Northern Lights

performing 
their dance 
atop the mission range.

ever shifting, 
ever changing, 
in swirls of colors 
like phantoms 
in the night.

reaching farther 
and farther, 
as if to capture 
the stars.

as I would 
reach for you.

their ghost like 
fingers clawing 
at the night.

stretching into 
infinity as they 
fade into the 
darkness.

as I fade 
away from 
you.