Let There Be Light

Every sunset which I witness inspires me with the desire to go to a west as distant and as fair as that into which the sun goes down. - Thoreau

dusk inconspicuously begins to lower the boom as it draws its weighty curtain

everything and everyone altered to alzheimered remnants

mere silhouettes of their former, solarized, diurnal selves

sorrowful air molecules scurry away in shorter wavelengths with their tails 'tween their microscopic legs

only that remaining light able to penetrate the atmosphere steps up to the microphone

vocalizing a bipolar reality

in passionate, translucent hues

through movie-star spectacles

what a show

what a glow

blow-by-blow

crouching at a horizon low

impressionistic in tow

in spite of though

butterfly ochres

mustard ambers

tangerine oranges

carmine, gridelin reds

violet, lavender, marooned and rippled lagoons

cinnamon, indigo, denims

eminences of royal, robed, rhetorical purpurates

scarlet, crimson, cerise

extremist, manifesto shades of staunch, communist pink

i wonder what the creator's airbrushed word knows to think

careful, you'll miss a divine, concerto, spectacle if you dare to blink

Author's Note

"We never tire of the drama of sunset. I go forth each afternoon and look into the west a quarter of an hour before sunset, with fresh curiosity, to see what new picture will be painted there, what new panorama exhibited, what new dissolving views. […] Every day a new picture is painted and framed, held up for half and hour, in such lights as the Great Artist chooses, and then withdrawn, and the curtain falls." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Poetic Beauty]

Ahh twilight with its pinks deep red and purples is one of my favorite times of the day with all its dramatic coloring of the once blue sky. Love all the imagery and descriptions poured into this eye catching piece

[Pete]

a much overlooked time as we're all rushing around busy with life. we'd all do well with a front-row ticket to this show. thanks so much for sharing ... :)

[Poetic Beauty]

I find nature peaceful and compelling. It is gloriously magical