Sunset

Two summers ago I moved to this place.

Or back to it.
 It was my childhood home,
but I regretted leaving the windswept beaches

and rugged scenery

of my north island town.

This new home is a gentler place 

with rolling green pastoral fields

instead of the sharp blue peaks

I was accustomed to seeing in the distance.

One night, 

desperate,

I phoned my brother and said

"Please, take me where the water is!"

He took me to the estuary

and, although the light was beautiful,

I was disappointed

by tame scenery

and level green fields.

Mother Nature must have felt my disappointment

because,

as the sun began to set,

she showed me pyrotechnics

the likes of which I'd never seen before.

She lit the sky with oranges, reds, and purples

that were reflected

in the quiet waters

and,

with that single spectacular event,

tied my heart to this new place

so that,

even when I'm bored

or sad,

I still remember

brilliant sunset hues.

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