Sunset Sufficiency
I love the sky in all forms. I find so much beauty in God’s creations and I feel a connection to the sky. I love the unpredictability of what the sky will look like each day. All we are left with are the expected constants of the sun rising and setting. When you incorporate someone in your life who reminds you of that beauty; a repetition that can outshine reality - it makes it that much more difficult to let them go. I spent countless nights with a person who shared the beauty of surprise and change and just like sunsets, they come and go. I wrote this poem in hopes of remembering the ease of what it felt like before they walked into my life. The way I didn’t need or have to question our circumstances because they didn’t exist yet. “Sunset Sufficiency” is a piece where I am reminded of the time that was spent and how I wish I could forget about them and the pain that is tied to the thought of them.
Sunset Sufficiency by Anyah Jackson
I love watching the sky regret nothing
but itself -
Partying pinks, oranges,
and yellows breathe
while clouds argue
romance and tension
I remember what it was like
before sunsets reminded me of you.
It was easy for the waves to
articulate the rush of
back and forth.
Back then
the wind would hum
a familiar melody that
makes trees want to
disappear.
Once the ocean
swallowed the sun,
Tides froze over
my toes;
cementing me
into the roots of
your soil.
You introduced light
and left me in the dark.
There’s nothing more romantic than
watching love leave like footprints -
pieces of you engraved
in my
path.