Setting sun shimmering on the bay

Multi-configured clouds

Frame this glorious scene

Scent of sea engulfs my senses

As gulls ride the thermals heavenward

A fitting climax to an

all too insular summer

Devoid of supernal inspiration

by nature’s handiwork

Ah, how the muse performs

Her song of bliss

enlivened by this scene

Reveling in joy at summer’s end

As the sun sets in the west

Yet another summer passes

I am transfixed by this

sublime summer’s end.

D.J. Hausman-Hill

Lititz