Ulpanyali

The air is still now,
The people silent.
Wildfires are burning
Five miles away.
We watch for lightning,
Without the thunder
Of a storm that dries
Before it hits the ground.

On Ochre Hill
The stars are rising,
The shifting sand
Still stays so warm.
On Ochre Hill
Our eyes are turning
To the moon that sits red
On the rise.

(c) 1991 Simon Vandore