Monday, December 16, 2013

The Shining City – v5

I saw a mere glimpse today
a fleeting cherished image
of the shining city on the hill,
the promise of our future
the city with the streets of gold
high on the horizon on the mountainside

The sun a flaming ball perched there
with tongues of orange and yellow,
rich crimsons and purples on the hills,
the living clouds, dancing,
as the sunset filled
my peripheral view

Seared into my memory
a fleeting cherished image
of the beauty of the moving color
the fleeting scene, captured,
before it fell behind the distant hills
melting into the darkening sky



Edited December 16, 2013
The Shining City – v5
Edited December 16, 2013
The Shining City – v4
(editing original again)
edited July 20, 2008,
The Shining City – v3
based on comments
from Chrissy Siggee, on faithwriters.com
received on 7/18.
December 11, 2006 21:55
The Shining City


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