plumes of red
Dazzled wond’ring eyes and ‘mazed head!
.
The show bloomed for precious hours
Bestowing an unlooked-for gift,
Transcending fields of spring flowers,
Giving this heart a lasting lift.
