Carolina Sunset

When azure skies give way

to crimson, canary, gold, lilac, and fuzzy peach;

When cicada, cardinal, and mocking bird song subsides

The katydid, tree frog, and dove opus begins.

The pecan trees wave their flags and crepe myrtles toss confetti

Black against the brilliantly hued horizon.

The stars wink to life among the lightning bugs twinkling in their mason jars

And the evening air settles to a slow, sleepy warmth.

As darkness falls, the painted Carolina dusk drifts to sleep

Only to greet life again at the brilliance of the dewy dawn.

 

S. Street 8/26/12

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