Poem 2

Peace

The cool water runs through my toes as I stare out into the abyss

A shiver runs down my spine

The moon casts its eerie glow

Like a wary toddler I inch back

The water beckons to me

Waving me forward – I listen

My eyes follow the flow of the current

Bringing me deeper and deeper

Up to my neck in the clear blue

Salt stings my nose

A rush in the wind like a fleeing doe

I am engulfed by the sparkling blue

Silence

The steady beat of my heart thumps

This seems familiar

Being rocked back and forth

Breathing as one

I lift my eyes

A steady ripple appears

Surrounding my head with rings upon rings

Overcome by a release

Only waves can do

"Updated: October 13 2014" 

Poem 1

Lullaby 

Lu lu lu lu, Hushaby

Think of the angels way up high

Lu lu lu lu, don’t you cry

Daddy won't go away

As beads of sweat roll down my face

I listen closely to the closed white door

With my ear pressed ever so slightly to the bottom where the light seems to escape

Dark surrounds me

“I don't know what to do with her,” I hear her whisper

The smell of detergent wafts through my nose

My feet are shivering on the cold stoned floor

I hear a swirl

My heart jumps a little

The door opens

Light pours over me

I am stuck in place

Glued to the floor

“Hi baby,

Come here” he says

“She'll be ok”

He scoops me up

Holding me tight to his chest as if I would run away

“Will she?” I ask in a whisper

He looks at me with the sun’s warmth in his eyes

Swaying side to side as if entranced in a spell

Lu lu lu lu Hushaby

Think of the angels way up high