Call Me Sunshine

SUNSHINE STORY

The sun was setting with all its power and glory 

on the horizon behind the sea as I stood there 
on the sand which lay along the water's edge.

        The clouds in the sky had the effect of evolving translucent light 

             yet as the sun sank further down into the sea 
              this light was changing to a sombre silver-grey. 

              Darkness was descending upon me where I stood 
                  yet in the far horizon before me daylight was 
                 making its impact once again on the earth.

It was getting chilly and darker and a slight breeze 
was beginning to arouse the waters of a once calm sea. 

The tide was going out and I could feel the moisture
from underneath my feet being taken away. 
The sun was drawing away the very waters of the sea before me it seemed and everything was beginning to have a haunted aspect, 
for without light all seemed to attain a gloomy and ghostly atmosphere.

The sun was now but a tinge of orange
giving off its last rays of light being swallowed by the sea. 
What a splendid sight it was I thought seeing something alive 
and wondrous making its last impact with beauty and significance before vanishing temporarily and rising again on the opposite to where it set. 

It seemed to suggest that where there is light there is life 
and where there is no light life would be unbearable and dark.
 

Dusk had come and night was here so I thought that I had better depart
in order to live and enjoy the sight just seen at some other date.