On The Twilight Road

I notice the road before me, stretching into Heaven's hearth.

Photo by Sharon Hudson

God scribbles the clouds in the sunset

Fire reaching across the sky

Warming my grateful spirit

The fire slides back into the black horizon

I notice the road before me

Stretching into heaven’s hearth

Now it is just a bright stream of liquid headlights

Lighting my path

Tye-dyed edge of the world

Blue into black, into white into orange

Descending down into the black gorge of the hills

And climbing up each side of my racing car

The wind, winding around my windows

Pushing me toward one large monolith of a mountain

Sharon Hudson 2024