Sunset on Trout Lake, Northern Highlands, Wisconsin

 Sunset on Trout Lake, Northern Highlands, Wisconsin 

Quicksilver breezes, veering then backing, blow spindrift across the lake waters.

Red streaks the blue in the shining sky while clouds gleam like whipped cream on the far horizon.

As the sun nears its nadir in the west, somebody up there spills merlot in the sky, then tries to mop-up with clouds now colored crimson.

The frisky winds subside with the lowering sun, as the colors blaze ruddy red and burnt orange,

reflected in water seemingly afire.

In the end, the bright blue sky deepens to cobalt, and the curtain of night falls, but this sunset will be one to remember.