Poetry

Into the Sunset

I left my heart in San Francisco

Photo by Eva Darron on Unsplash

For hours now
I’ve watched the sunset as the plane glides west
Glancing up from a book that doesn’t matter
Surprised to still see color spread across the sky
A shimmering stretch of amber silk
It deepens to vermillion as we descend
To the place where love lies waiting
Searching the sky for omens

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