Sunset Blue
Unlike many people, I do not have a favorite color, though in
accordance with my choleric personality, I do tend to lean toward the warm
tones of yellow, orange and red. Dramatic
sunsets that blaze with these fiery colors will invariably find me at a western
window, or more likely outside enjoying God’s fine artistry. But recently I had the joy of experiencing in
a deeply moving way, what might be called a “cool” sunset.
The warmest color was yellow, and that just on the horizon. No orange or red was to be seen. Overhead and overwhelmingly was the most
vibrant royal blue. As my eyes searched
its depths, finding at last, where it transcended itself into violet, I found
my own self lifted beyond…
Here is a poem which attempts to capture that moment:
Only a little yellow
ribbon light
Betrays the passing of
the sun from sight.
Next, the merest thread
of green transition
Teases the eye, daring
recognition,
Then smiles and shyly
fades from view,
Giving way to
iridescent blue.
Indigo bordering on
infinity,
Thrilling with
uttermost intensity,
Lifts me irresistibly
Beyond the longest
waves of light
And deepest violet hue
To zenith of supreme
delight
In unimagined You.
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