Autumn Dusk

Autumn sunsets have become increasingly colorful in recent years, due to the increasing frequency that California has burned.

I long to return to times when the sunsets weren’t as dazzling, when red balls wouldn’t descend through the haze, when the air didn’t smell like a campfire, when friends and family weren’t evacuated, when forests weren’t closed, when the most beautiful orange in autumn was seen on the trees, not in the sky.