Aurora Borealis

They have found Franklin’s ship
a hundred years frozen in ice

Franklin and Franklin’s men
cold, hungry and can-lead crazy
blinded by the glare and the glory

Maybe this is how 
we should paint the ceilings of the dying

Want to learn more about Franklin’s Voyage to find the Northwest Passage and the fate of his ship? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/12/hms-terror-wreck-found-arctic-nearly-170-years-northwest-passage-attempt

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