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It Is the Sunset I Await

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Sunset, occurring daily (and as such, no miracle by the nature of the word), calls me again to it's evening forum, where I, though vaguely moved to testify - again, only watch. I watch...And as ever, am left rippling with the quiet swell of majestic privilege felt from inception (I am certain) by each and every oak tree born of ancestral crops in earths red canyons - Intrinsically original, yet universally indistinguishable from it's likewise peerless brothers. A part of the whole. I myself am human and in so being, have been much exposed to the impossible pink of a newborn day and to the breeze of sky blue it becomes with age. But this ongoing cycle of singularities leaves me unimpressed... It is the sunset I await. The sunset, who, unlike it's younger selves, is fast running out of time. Yet, who each night still requests my audience and waits patiently while I (no miracle myself, by the nature of the word!) valiantly attempt perfect attendance. Tonight, though I am only here as a bystander, the sunset, now in it's twilight moments, asks a few words of me. And tonight, I speak... For I have long awaited the day when, at it's end, I could tell the beautiful sunset all that it has meant to me. And thank it for the elegant gift it has been my honor to accept each and every evening of my life. This being so, now I stand and my face awash in it's molten light, I whisper to it from my reverent pew... And the story I tell is one not only of it's own magnificence But also of mine...

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Date: 1/1/2016 11:34:00 AM
Very beautiful Lycia congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx
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Lycia Harding
Date: 1/1/2016 12:01:00 PM
Thank you, Jan. xoxo
Date: 1/1/2016 10:55:00 AM
For me this is one of the best! Congrats and Happy New Year.
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Lycia Harding
Date: 1/1/2016 12:04:00 PM
Thank you, Richard. xoxo
Date: 1/1/2016 10:20:00 AM
Sweet Lycia, Congratulations on your SUNSET win. Thank you for all the time you took supporting and entering my contest this past year 2015:-) I really enjoyed every entry. Please don't be upset if you are sharing a placement or did not make the top 10. I feel every poem, should have been placed higher. Stop by my latest Blog "On the first day of January - Next To Me" when you'd like or have time. Celebrate your win on the first day of January.... Have A Blessed Year. Love SKAT
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Lycia Harding
Date: 1/1/2016 12:04:00 PM
Thank you so much, SKAT. You were the very first person I spoke to when I arrived and your gracious welcome set the tone for my entire experience here. Too, yours above all others have been the contests that I've found the most interest in and I have you to thank for much of my own recent progress as far as writing goes. Even if you yourself never wrote another word, your presence itself really lends to the support/mentoring vibe that I think this site aspires to. So, umm.... well... just keep up the good work! xoxo
Date: 8/17/2015 3:43:00 PM
Lycia, Congratulations on the DON'T FIGHT IT.....WRITE IT!! contest... SKAT
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Lycia Harding
Date: 8/17/2015 5:16:00 PM
Thanks Skitty Skat! xoxo
Date: 7/31/2015 12:48:00 PM
this is simply timeless....and I am glad you are here to remind us....that the smallest details are the ones most dear....and we take them for granted either out of ignorance or fear.....great work....;)
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Lycia Harding
Date: 8/3/2015 3:17:00 PM
Thank you, Eric! xoxo
Date: 7/30/2015 8:31:00 AM
I liked your contest poem. Well expressed. Good luck. Have you also read the one by Paul Gray? his (Evening's Promise) so well written. ~~~Darlene
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Lycia Harding
Date: 8/3/2015 3:19:00 PM
Hi Darlene, I checked Paul's poem out and you're right. Great reference, thank you! xoxo

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