The Sun Sets Out Its Triumphs
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The sun sets out across the coast. The mist
And sea entice it. Morning sun is caught
In haar and depths. The noon-time’s fiercest fist
Will try to focus force that it has brought
To waves, and shore, and land in pressing heat.
The sun slants on in afternoon more than
That early hand, a thick, distressing heat,
And evening hilltops feel its final scan
Now bruised in dreaming dark. The warmth and light
Resist like all but conquered soldiers proud
Enough to die with fervent flagging fight
Still in them. Night time drapes its victory shroud.
A memory, embers, dawn and breakers turned
To fogs of blood, remains of what has burned.
~ Phillip Whidden
Coastal Rock During Sunrise by Aurel-Breizh pixabay.com/p-6530523