Australian summer evening

The western horizon at sunset
dissolves into hues of
yellow and green
with fuchsia accents.

Warm air
whispers across skin
fueled by cooler breezes;
Like the mingling of lovers.

Cut grass
and fragrant branches of
eucalyptus gum trees
scent the time between light and dark.

Crickets and locusts
and cicadas
hum loudly as night falls
and darkness covers the earth.

Multi-colored
and not-so-flagrant hues
of ordinary birds and parrots' wings
flash brilliant across the darkening sky.

Chirps and screeches and melodious
songs tell of events and
triumphs and
face-plants in the day's course of life.

People are not much different.

Phone calls and e-mails
and messages on mobile phones
lead to a greater pull of time
away from healthy seclusion.

We were not meant nor made to be alone.

And yet,

We strive too much
for company and busy-ness and talking
to fulfill yearnings for companionship
and forget that we were also

Made for solitude;
To find peace with God.
Quietness and trust;
That is my strength.
(Isaiah 30:15)