Birds

I was driving tonight about 20 minutes before the sun set. I was just driving, listening to music, going to get some food. I happened to be going toward the setting sun and noticed how pretty it was. In Colorado, the sunsets behind the mountains usually have a lot less color than the Michigan sunsets on the beach. But they are still beautiful with their different patterns of light coming through the clouds. Tonight, it was such a simple beauty. Clouds were covering the entire sunset, but the actual sun was visible through them. Like a hole in a blanket. I was a little stressed from the day but when I saw the sun setting behind the clouds and a flock of birds flying towards it, right into the ray of light, all of a sudden everything was so peaceful. It was like all my cares and worry flooded out and I was completely fine. "At peace" is the only way I can describe it. I wish I hadn't been driving so that I could just sit and watch the birds fly into the light. I looked away for only a few seconds and when I glanced back, the birds were gone. Completely disapeared like they were never there. I know they were birds and they were flying, but I couldn't find them anywhere in the sky. It was weird. Then I stopped at a light. I happened to look over at the sunset again and saw a single bird sitting on a telephone wire right in the middle of the circle of the sun. Would have been a gorgeous picture. Enjoy the little things.