Aliens

purple sky
orange lights
illuminate branches
thin aliens dance
in the arms of the
summer wind
there is a stillness to it
in that space I realize
they are not the aliens
but we who refuse to fly

Stephanie Smith is a poet and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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