Goodnight, Sun

It would be easy for the sun to say

"This is it, I've had enough.

I will just leave these souls in darkness

and maybe then they'll learn."

With all that's going on down here

and everything she witnesses

I would not blame her.

People can't follow simple rules

to keep themselves safe,

much less the planet.

Most take her presence

for granted.

One night, I think to myself,

I will join the flowers

in my very own backyard

as they bow to the setting sun,

their majesty,

thanking her for another day that

she chose to stay by our side.

(photo prompt featured writer September 2020 at the Center for Creative Writing)