• the sunset
    painting the sky
    in red, orange, pink,
    and gold

    I walk
    along the shore
    the ocean shore
    at my feet

    the wind whispering
    twilight slowly descends
    upon the
    sky

    I look behind me
    and see
    my footprints washed away
    by salt and water

    the dull light
    of the stars and moon
    the water still
    like a painting

    I remember
    what happened
    on a night just like this
    the sorrow of it forever etched into my mind