Summer sunset

The dazzling sunset sets the sky ablaze

Seeming to bow in reverence to the summer

Painting a canvas of colors melting into each other

The hues rivaling in beauty, leaving in a daze

Anyone who chances upon this breathtaking sight

As the day greets the night

And the Sun gazes at the Moon ardently

Like two lovers never meant to be together

The skies set afire by their intense desire

As they are forced yet again to bid adieu yearningly.

I sit on the porch swing, my feet dangling

Beside me forgotten is the book and its story

Mesmerized as I am by the magical twilight

The warmth of the day still clinging

In the air, humid and heavy with memories

Without a warning, the sky explodes with thunderlight

And pours out light and crystalline shower

Bringing relief from the day’s heat

So intense that particular summer

Making a rainbow bloom under the pink clouds.

Enraptured, I inhale deeply

The smell of roses and carnations intoxicating

As I engrave every detail into my memory

To cherish the precious moment forever

For, like time, it will fly away

Leaving the warmth of days behind

And the cold, bleak days will color the sky grey

The mist will blur the windows and the mind

And the journey will come to its end

As the soul will embark on the Heavens’ pathway.

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Thank you for reading!

Bahora Saitova