Thank you, Vivian Kirkfield, for the #50PreciousWords contest!

And thank you for awarding my story with third place out of the 770 entries!!

MY SETTING SUN
By Amy Leskowski

It’s bedtime, Sun!
Playtime’s done.

Kisses first.
To bed, my burst.

Don’t you stall,
my energy ball!

Relax, my sphere.
No monsters here.

Please dim, my bright—
you’re bugging Night.

What now, my beam?
A gloomy dream?

I’m never far,
my shining star.

Now, dip down low.
Goodnight, my glow.