Fiery Skyscrapers

FIERY SKYSCRAPERS City is dull as a fired gun When the sun goes down Lights not yet lit, buildings dun : Sunset’s last gleaming on the town. Reflection from buildings follows The lowering flaming sun. Glaring, He makes gilded castles, mirrors windows With orange-yellow fiery flaring. Armor-plated against the forces of darkness These Gideon-polished glass shields * Inflict sun-reflect on an enemy helpless. A golden weapon he wields. Standing proud above they seem Fearless of the dark, signaling to me - As the Shining Towers of Illium gleamed * When Helen first spied them from the sea. ……………………………………………………………………………………. NOTES At sunset the windows of many skyscrapers are dazzling in the reflected sunlight, often turning the entire building to shimmering gold. * Illium = Troy. Helen was the woman ultimately responsible for the destruction of Troy. * Gideon was a famous leader of the Israelites in Biblical times, winning a battle by polishing his soldiers’ shields and blinding his foes with reflected sunlight.