Peace at Nightfall

I wrote this for school using the image shown as inspiration.

Tranquillity settled in as the last stragglers breathed in the orange tinted evening. Overhead, the soft clouds blanketed the coast in a promise of a warm night while the ocean pushed in and out, in and out, as soft and reassuring as a baby's sleeping breath. The sunlight reflected in the gently swirling water, giving it a dopey, off-kilter look. Dejectedly, the gulls returned to their nests - because who would have food at this hour - and gave their final squawks.

"Shhh..." the waves hushed as they calmly caressed the beach, sloshing over the battered stones. Every pebble on that beach had been beaten, pommelled and crushed throughout its time in the sea, until it was sleek and smooth; every grain of sand had its story. Each one had been through so much pain and war, but after every trial it had been refined even more.

As the ruby glow diminished and the world closed its eye to sleep, the sun gave his last attempt at light and illuminated the clouds in a hazy auburn sparkle that spread across the coastline in magnificent colours. Then the world darkened and the moon submerged earth in silver, he smiling face protecting those still in the gloom.

Peace.

Author's Note

It's not my best work, I know, and some of my ideas are copied from my other pieces, but it was for school and I did it in about half an hour.

Reviews

[Frances O'Neill]

Lovely ending, "Then the...
The depth of the scene is vivid.

[Caramel]

Thank you xx