"rockabye" poems
Go to sleep, and shut your eyes,
Please dream of broken butterflies
That tore their wings against a thorn.
For you know the pain that they have borne.
Silver metal, shines so bright.
Scarlet blood, that feels so right.
Dream of the blood that's trickling down,
And wake up just before you drown.
The moonlight's shining off your tears
Bleed out all your petty fears.
So tonight when you start to cry
You better whisper the cutters lullaby:
Hushabye baby, you're almost dead.
You don't have a pulse and your pillow is red.
Your family hates you, your friends let you bleed.
Sleep tight with a knife, cause it's all you'll need.
Rockabye baby, broken and scarred.
You didn't know life would be this hard.
Time to end the pain that you hid so well,
And down will come baby, straight back to hell.
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012 at 10:05 PM UTC
He was love’s fool
A drop of rain
In a downpour of seasonal shame
A farthing in the fountain
Spent on wishes
Glistening in the fenlands
Of unreplenished riches
A plea, among the rustling
In a vast forest of variegated leaves
Sorrow among garrulous winds gusting
A path through
His wooded pathos
Blazed with love and lusting
Then a tear finds wing
On a falling leaf
Snapped from the limbs
by currents of heat
rockabye'd into halcyon
so misery and his companion
Forge a new coin
Thrown and flipping along an arc
A pinwheel casting solar sparks
Purling hope in a tumbling fall
promises anything can happen
To anyone
Anytime
at all
Sep 29, 2014
Sep 29, 2014 at 4:49 PM UTC
Grey clouds gather plump and perfect above my crown
A moment of silence held sacred by the birds
A moment to settle before I am washed away
Rainfall rolls soft and supple from our mother sky
With gentle thanks do the leaves cup the sweet nectar
With ancient thirst the soil drinks her in
Dirt darkens wet and washed within our mother earth
Eyes open and breath rolls slow and low like thunder
Eyes close and senses gather up her scent
Full flowers sway sweetly beneath a rockabye breeze
Petals dance gracefully to the beat of each drip drop drop
Petals lace their fingers together and bow in prayer
Sep 29, 2016
Sep 29, 2016 at 8:53 AM UTC
We're eating jellyfish
We're crashing oranges
We're bleeding evidence
We're smashing elements
We're erecting animals
We're subtracting syllables
We're electing cannibals
We're extracting visceral
We're worshipping magicians for a piece of the pie
We're recruiting musicians for a sound from on high
We're creating beauticians for a smack on the thigh
We're repeating contritions for an act un-divine
We're poking and prodding as we sing lullabies
We're rocking and rolling as she shifts to the side
We're planting and plowing as the baby lays quiet
We're twisting and shouting from the vat where we writhe
Rockabye baby, you've sure grown up fast
Let me embrace you, before I suffocate you
Rockabye baby, you've sure grown up fast
Let me cradle you, before I blast you away
Nov 19, 2011
Nov 19, 2011 at 8:50 PM UTC
Go to sleep, close your eyes
And dream of broken butterflies
That tore their wings, against a thorn
You know the pain that they've endured
Silver metal shines so bright
Scarlet blood that feels so right
Dream of that blood trickling down
And wake up just before you drown
The moonlight shining off your tears
As you bleed out your worst fears
So tonight when you start to cry
Whisper the cutters lullaby
Hushabye baby, your almost dead
You don't have a pulse and your pillow is read
Your family hates you, your friends let you bleed
Sleep tight with a knife, 'cause that's all you need
Rockabye baby, broken and scarred
You didn't know life would be this hard
Time to end the pain, you hid so well
And down you'll come baby
Back home to hell
Sep 12, 2013
Sep 12, 2013 at 12:34 AM UTC
*Go to sleep, and close your eyes,
And dream of broken butterflies,
That torn their wings against a torn,
You know the pain that they have borne,*
**Silver metal, shine so bright,
Scarlet blood, that feels so right,
Dream of that blood tracking down,
And wake up just before you drown,**
*The moonlight shining off your tears,
As you bleed out your own worst fears,
So tonight when you start to cry,
Whisper the cutters lullaby,*
**Hushabye baby, you're almost dead,
You don't have a pulse and your pillow is red,
Your family hates you, you friends let you bleed,
Sleep tight with a knife, because that's all you need,**
*Rockabye baby, broken and scarred,
You didn't know that life would be this hard,
Time to end the pain that you hid so well,
And down will come baby, straight back to hell..*
Mar 6, 2015
Mar 6, 2015 at 10:44 AM UTC
Go to sleep, Close your eyes,
Dream of broken butterflies
That tore their wing against a thorne.
You know the pain that they have borne.
Silver medal, shines so bright
Scarlette blood, that feels so right.
Dream of that blood trickling down,
And wake up just before you drown.
The moonlights shining off your tears,
As you bleed your own worst fears,
So tonight when you start to cry,
Whisper the cutters lullaby.
Hushabye baby, your almost dead.
You dont have a pulse and your pillow is red.
Your family hates you, your friends let you bleed.
Sleep tight with a knife because thats all you need.
Rockabye baby, broken and scarred,
You didnt know that life would be this hard.
Time to end the pain you hid so well,
And down will come baby, straight back to hell.
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015 at 9:31 AM UTC
Go to sleep, close your eyes, and dream of broken butterflies.
They tore their wings against a thorn.
You know that pain that they've endured.
Silver metal shine so bright.
Scarlet blood that feels so right.
Dream of that blood trickling down, and wake up just before you drown.
The moonlight shining off your tears as you bleed out the worst of your fears.
So tonight when you start to cry, whisper the cutters lullaby: Hushabye baby, you're almost dead. You don't have a pulse and your pillow is red. Your family hates you. Your friends let you bleed. Sleep tight with a knife 'cause that's all you need. Rockabye baby, broken and scarred. You didn't know life would be this hard. Time to end the pain you hid well, and down you'll come, baby. Back home to hell.
Nov 24, 2013
Nov 24, 2013 at 7:26 PM UTC
Go to sleep, and close your eyes
And dream of broken butterflies
wings once pretty, now are torn
ripped and shredded against a thorn
Silver metal, shine so bright
Scarlet blood, that feels so right
Dream of that blood trickling down
Just don't wake up until you drown
The moonlight's shining off your tears
As you're bleeding out your own worst fears
wait tonight until you cry
then whisper the cutter's lullaby
Hushabye baby, you're almost dead
You've lost your pulse and your pillow Is red
Your family hates you, and your friends let You bleed
Sleep tight with a knife, cause it's all You'll need
Rockabye baby, broken and scarred
Who knew life could be this Hard
Time to end the pain that you hid so well
Then down will come baby, straight Back to hell.
Jul 13, 2015
Jul 13, 2015 at 8:41 PM UTC
Grey clouds gather plump and perfect above my crown
A moment of silence held sacred by the birds
A moment to settle before I am washed away
Rainfall rolls soft and supple from our mother sky
With gentle thanks do the leaves cup the sweet nectar
With ancient thirst the soil drinks her in
Dirt darkens wet and washed within our mother earth
Eyes open and breath rolls slow and low like thunder
Eyes close and senses gather up her scent
Full flowers sway sweetly beneath a rockabye breeze
Petals dance gracefully to the beat of each drip drop drop
Petals lace their fingers together and bow in prayer
Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 10:23 AM UTC
In the quiet of your home
in the corner of your room
in the rushing of the street
in the time you're on your own
when the stars light up like candlesticks
when the moon begins to pray
and the oceans hear you groan
in the time you're on your own.
When the milkman comes and the sun's not shone
but the night has packed its bags and gone
and the dew is you upon the floor
in the time you're on your own.
One small kiss can resonate,
make universes hold their
breaths and wait
and still we wait
in the time you're on your own.
Feb 28, 2015
Feb 28, 2015 at 6:27 AM UTC
She can't hold the elephants in the room again
She need to release it
But how can she do that
Without
Being judged by other
She is drowning
Yet
She is flying
She was nyctophilia
And they're heliophilia
She wants to rockabye
But it wasn't easy at all
So
What's the point of it ?
-S.I
Dec 11, 2017
Dec 11, 2017 at 11:58 AM UTC
***Hushabye baby you're almost dead.
You have no pulse and your pillow is red.
You're family hates you & you're friends let you bleed.
Sleep tight with a knife because that's all you need.***
***Rockabye baby broken & scarred,
You didn't know life would be this hard.
Time to end the pain that you hid so well,
& Down will come baby,
Straight back to Hell***
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 at 5:20 PM UTC
Rockabye baby
Up in the air.
Nobody questions
How it got there.
Who would put babies
Up high in a tree?
That sounds like
Child abusing to me!
People have sung this
For hundreds of years
Contributing little
But compounded fears.
They should rethink it
But they feel they must
Later they wonder
About lack of trust.
Like many stories
And songs sung to kids
Some scary stories
Are not so well hid
Like kid-munching witches
And following crumbs
Small wonder they fear
Wicked things come.
So don't put your babies
Up high in a tree
Not even lower
Like branch two or three.
Think up a ditty
That might help them thrive
And grow up happy
That they are alive.
Oct 2, 2016
Oct 2, 2016 at 10:02 PM UTC
Go to sleep and close your eyes
Dream of broken butterflies
That tore their wings against a thorn
You know the pain that they have borne
Silver metal shine so bright
Scarlet blood that feels so right
Dream of that blood trickling down
The moonlights shining off your tears
As you bleed out your own worst fears
So tonight when you start to cry
Whisper the cutter's lullaby.
Hushabye baby you're almost dead
You don't have pulse and your pillow is red
Your family hates you and your friends let you bleed
Sleep tight with a knife it's all you need
Rockabye baby broken and scared
You didn't know life would be this hard
Time to end this pain that you hid so well
And down will come baby straight back to hell.
Oct 12, 2015
Oct 12, 2015 at 3:27 AM UTC
The groceries and the rent
I 've already spent
what was meant to be my savings
trying to save me
from rockabye baby
to the grave because lately
I feel a little less stately
and a little more disheveled.
I might ask you to embellish,
forgive me
maybe I'm just nosey
or prone to misunderstand closeness
to a speculative humanity.
Can we truly interact spiritually?
Or is it less empirical than it seems
and we're just vibrating in our own
paradigm
template
dreams
we weave our own gods eye
to see things.
Everything.
Human beings or
human doings?
Lately I've been toggling through
between the two
in indecisiveness.
"Ah, give it a rest"
Chides one side of my mind
In return comes the gruff reply
"It is what it is, isn't it
and it's what I do best".
C.e.M 8.14.15
edited 1-24-2016
Aug 14, 2015
Aug 14, 2015 at 2:06 AM UTC
go to sleep, and close your eyes
and dream of broken butterflies
that tore their wings against a thorn
you know the pain they have borne
silver metal, shines so bright
scarlet blood, that feels so right
dream of that blood trickling down
and wake you just before you drown
the moonlight's shining off your tears
as you bleed out your own worst fears
so tonight when you start to cry
whisper the cutters lullaby
hushabye baby, you're almost dead
you don't have a pulse and your pillow is stained red
your family hates you and your friends let you bleed
rockabye baby, broken and scarred
you didn't know life would be this hard
time to end this pain that you hid so well
and down will come baby, straight back to hell
Dec 17, 2015
Dec 17, 2015 at 10:23 AM UTC
Rockabye baby
In the tree top
When the wind blows
You start to rock
When the rope breaks
You start to fall
And down comes baby
Razors and all
Scars on your thighs
Words on their lips
Worthless you were
You believed every word
But now their jokes over
Your blood has run cold
No one is laughing
Rockabye baby
Goodbye and goodnight
I'll miss you forever but one day
Ill be by your side
Feb 6, 2017
Feb 6, 2017 at 11:29 AM UTC
Don't be surprise when I come
with you wedding dress
cause each time I hugged you,
I took your measurement.
Oct 24, 2017
Oct 24, 2017 at 7:30 AM UTC
red light, green light, flash
bounce go rockabye baby
on the cross town bus
Nov 24, 2015
Nov 24, 2015 at 11:47 PM UTC
Rockabye lover
There on your high
While the lust stays
Your soul can sigh
When the high ends
You're lust will fall
And crash you will do
Tears will fall
Jan 17, 2016
Jan 17, 2016 at 7:44 PM UTC