as the sun dropped below the horizon
and the sky turned itself into a canvas
of golden streaks cutting cirrus clouds
and warm tones of pinks and purples

you were right there standing in silence
beautifully silhouetted against the sunset
fiery colors mirrored in your piercing eyes
of saturated crimson red and muted blue

one minute, blazing colors faded in sight
and rapidly changed in the blink of an eye
haziness started to engulf the sky above
like the sunset,
i watched you
slowly disappear
in front of me