DAWN

first light.
inchoate purple rays
stipple across the blackened bay.
a pelican lands like a bomber returning from a night sortie.
light progresses with élan; mauves, pinks play across placid waters.
the golden orb finally rises above the misty shoreline: denouement of dawn.
		

cackling gulls wheel overhead en route to roost: harbinger of the dying day.
flaccid waters mirror crimson clouds in an effete light show;
the moon rises through mist like an ethereal spotlight;
wan sunlight pales to moon glow
signalling nightfall.
calm closure.

SUNSET

© Neil Dufty