The Music

I waited

patiently on the shore

for the music of the sunset

a song of ocean...and sky

It started

simply, just a note

a monotone of pale blue

a soft chiming of wispy white

I watched

silently as clouds

played the melody in pink

adagio in a violet sky

It played

softly in my mind

a cacaphony of color

a symphony of light

I listened

carefully to the sea

the yearning, somber harmony

the echoes of the deep

It finished

melting into peace

the sun's final crescendo

enveloped by the sea.

Caren E. Salas