Sunsets like life,
End suddenly, shocking us
With bursts of color,
Or subtlely fade away
With faint hues of calm repose.
Tanka
Sometimes…
Sunsets like life,
End suddenly, shocking us
With bursts of color,
Or subtlely fade away
With faint hues of calm repose.
Tanka
Leonas Lines--Poetry Plus 
It’s so true. Sometimes you watch the sunset and it seems to last a long time. But at other times you look and a short time later there’s no sign of it, just a darkening sky turning into black night.