sunset light

wherever i am 

in the car, at the beach, perched up on the windowsill,

there comes a certain time of day where i can’t take my eyes off of the world.

i sit solemnly, entering an intimacy with the universe that very few know.

I am forever painting the sky, vibrant orange and pink:

colors of the people life won’t let me forget.

Somewhere lost deep inside of me are the sunsets I chased in hopes you’d be under them.

i’ve never wanted anything as badly as I wanted those sunsets, but when I got them they turned to dust in my hands,

the flowers turned from suns into moons,

and I slipped briskly into dusk: all the sunset light drained from my fingertips.