Nimbus
Nimbus: luminous cloud; halo; encircling light
Eleanor, our lunar moth, with crescent smile and book in hand,
Climbs up into my lap. I read to her, then once more with the silly voice.
"Lully!" she demands, bright face upturned. Swinging her into my arms, crooning and swaying,
I dance with her around the room, then set her in her little bed. Lights out. Nearly to the door---
Plaintive comes the cry: "Lully? More lully?" Sighing, I sink to her side.
Soft and slow I sing of soaring over fields as gentle darkness descends.
Eleanor's lashes flutter. The full moon crowns her with a nimbus brighter than any sun.
About the Creator
Sonia Heidi Unruh
I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.
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