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Sun Set
I watched the sun set tonight.
I watched
The color palate of the scene
ignite from blues and greens
to gold.
The shadows stretched across the earth
as if dancing
in heaven’s hearth.
The way the flare
flickered through
the cracks between the leaves…
It glittered and it glared
atop
the air’s serenity.
and I could only marvel at how
the sun wraps the world in warmth
and touches all with its glow
yet spares all from its flame.
I watched
and wondered, when I die,
How will my sun set?
How many people and places and things
will I have enveloped with my warmth?
How far and how deep from the horizon
will my light have flooded and flowed?
How many shadows will have waltzed,
inspired by my glow?
I watched
and wished to make my life –
until my time to set –
a dance, a flame, a light that shines
and turns all things
to gold.
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