Day's End
In the western sky is a dramatic
sea
of lavender and pearl;
Sparsely scattered, burning-pink
surrounds in ornate swirl.
Sunsets are never, never the same
-
they are changing all the while;
Colours we simply cannot imagine
overflow with heavenly style.
Since time began these colours
have mixed
in glorious, different ways;
The sun takes its leave and we
witness, with wonder,
divine art's climax of days.
Joan Adams Burchell
(copyright)
