Poem: Threat or Promise

"Red sky at night..."

Waves of dark clouds

rolling across the

sweeping prairie sky.

"...sailors delight..."

I sail down a rain dark

highway, tail lights

blinking red behind me.

"Red sky in morning..."

Rain drops pounding,

sky soaring reds, and

yellows, purple and blue.

"...sailors a warning..."

The night swallows them,

the last painted shades

of an August sunset.

copyright 2011 Shanyn Silinski