The darkness seemed palpable.
Thick, heavy, constant,
As if painted on with a trowel
In a band across the heavens
Above the jewel-like lights
Of the city.
Then into this world
Crashed a pyrotechnical wizard
Intent on displaying his own
Brand of magic,
And the sky itself
Came alight.
© Caro Ness 2016
Photo used by kind permission of +David Palmer