Unknown Alarm

Last night, the siren split the sky—

urgent, sharp, then gone before I could place it.

Neighbors lean out, puzzled eyes against dark windows,

red and blue light stains the rain-slick street,

but no story comes.

The hush swallows the sound,

leaves questions humming like loose wires,

searching for a cause in the cold night air,

a siren without a source,

slipping away.