I Hate Tonight's Sunset

I hate tonight's sunset 

So happy and free

Obnoxious orange dances around the clouds 

Don’t they know I’ve had a bad day

This morning I dropped a bowl of cereal and broke my favorite bowl

The beams of piercing sunlight streaking through the sky

Bursting through the darkness of the mountains

Bright and ferocious 

Can’t they see I’m not in the mood

I failed my test today

I want to be mad but I didn’t study 

Can’t they just let me sit in this self pity

The birds chirp in singsong weaving through the air above me

Their ballads almost calming

I just want to sit here alone, I already got mad at my friends today

I don’t need these birds here with their sweet sound

And the little stream near my house is bubbling with joy

And the sunlight is sent from the water into my eyes

Glittering in a peaceful prance in the ripples

It’s oddly calming

But it can’t leave me alone!

I want to be mad

Let the rage fill my bones

And this stupid evening won’t let me have even that

I hate this sunset.

The way its colors splatter the sky like paint

And the birds dance in its gaze 

Even the stream will glow as the yellow orb sinks

Its symphony of light that makes me breathe

Soothes my mind and my heart

Its light scares away the anger and overwhelm

It won’t let me me angry

It’s hard to be mad when there’s something so beautiful 

Right in my grasp on the edge of the horizon