Once Upon a Sunset

Once upon a striking sunset
I was set to get my gut wet 
Just as I turned to go inside
This sight could not be cast aside

Never seen a scenery like it
A synergy no art can beat 
I saw a river in the cloud
A visual illusion so loud
The brilliant colour of the sunset
That orange so fluid and wet
Stained the sea in the sky
The blue black shore line
Littered this rich sky mine
Not sure I saw a blue boat
Near the cloudy shore afloat
It was then I thought
God must be a joker
Or one helluva painter
To carve a canvas from the clouds
And the sun rays His paint
Coming out a moment later
The clouds had been put assunder
And my golden orange river
Vanished like a mirage in the Sahara
And what seemed like a body of water
Could now pass for the ozone layer

Even though the clouds played clowns
In God's beautiful blazing art 
That transient art grips my heart
As it craves for an encore
For no sketcher could sketch more
And all paintings would rate poor
Beside what my lucky eyes beheld
On that beautiful sunset