G'Night

G’night sweet love.

Let me haul you to safe dark.

Where the soft blues of night

wrap ‘round you tight

and warm your blankie.

Between spok’d crib sides

I always see your cheeks loosen and relax

as your dreams begin to tease me

behind my open eyes.

Your breaths echo with the beat of this old rocking chair

– Deep and long, causing the air

to velvetly drape over

the waving few hairs

upon your fresh wandering mind.

I let the longing scent you’ve left behind,

waft through my familiar insides.

Tonight the blinding white shadows assist you in sleep,

mixing with your new wisdom --

And I’ll protect you forever,

like mine protected me.

So tonight I’ll sit here watching

- rocking comfortably with prayer.

Tonight my mind sees these shadows

glisten and bow before my child

as a crowd in great fervor.

Tonight I’ve smiled many times

under the softly circling fan

and I slowly realize

– we’ve loved you forever

even before you’re life began.

G’night sweet love.

- Jordan R Shaver