Baby mine

I sing you this last lullaby

Even though you’re too big to hold

Too cold to sigh

Too young to die

No words of comfort for your mum

No jokes, no words of advice

Just that smile that beguiled me from your first breath

In photos posed for patiently

On your coming and going

One final pose, the long sleep, tucked in

For all eternity


22 February 2012

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