At Day's End

Today I followed NaPoWriMo's prompt to write a poem that uses the titles or language from The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature by Thomas R. Henry. In this book I found a section titled "The Valley Where Dusk is Death," (page 105) which is the inspiration for my poem. 

At Day's End
By Candace Shultz

When the sun dips just below the horizon
The world is bathed in blood
Orange and red catch the sky on fire
And death looms ahead

Dusk comes calling
Darkness creeps behind
In the valley, death is waiting
For dusk to descend