sunset and seashore

yesterday evening Jen and I went for a walk down to the seaside and back
the sun was setting behind the trees as we walked down the hill

 twigs and branches tracing lace across the evening sky

when we got to the beach the tide was out and people were wandering along the margins,

 the shoreline softened into haze in the distance

earth bones reflected in the water

  rivulets of sea sculpted sand

and the great sun slowly slipped behind houses

 and sank

in a shimmer of light