sundown, unpublished

we were speeding along the great ocean road. the sun was setting fast, already long hidden by the clouds, pregnant with the sea, the sea pregnant with soon-to-be clouds. everything was quiet and we felt like the only ones in the world. i stepped on the accelerator, racing the sunset, and yet embracing it. sundown is the most beautiful part of the day. sacred even. the final moments of light, the yearning to hold on to whatever you can before you can't anymore, .

(written on 22nd June 2013)