Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sunset on Greenfield Road

My family has lived in this house
for fifteen years now.
There's a sidewalk that leads to the Chevron
at Greenfield & University
to the right of the sidewalk
sits a dirt lot.
I've walked past it
and seen the sun set behind it
a million and one times
but tonight
as I was walking back
I saw the sun setting.
One of the most glorious I've ever seen.
Breathtakingly
painfully
beautiful.
Golden yellow & orange
with bright pinks, purples, all fading up,
into the blue.
I realized, I'd never actually walked into the dirt lot before.
So I walked through it
towards the setting sun
taking it all in.
Listening to 'I'm On Fire' by Bruce Springsteen. 
Just the sound of it
giving me butterflies.
Thinking of Jessie & Billy
dreaming of little Ava Pearl
remembering everything
every event
every heartache
every joy
and how it all led me here
to this sunset.
I contemplated taking a picture of it
with my camera phone
but then I remembered that
some things can't be captured with a camera.
You just have to enjoy them while they're here
and keep it with you, always.
I stood there watching
until the gold yellow & orange
could no longer be seen
and all that was left
was the pinks & purples, fading up to blue.
When I turned to walk back to the sidewalk
I saw Greenfield Road from a different point of view
one that I hadn't seen
the entire fifteen years I've been here.
But there it was.
Waiting for me.
Like all things do.