© Photograph … ‘Sunset’ – courtesy of Canadian artist, Alma Kerr
Nature’s Evensong
Sunset
and the soulful sound
of the sea
seduces my senses
in the calm
of this still summer’s eve
ripples roll gently towards me
from the red sun-kissed sea
silhouette sails
hug the horizon
purposeful gulls
tread the foreshore
forever watchful
while I
a silent spectator
scan the scene
evening’s tableau
serene
and yet wholly alive
entranced and awed
mesmerised
beyond beauty
by Nature’s evensong
its benediction
on a desperate world