Sunrise and Sunset

You are of the moment
The alpha and the omega
Sunrise and sunset
First joy of the morning
Last comfort of eventide
When night falls
You become a shadow
Cast by the moon
Just another dream
Before a new day dawns

Sunset

Dark skies overhead;
forbidding,
foreboding,
forewarning.
I feel the winds of change
howling round our life.
I watch the candle flame flicker,
before extinguishing.
Dark thoughts in my head;
forsaken
fornication.
I watch the sun go down;
forever.

Picture credit: Coclouds

Gifted

Westward bound, homeward
into vibrant palette of the setting sun.
Raindrop rivulets smear tinted glass
as rainbow arches in the east.
The sky colours my senses;
lifts me higher.

As dark descends, stars shoot
as the cosmos gifts earthkind
with spectacular Perseid fireworks.
Tonight, we are truly blessed.

Picture credit: Graeme Sandford

The Box

I watched, motionless, as the sun set on our life.
I let you walk away.
You didn’t look back.
I packed the last of your belongings away in a box.
Sealed the lid on what once was.
You didn’t return.
The box remains; a constant reminder of you.
Square, uninteresting and covered in dust.