The sky reddens and so does the sea
and the horizon catches the molten gold.
The evening comes in like a fury;
behold its territorial glory.
The splendor is melting fast
Stand steadfast on the shore,
digging your feet in the sand.
This moment, the shadows
are migrating
from the coast, inward towards the land..
It's dark, dark across the land
and soon the sea will be swallowed
by the night's gigantic shadow,
ominous, sinister, the shadow of the night;
it will come like a pirate to plunder the sea
and gather all the gold in its vast folds'
Let me stand awhile, on the darkening shore
a witness to the reddened sea and the sky.
Sushama Karnik.
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