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The City of Angels

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The sun sets on clouds
Moving backwards.
Backwards and back in time.
Forming a floating landscape
Of cotton wool and fairy-floss.

Clouds look solid.
Like a second civilization,
With mountains, valleys and plains
Purer than any snowfall.

From this far up
The world seems so surreal,
And I almost expect
To see an angel float by.

But the sky is all but empty,
The clouds, eerily silent.
Like a kind of ghostly heaven
Casting shadows on the earth.

Crossing an invisible line
That criss-crosses the ocean floor,
Seems amusing.
For suddenly I’m a time traveler
Without moving from my seat.

Out the window, a glittering sun
Sinks through the layer of cloud.
Shining shades of pink and orange
On the land of invisible angels.

The very last glow
Of that peculiar pink orb
Sinks and is quickly smothered,
By hungry storm clouds
And starving sea.

A darkening strip appears,
Of red and burning orange.
Like the rim of a giant saucepan
Licked by fire from below.

Then the world becomes dark blue,
With that great fiery girdle.
But even this fire must fade
As sky and sea merge as one.

And as I fly above the earth,
I’m sailing through the stars.
Traveling backwards,
Towards the dawn,
In the City of Angels.
hey all!
this is my first deviation in a long while! :O
mostly cos ive been overseas for a month as most of u no
anyway i was inspired for this poem on the flight from Sydney to LA
the clouds were just amazing and seeing the sun set was awe-inspiring.
i had a window seat if u didnt guess lol :P
but yeah the 'invisible line' is of course the international date line, and the references to time travel is because the US is like 18 hours behind Australia or something
thought id just clear that up for anyone who was confused :P
hope u enjoy! :heart:
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Misty-Mitsy's avatar
Lovely poem, I felt kind of travelling with you!:hug: