Somehow the Sun Sets

Eniola Abioye

navy blues
indigo pigments
inky hues
fragments of need

incomplete on its own
complementary partnerships

fire-filled tones
humming and hungry
colors that hug
and become the hearth

because contrast is how
you see — not flat,
dimensional

why the sky
gathers color from
the earth,

a vibrant pastel palette,
a gradient of gratitude,

ever changing
ever shifting

never the same set twice
never the same rise twice

and somehow the sun sets,
a promise it’ll rise again
the next day,

but also as if to
remind us that it’s not
just orange and cozy,
but it’s purple and alive

the light gifts
creation
buoyant green tones,
consistent and ever young

the Maker
used every color
to etch love
on every part of
the Earth

including the
skin hues from
every spectrum
of melanin

from
presence
to absence

Eniola Abioye
Writer & Musician

Photography by John Fowler

Ekstasis Magazine