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Dark Baby Lullaby
August 6, 2021
Lullabies make me wish I were an infant again,
dark and lovely,
staring wide-eyed at my toys and my mechanical pop-up Pooh.
Lullabies make me wish I could be rocked
and have stars hung up within my reach
and naps start their guardian angels drifting to dark eyes.
Blue-green sea eyes are changing
like baby fists with fathomless nails.
Nights turn us into angels
when we are rocks and babies and bears
in caves of blankets.
Dreams define the tunnels of night.
We are all in the backseat of God’s Cutlass
and too little to open our eyes.
© Fiona F., Reno, NV
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SparrowSun ELITE said...
on Aug. 27 2021 at 9:59 pm
my favorite lullaby is 'over in kilarnee'. my dad sang it to me as a kid.
The last sentence is one of my favorite of all time:)