Under the Red Sky
Under the Red Sky is a fairy tale and a poem.
Under the Red Sky
by TJ Hawk
There was a little boy and there was a little girlAnd they lived in an alley under the red sky.
Mom said with a sob, “I have no job”
So a girl named Grace had no place for her head
Dad said with a sigh, “I can’t get by”
So a boy named Ray had no way to get fed
There was an old man and he lived in the moon,
One summer's day he came passing by.
The man in the moon left around noon
Presenting the girl with a pearl of great worth
The man from the sky knew how to fly
Yet Ray ran away to go play in the earth
Someday little girl, everything for you is gonna be new
Someday little girl you'll have a diamond as big as your shoe
Grace encountered pain out in the rain
Unable to hope or to cope with her fate
Yet she found her knight in the moonlight
Dancing on joy with the boy until late
Let the wind blow low, let the wind blow high.
One day the little boy and the little girl were both baked in a pie.
Gangsters with a knife stabbed out her life
And bashed in Ray’s head, left him dead in the night
The spirit of Grace forsook this place
Yet she found her health and new wealth in the light
Let the bird sing, let the bird fly,
One day the man in the moon went home and the river went dry.
Life without a well is sad as hell
When the man of worth leaves the earth for the sky
So let wonder-wild dwell in each child
Or the awe of art will depart from the eye
