Lunar Eclipse: Winter Solstice

The Moon

Bright orange with a silver scar

Lustrous against a black velvet backdrop

Surrounded by bright, swirling, Van Gogh stars

Undisturbed by city lights on the mountaintop

And pine shadows danced in the wind. 

The Moon eases through Earth’s shadow

Stars line up straight

On Winter Solstice, Heaven is aglow

Waiting since 1638. 

I am but a speck

Standing humbly in God’s presence.