Sunday, April 29, 2012

In the gloaming

I swam at the reservoir at sunset today.  It was achingly beautiful, with rays of blue cutting through that perfect orange pink unique to and integral for a truly spectacular sunset.  The only time I have seen that color emulated is in a Rothko painting: fiery sunset on top and midnight blue beneath; I love that painting.  Tonight the sky was clear and the setting sun silhouetted rise after rise of rolling mountains until cloud and peak were indistinguishable.  I stood watching, until all the color had leaked from the sky.  My heart hurts thinking of how much I will miss the beauty of this place.

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