above the clouds
and city lights
mountain
a sunset defused
by gathered clouds
And we gathered by fading light. Watching the leaves turn at last. Hoping to make our last stand against the coming winter. What can we do but fall before the advancing cold and snow. Even our highest ground succumbs to ensnaring clouds that warp the light of the setting sun. How long before the snow that buries us falls?
enshadowed land
the illusion of light
from a blue sky
only a matter of time
before the last daylight fades
for Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt: Glimmer #writephoto
Poets United Midweek Motif ~ Winter (posted by Sumana Roy)
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Frank J. Tassone 
There is a primaeval sadness watching the setting sun in winter, wondering if youwill see it again. How beautiful this was to read.
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Thank you! 😀
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A beautiful landscape, and wonderful poem.
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Thanks, Sherry! 😀
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melancholy and inevitable… and beautifully penned.
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Thanks, Sue! 😀
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🙂
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Thanks again, Sue! 😀
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I really like this, Frank
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Thank you, Roberta! 😀
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Quite a lovely landscape pictured and analyzed in your words. I loved the images of a defused sunset and the illusion of light. 🙂
-HA
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Thanks! 😀
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Lovely capture of the sense of immanence when we see color and mountain gathering clouds!
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