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Poetry: Sunsets

Red is the Sun

I run up the sandy shore,

My day at the beach spent.

At the hilltop sits a young woman,

The book at her side unread.

She sits watching the sun,

Sinking into the sea.

I ask her what she's doing,

And she starts to cry.

"I'm losing my sight,' she says,

"I'm going blind"

I say I'm sorry,

"They always are."

I say nothing,

See that the sun has dipped down far.

It's almost gone,

The twilight so near.

As for the girl,

She shed her final tears.

For now, at least.

I watch the dying sunlight turn the sky red,

And think back to something,

My mother always said.

"You never know how much time you have left"

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