Drew Patton Sunset Over Michigan in January

Sunset Over Michigan in January

by Drew Patton

We watch as the pale-yellow Sun dips towards the horizon, a snow-covered, white hellscape that mocks the vibrance and viridescence this place once held. The world falls beneath shadow as the Sun vanishes from view in a moment, almost apocalyptic, The dying day’s light clinging to its final moments of life on soft, wispy edges of ash-colored clouds. And with the day gone, a calming, deep infinite takes dominion over the skies above, the first speckles of starlight peering through and our minds emptied as they begin to fill with the wonder and peace and warmth of night.

Drew Patton is currently a Junior studying Political Science, and has been actively writing for over five years. Writing is an engrained part of who Drew is, and on any given day you're likely to find him holed up somewhere jotting in his notebook. He adores both short stories and poetry, but hopes to one day be a published novelist.