3.13.07

Amber-golden rays burst
O’er the granite skyline-
Spill into the air,
Shatter the silent serenity of night
With silent nuclear fire.
A mountain vanishes
In the blaze of liquid gold
That pours down the slopes
And bounces from peak to peak,
Cascading into the open windows
Of our valley below.
Twelve pair of wings in a line
Sail through the molten light;
And so began today,
As I saw in wonder,
With nature’s awesome display.
Our steel and stone cities
Cannot compare
To the atomic inferno of the dawn.