Whitehaven Sunset

Sometimes I don't appreciate what is right under my nose but there are special moments which bring me closer to my reality.

Oh! What a sight!

A rose-crested horizon painting the skyline

In turbulent cloud,

Burning Whitehaven’s rooftops into

Stark silhouettes,

Parting our land from heaven’s expanse.

I feel the dying day’s warm heart

Slipping from today

Into tomorrow’s blue,

Painting my earth as through rose tinted glasses.

2010