day ends with light
that permeates the sky
as if echoing through
the calmed storm clouds
there is a rooftop
that shimmers
with the golden pink glow
of the setting sun
and a palm tree standing
as its fronds flutter in the gentle breeze
farther off we hear people shouting
speaking forcefully
with bold lettered signs advertising doom
the traffic hum lulls
as the walkers step to an uneven beat
this radiating light covers it all
and has seen all like this — more and less
but this moment is only small
and changes
and is gone before
we know it has finished