REVERSE SUNSET

The sun set behind me
Tonight
And I watched its
Reflections
Off the trees

First a blush of warmth
Creeping upward
Across gray bark
And ashen leaves
The lower the sun
The higher the shimmer

Then came the Yellows,
Oranges, Pinks, Purples, and
Red
Garish to the eye
Imposed upon foliage
The closer to dark
The brighter the hue

Moving pictures of
Clouds back peddling
In reverse
The last throes of light
Clinging to the branches
Begging for validation
To be noticed
to be not to be
gone
yet

By cindy
6/20/2017