Pearl of a late sun
within the matching shells
of sky and sea
rests serene
while wisps of fog form
and venture out from the land,
and matching fog
sits on the water

It is its own world —
it will enclose itself
by and by
with a quiet click,
into the inner space of night.

©Wendy Mulhern
January 7, 2014

photo by Eric Mulhern