Summer Solstice Thoughts

Writing some thoughts in a moment of the summer solstice - this came to mind at the 16th hour of June 21, 2019.  I reasoned, if this was the longest day of the year, then I would spend a few seconds to clear my mind and scribble some wise words on my journal.  It would take more than a few seconds, I figured.  The minutes passed.  Nothing.  I gazed past the clear glass walls of the coffee shop, watching the sky turn from light blue to azure to powder blue.  Then wisps of yellow lined the sky.  Bursts of orange soon crawled from the horizon while the dark shades of gray loomed from the east. An hour has passed and I looked down the beige page of my journal where the lines of wisdom were supposed to be inked from my pen.  My eyes slowly found the last burnt amber of the sun disappearing behind the building facade across the street, bringing with it the last daylight of this summer solstice.  I realized, no words can so beautifully express this experience, a masterpiece lovingly painted in my heart.