SIRENS IN THE NIGHT

SIRENS IN THE NIGHT

Dark sky and swirling cloud
... thunder rages, screams out loud
falling raindrops drench the crowd
umbrellas explode in silence.

Darkness did not come this night
when all tired souls were filled with fright
and lightning flashes ripped with hot light
across the screaming skies.

After midnight the world asleep
behind locked doors, sweet dreams to keep
suddenly shocked into a sobbing heap
with the sirens in the night.

Sirens to warn of danger near
sirens to warn, to raise the fear
sirens to wake, even the dead can hear
the sirens in the night.

mebw
© 4-18-13
for my Mom, Kay Balletto.