Viennese Evensong

Looking Up
from Freyung Square
6:37pm

6:46pm
Palais Kinsky and the steeple
of Schottenkirche (Scottish Church)
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6:46pm
Notice how the sky and the clouds
changed colour?
A cold front was moving in,
the wind was rising, its sudden strong bursts
swept the clouds up and about in
rapid succession,
the light mutated from a cool grey
to warm yellow and gold,
as if trying to match the colour
of Palais Kinsky's façade.
I watched the drama in the sky,
spellbound, and could feel
the cooler air moving in,
and with every burst of wind
the temperature fell more and more,
and I started to feel like a leaf
exposed to the elements

6:51pm
I turned around
and took this picture
of Palais Harrach
illuminated by the last golden rays
of the dying evening sun
Freyung

6:56pm
The chandeliers
are lit,
and the sun has set,
its pink afterglow
still reflected
for a while longer
in the window glass

Photographed
1 April 2010
at Freyung Square
© by Merisi

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