she arrives just before sunset
before the sun kisses
the sea
and we who have come
for the evening
ritual
are drawn from
staring at
the blinding sun to
this bride's blinding beauty
and I ponder if it is the sea
that brings her such beauty
or our eyes blinded by having stared
too long in the expectation of dusk
and for some reason I
think of her
adorned as a bride
veil covering her face
as her bridesmaids lead
her over the sand
where the ceremony takes place
this is not buying
the farm
as she once put it
but something more
sunset leading
after a time of dark
to sunrise
and a beauty that is
in my mind
never fading
at least for me
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