Defying Gravity

City lights wink on
outlining streets and avenues
over mountains and water
dusk settles and is still,
a thin gauzy mist of peaches 

and cream floats gently over 

a textured horizon ~
shining silver plane banks
and into early evening
to defy the principle of gravity

“Every arrow that flies feels the pull of the earth.”

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Author's note: Edited February 3, 2024