4th of July Night

4th of July Night



Darkness
envelops
the field of celebration
bringing
the musty smells of
a summer night

Sparkling rockets
arching like swallows
exploding like a phoenix
with many colored
feathers
forming a
rainbow of fire
roaring a
symphony of drums.
Dazzling even Venus
then,
as if raining rivers of gold and silver,
the dancing stars of many colors
  slowly drifting down
  whistling as they fall
  landing with a thousand soft hisses
and
  gently shimmering on the rippling water.



[Written in the 7th grade, dunno when.  Thanks to Gabriella for the ribbon!]