A blinding light of yellow sun
Sinking in the sky
Achill hillsides darkening
Achill waters by
So many evenings of my life
I watched that sunset fall
A sunny day was ending
A blazing fireball
This stunning sky was saying
I have not gone away
A peaceful night will come now
And then the break of day
The setting sun the water’s edge
The ending of the day
Is not the end of everything
Tomorrow is on its way
Brian Fahy
18 December 2021
+ On seeing a photograph of a sunset in Polranny, Achill, by Sean Calvey, on the Facebook page of my cousin, John Carey.
Erris Poetry 