going away

powerful beautiful evening sky
and later
doing dishes
even in the back of the house
where the sun comes up
it begins to glow
and I'm upstairs looking for the camera
and ask our age old question
"come look..."
     at the kids...
     at the sky...
come look with me
     at the sunset
and even he had noticed everything within our darkened
to keep it cool house
was glowing

and the girls come too
and we watch
"just like at the beach"
except there are wires
there are trees
there are houses
and cars


the expanse we used to view everyday
the tree covered hills
the rolling green
the snippet of lake
the sky

all away

the smell to my face
the sight of my eye
the day into night

all away

but in the night
in what remains
stillness and rest

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. 
Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
       C.S. Lewis