{t} the sunsets

walking along huntington beach

watching my youngest brother chasing after the birds

enjoying the view in paris

having some peace in Italy

corona del mar

on the ski lift in park city

~

The Sun

Have you ever seen

anything

in your life

more wonderful

than the way the sun,

every evening,

relaxed and easy,

floats toward the horizon

and into the clouds or the hills,

or the rumpled sea,

and is gone-

and how it slides again

out of the blackness,

every morning,

on the other side of the world,

like a red flower

streaming upward on its heavenly oils,

say, on a morning in early summer,

at its perfect imperial distance-

and have you ever felt for anything

such wild love-

do you think there is anywhere, in any language,

a word billowing enough

for the pleasure

that fills you,

as the sun

reaches out,

as it warms you

as you stand there,

empty handed

or have you too

turned from this world-

or have you too

gone crazy

for power,

for things?

~

Mary Oliver

~

on my way to the dodger stadium

taking a stroll with my friends

laguna beach

thinking how beautiful nature is in santa barbara

my favorite spot to watch the sunset