Green Flash

The last speck of sun
bright red and dancing
slips below the shimmering liquid horizon
fades into orange, then yellow,
and erupts into a brief, fleeting,
glowing green flash
before vanishing
behind the silky silvery curtain of ocean

--Encinitas, California. 2002

(Sea Soaked Heart -Thoughts from the Pacific Coast- by Ari J. Marsh).