Here is a photograph I took a couple of weeks ago at sunset. I have always been fascinated by the plethora of colors in the sky - and none quite so beautiful as when the world is pink, orange and purple.

I also have a fascination with trees, often stopping on the roadside when I spy a majestic tree alone in a field.

Obviously this picture has a few trees in it, but what captivated me most was the cloud shapes. It's as if the sky decided it needed a filigree border to wish us a good night.

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Sunset

I turn my head up toward the sky
I see a vast array of wonderous colors
Daylight wanes from endless blues to gold, purple, and yellow
As the sun travels its lonely path from one horizon to another.

The clouds gather and part metamorphosing into abstract or familiar shapes.
Ah, the memories of laying on the soft, springy grass to look at them.
'There's a bunny!'
'There's a heart!'

In my youth, I imagined the sun's rays as staircases for angels
Fulfilling an age-old cycle,
Gracing Earth with new life...
And carrying souls out into the greater universe.

I think of sunsets as milestones in my life.
How many more will I see
Before the angels carry my soul
On the beams of a fading sunset?

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