Watching the Sunset

Watching the sunset
colors spreading gold and coral
orange turning pink, that touch
of light that slices across patches
of shadows, illuminating in highlight
the treasure within the trees.
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Hearing the birds songs
settle down for the night
and the laughing children
playing in the street--one
last call from mom before
they retreat.
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The salty brush of briney air
the last swift, hot breeze touched
by sea and sand over a shell-strewn
beach, cotton fluff pink and bright
against purpling blue of oncoming
night, darkening minute by minute
until the clouds seep to dark grey.
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Watching the sunset
through lightning and storm
on a beautiful evening
parking lot people running
listening to children's laughter
thunder rattling sheets of rain
 in the warm seaside breeze
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