Aurora

The night sky cloaked the lake
Clouds lazed on the horizon
My eyes searched for the color
Silence, Familiar lights, Shallow waves licked the shore

Slowly, the hues changed
A small patch, faint, amoeba-like in its movement
Grew
Brightened
Widened
Awakening the molecules above me

And colors began to dance. 

A slow ballet of greens 
Like musical notes in the night sky
Stanzas of poetic color
Tiptoed from west to east 

Crescendoing across the sky
Filling the vast emptiness with shafts of light
Dripping neon on the canvas of the sky

Chords of red stole in from the west
Pulsing waves above the reflections below
Colors danced together as partners
Choreographed by some unseen conductor

In silence I absorbed the symphony
In awe of the ballad above me
My soul rose to join the concert
And for a time I was less than a speck
Merged with the grandeur of the world around me