Friday, August 12, 2011

Postcard from Canyonlands–Sunset on the Needles

Sunset

Every night
The horizon lights up
Swirls of pink and orange
Fading to blue and purple


Few bother to look anymore
At a blessing
That only comes once a day


Each sunset is different
No two exactly alike
Difference flows throughout
While it is the only similarity

 

Over the ocean
Or through the sky scrapers
Out on the prairie
Or in an apartment

 

You can still see a piece
A piece of something
Something never to return
A sunset


For the colors are shimmering
For a moment they stay
Only to disappear into change
Change just as beautiful as the last

 

This is why
No matter where you go
One thing remains the same,
A difference in sunsets


In your very own sunset

Jessica Millsaps

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