the stars dim and fade as our earthly ride turns slowly toward the sun
the light shifting colors across the smudge of clouds, the mountains, the moon
pinks ranging from the softest and palest to a richer heated pink
ivory blending to tangerine so thick I feel like I could reach out
and smear it across the sky
instead the colors shift to golden and the sunlight touches all the world
lights it to day where the world’s own colors take over
we breathe in light
we are light
welcome, solstice