Nature 2
The Setting Sun
The sun shines
As dusk nears
Magnificent colors
Fill the sky
Forming an unbelievable show of imagination
On behalf of the sun
The setting sun
As it nears
It's inevitable fate
Slowly releases it's life
Into the earth
Into the trees
Into the sky
Into life
The life of the sun
Possesses such beauty
Breath-taking murals of color
That fill the night sky
Purple, blue, red, orange
Become what color was meant to be
Nothing can compare
With such a work of art
The setting sun
Slowly releases it's life
Life of color
Life of imagination
Life of hope
Life of forgiveness
Into the life of the night
The setting sun
A giant ball of fire
The answer for perfect bliss
Bliss of the moment
Bliss so relaxing
So relaxing as I sit on a hill
Watching the setting sun
I used to come a long while ago
When I was small
A little kid
Watching the sunset
Watching it slowly approaching the ground
To watch the colors
Swirling about
Running out
In all directions
Just to sit in admiration
To sit in wonder
To sit and think
To let go
To let go of everything
To let the life enter you
Enter your body
To enter through every pore
To enter through your hair,
your fingers, all over
To feed off the sun's life
And to let everything out
Good and bad
To become totally relaxed
To be in complete harmony
With nature and with yourself
With all that is around
The beauty of the sunset
Captures the heart and soul
Of those who watch
It swallows your being
Filling you with joy, happiness, and love
Swallows your pain and suffering
And enters your heart and soul
And grows in you
Keeps growing each time you watch
The colors
The magnificent colors
Flow all through you
Filling all the voids
Of your heart and soul
As it changes you
Improves you
The pulsing starts to slow
But remains constant
Living in you
Growing till the next time
The sun is almost gone
Just a little bit of the rays of life left
And the night starts to take over
There is just a speck of the miracle left
Ever moving into the earth
Almost gone
It is time to leave
Time to move on
Until tomorrow
Until the next sunset
To be healed
Purified
Made one
A ritual
To be ever repeated
Day after day
Sunset after sunset
Till it is understood
What is meant
What is said
What to do.
Copyright 2000 Joe S. Lee