Sky

As the sun sets over the horizon, I begin to understand.

The colors of the sky interblending, becoming one.

Transforming from bold shades of orange to blue and purple hues.

Like butterflies, a slow and beautiful transformation.

A stage for the light.

A stage for the incoming darkness.

I see the silhouette of a crescent moon through the foggy, gray clouds.

Stars dot the sky, appearing like shells on a sea shore after a storm

I smile, my dimples exposed.

And as the sun did, I too depart.