My Sunset Collection

images of my life and mind

i. stuck at a red light

 

the sky was the same color as the

rosy cheeks of the little girl who crossed the street.

She held on tight to her mother’s hands,

like the earth held its grip onto the fading sun.

the clouds were her cracked and chapped lips.

It was as lively as the skip in her step.

ii. at the beach

 

       the sun blinded me in the water’s reflection

       tones of orange kissed my already sun-soaked skin.

       the surface of the ocean reached out to touch

       Hues of grape-flavored candy.

       It was warm, like the sand

       between my toes.

iii. walking back from the market

 

Shadows followed me home,

       Mine grew tall enough to touch

       the slowly appearing stars.

       the ground was colored with red crayons

       and the shadows became doting spirits.

iv. after a long day

       It was an impressionistic painting

out of a museum.

       the blues, purples, and pinks were muddled

       by a careless painter’s brush.

       It was watered down with the

       smog from the city streets.

v. made me feel better

 

the sky smiled back at my glum face.

       Everything was glowing, celestial,

       like freckles, birds dotted the golden view.

       clouds were strung like party streamers,

       the air was clean and static,

       like faded cologne.

Author's Note

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