Looking to the sunset, I'm
inspired by natures beauty.
A setting sun awakens
my senses as it slowly recedes
into the oceans depths.
Never have I imagined so
many shades of orange dancing
on a rippling mirror.
Quite a perfect place...A moment
of serenity and solitude...
I take a deep cleansing breath.
The gentle breeze and salt air
warms my heart with a feeling
of profound virgin purity.
Total oblivion consumes me.
A large seagull stands over his dinner
picking the remnants of what
was once a horseshoe crab.
A smaller, yet persistent, gull keeps
taunting him, hoping to get his share.
Glancing back to the horizon,
as tints of orange
begin taking on hues of purple,
I realize the first stars of evening
beginning to illuminate the sky.
Sitting on soft warm
sand, heated by the setting sun,
I close my eyes and try to
imagine life without this
kind of peace. A life without hope.
Perhaps future generations
will sit on this very spot and
witness all that is beautiful in
the world. Maybe, just maybe
they can say, "I helped make it so."
