They float around
throughout the night
up so high
in the darkened sky

Many colors, they may be
sometimes red and yellow
but mostly green
sometimes even all three

On these clear Alaskan nights
you can see them,
doing their dance
On this long Alaskan night

They not only dance
but they flow
they flow like a river
jagged and long

For they light up the night sky
for it is what we call the northern lights (Aurora Borealis).