Dancing at midnight
Filling the sky with colourful light
So fluorescent and bright
With stars sparkling amidst the auroras
Filling a heart with awe and delight
Jumping with joy as we have seen the Northern Lights
The mighty sun
Letting out its rays to dance around
In the Earth’s sky,
But also sending them to planets like
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus or Neptune,
Or sometimes even Mars
The rays enjoy to dance in the cold
At the North and South poles,
They look like falling sparks and flames
Or daylight in the night sky
These merry dancers are also known as
Polar lights.
They look like the dawn in the land of the midnight
Sometimes I wonder,
If they are related with the rainbow,
Both showing up in the sky
Putting up a colourful play
Whenever they stop by.
Appearing not so long ago
All across the United Kingdoms.
They are seen to fishermen
As an omen for a good haul
They call it the herring flash.
They were first seen around 2800 years ago
But first happened around 27,000 years earlier
It was explained by a Norwegian scientist
Captain James Cook named the ‘Aurora Australis’
Which is just another name for the Northern Lights.
Sometimes you can hear a hissing,
Followed by a sharp clapping and cracking
They are most commonly seen as red or green.
Sparkling and shimmering,
Dazzling us with a show worthy of a god.
In twilight’s dance, the colours swirl,
A canvas bright, where whispers twirl.
Green ribbons stretch across the night,
Nature’s brush in bright light,
A silent song, the stars shine.