My Sunset

the most majestic colors painted my sky
with beauty and warmth i had no right to expect
it poured itself out over my life
and changed more than the scenery

the warmth and love encompassed me
whispering i love you with the wind
such sweet music my heart had never heard
a harmony that forever changed the way it beat

it reached it's arms out to embrace me
as i longed for it never to leave
within me it will forever remain
even if now only in my mind's eye

for obediently i stand ashore, looking where it once was
wondering how long the night will be endured
oh how i will eagerly accept it's return
and the ring of warmth and love it will bring

~The sun was setting over the river last night, after we had gone down to baptize a sister in Christ. I thought back to almost exactly a year ago, and a baptism on Independence Day. Where has the year gone? So much has taken place, and so much hasn't. The beauty of the sunset last night doesn't compare to the sunset I have seen, and still see in my mind. I have known the love unable to be articulated by words. I have basked in it's glory and splendor, as it sang it's tune through my life. I have given my life over, and I will continue to do so. I will stand ashore, watching the river, for the slightest hint of color.