sometimes I wonder
what might happen
if the night sky
turns red

sometimes I wonder
how much better
I'd write
if I weren't on
my meds

circumstances
& slight of sanity
may perpetually
prevent it

but you can make
the damnedest
certain
the flames in those fields
will finally be
lit

maybe the storms
will awaken
what within me
is dead

& sometimes I wonder
what might happen
if the night sky
turns red