The Sun Setting on the Ocean

The Sun Setting on the Ocean:

There is a time when the sun sets onto the ocean. A person can only see it once in their whole lives, but they have to be looking for it. It's like every other time, but a few things are different. On this special sunset, the stars descend onto the waters and dance around the sea. All the colors of the universe mold together and blend and share their colors with the clouds and the water.

The salty water moves into the air making small figures who dance and sing. The waters swirl around the stars and around the Milky Way; it dances with the birds and fishes of the deep, which come up from the depths to breathe. Then as the last light of sunlight begins to leave the sky, just for an instant, as that one drop blinds you, you can have a glimpse of eternity and all its happiness.

Then as you lose sight of the light, darkness covers and consumes you. You cannot see through the haze, it’s so dark you can't even see the light of the stars. You feel cold and so lost; until you remember the light and long for it. You never see it again though, not for your whole life, until the end. At the end you see the light again on the horizon. You see the sun beginning to make itself visible after the longest night. You know what it's capable of. You know its beauty and power.

You couldn’t see it, because it was hidden inside you, it was a part of you. So, as the stars descend again, for the final time in those eyes, you join them in their dance. You bask in its light. You fly with the water and you never see the night.