The Sky Flamed Forth

 

Photo from Sherry Lynn, Louisiana Dreams & Beyond Photography

 The sky flamed forth with passion from the day:
  A streak of orange, emboldened dab of red,
  A dash of yellow at the center bled;
And coursing forth across the sky a splay
Of beauty, blush, and zeal amidst the gray
  Of threat'ning clouds in somber tincture spread
  A blanket for the day to lay its head
As twilight came and sunlight fled away.

So yearned my heart at close of daylight hour,
  When musing on the joys that lay behind
    There flashes forth a memory of "then"—
The joy, the sorr'w, all kinds of sweet and sour—
  But hope arises, promises aligned!
    For Day shall come again: we look to "when"!