East into West

You are the sunset.

When does the sky

Change colors?

The sun and earth met

And the horizon burned bright.

They were passionate lovers.

The pastel blue of heaven

And cotton candy clouds

Melted into a red flame.

It is the flame that beckons

But the night that enshrouds

Once it’s laid its claim.

So great and furious a light

Extinguished so quietly

Hides the world below.

Lost in the abyss of midnight

The familiar transforms so entirely

Into the unknown.

We watch the sunset-

Eager for the light that is to come

To live the future with those we love.

But what we forget

Is that once we have the freedom

To live the life we dreamed of,

Time has long since eroded

Us, like a mighty river rushing

Through a canyon.

The chapter has concluded.

The character is evolving.

New is my companion.

You are the sunset.

Darkness for light is exchanged.

So subtly transformed...

You are the sunset.

When did you change?

I knew the calm, but you are the storm.