Sleep baby sleep
It's been a rough go
without release,
your road has been a thorny one
Feels like you've been cut and sliced
Diced and dangled over high cliffs
And that fear of heights, doesn't help.
The sheets here are a thousand thread
The comforter, grandma's quilt,
Sleep baby sleep
Rest your head.
Life has its ups and has its downs
Streaks and slumps
All in one day.
Put your head down on my chest,
I'll do the rest.
Sometimes the tears are going to slide
Right on down your cheek,
The intensity of our grief is equal to our capacity to love, my own cliche I know
But it's okay
Your day is done
Sleep baby sleep
Rest deep.
The line "the road you walk is a thorny one", the Gypsy said it to The Wolf Man, circa 1941