Once in a rare while you see something great, something so moving and powerful that you can barely pick yourself up off the floor to appreciate the moment for what it is. This was one of those evenings. A spectacular sunset so filled with explosive color, clouds, light and motion that you cannot dream it in sleep. From our limited perspective down here on Earth we can only watch nature do her thing, swirling the clouds, roiling and boiling above us while the sun gently sinks below the horizon to touch their underbellies with light. Pink and cerulean, purple and red and yellow all together and at war in the heavenly sky. Unreal beyond belief, I am suddenly aware of how small we are.
A random and almost misplaced sprinkle of spring rain cooled my sunburned shoulders. I don't know from which cloud it came, but the gentle, soft tapping on my skin was like a faint echo of quiet laughter.
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