Watching and Waiting

Slow down.
Watch the sun set.
Observe how the banks of cloud
pass between us and the sun,
obscuring it from view,
then part
to allow the sun to glimpse through.
once more.
For the cloud is not the solid mass
that we would have it be.

As we wait
the cloud moves towards the south,
whilst expanding downwards
towards the horizon.
Will the sun sink faster than the cloud can move?
This is the mystery of the evening.

For one brief moment
the sun appears beneath the cloud,
before another bank rolls in
and the colour fades finally from the sky.











We wait for the morning
to celebrate the miracle,
the majesty
and the mystery
of the Sonrise.