Sky Poetry

I had the occasion to do a lot of traveling lately, which meant being shuffled from airport to airport and being crammed into the microscopic proportions of airplane seats. Yet, in the midst of all of that turmoil, I had a moment of wonder at the beauty of the world...and the poetry flowed.

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Photo by A.L.S. Vossler (c) 2016

Sunset at 30,000 Feet 
(c) 2016 A.L.S. Vossler 

I
am a speck 
in the sky
watching shades
of night
fall
one 
by 
one:

Yellow--
gold fades 
to orange
and orange
to red
purpling 
into blue
bluing 
into grey
greying into
black 
one  
by 
one.

Lights 
flicker on below
bidding farewell 
to the red jewel 
that glimmers
dwindles
blinks out
on the horizon.

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