The Sunset I Couldn't Instagram

This past weekend I attended a women's conference known as Encuentro con Dios (Encounter with God). It was a wonderful weekend full of powerful preaching and life-changing prayer times.
One special part of this experience was that we were prohibited from having our cell phones or cameras and for part of the weekend we were asked to stay silent to allow God to speak to us without distractions. 
The following is something I wrote while on our evening break on Saturday. I sat silently on a staircase with the little notebook they gave each of us and wrote while marveling at the beautiful creation around me. 

Masterpiece of the Sunset

The perfect blue and white marbled sky slowly
transformed into a rainbow of colors. 
The natural white light changing to orange, to red. 
The sky slowly transitioning into soft swirls of
cotton candy colored wisps seen through the trees. 
Like Christmas lights twinkling or red rubies shining,
the light of the pink cotton candy sky made it's way
through the crevices between each leaf as the wind
swayed each exotic branch. 
Then slowly the sky grew darker, like a blank canvas,
uniform across the sky as blue and pink formed the 
gray-lilac that filled my view. 
The last bits of pure yellow descending into the horizon
for a night's rest. 

I look up. 
Straight up. 
Stark white against periwinkle. 
Just slightly crescent, with a shining, circular aura,
sits the moon. 
Street lights appear. 
The sound of a familiar trumpet beckons us back
for another satisfying banquet.