The soft sunset sky
Boasts a spectacular spectrum,
Flushed with toasty shades of burnt orange
And juicy mandarin,
To the delicate tastes of lemon and lime,
Blending into feathery lavender
And multi-hued azure,
Spreading to star-speckled sapphire
And deepest velvety indigo,
All flecked with the blazing coral
Of airplanes and their trails;
Beneath it all,
A disc of burnished gold
Hovers on the horizon,
Before succumbing to slumber.
Emma H, age 26, 31/01/2017