Driving down the Glenshane Pass
on our way home from Derry,
mile after mile of green fields
stretch out before us.

The setting winter sun
gently illuminates clouds all around
painting softly glowing colours everywhere –
golden, orange tones on one side
and pastel blues and pinks on the other side.

Thank you, Lord,
for the gentle glow of sunsets
to gladden the heart
and still the soul.

© Claire Murray, 19th December 2015