Sidney Seagull Watches The Sunset

Sunday evening had a clear sky

so there on the beach was I

looking at the sunset

and there on the ocean wet

standing on the shore

like his living room floor

was Sidney Seagull.

Sidney also was looking at the sunset

this very human bird looked and looked

as the sun went down.

A fellow gull joined him

and the two seemed to gaze at the sunset together.

Sidney looked over at his friend as if to say,

"You know, Louis, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship."

Then Louis rose and flew into the sunset

a seagull's way of riding into the sunset

when one doesn't have a horse.

Sidney seemed to watch sadly as his friend 

disappeared into the distant western horizon.

Then he sighed as if to say,

"Oh well if I had ever known a woman like Ingrid Bergman

in the city of Paris,  then I could have said,

I'd always have Paris."

But Sidney had Vancouver and English Bay

and this glorious sunset.

Then he too rose and flew off into the sky

the distant western horizon

for he too like movie heroes of old

was riding off into the sunset.

-A Sidney Seagull poem written by Christopher

 early Tuesday morning May 21st  2013

 circa 1 AM

 based on what he saw and observed 

 on the beach at English Bay  

 Vancouver BC

 Sunday evening May 19th 2013.