Chapter 1:- Sleeping in Thunder
How ambrosial to sleep
During a storm,
Slightly perceived,
While staying warm.
Flashes of lightning
As eiderdown
Fall leaf-like upon
Dreamer’s silky gown.
Like grandfather’s laugh,
The black roaring thunder
Bursts bed aloft
During nectarous slumber.
©2005, Gwendolyn Soper