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I cradled his head in my arms and sang him a lullaby,
     cradling the  m o m e n t,
cherishing every second more,
          then, when it was time . . . 
                    I placed him in his  f o r e v e r  coffin bed.

An odd bed for a little baby boy,
     his little head lay on a  b l u e  as the sky pillow,
he wore his new blue booties,
           an ivory christening gown,
and beside him a  b l u e  teddy bear,
                                  someone had placed there.

As I stood in the funeral home,
                I felt so  a l o n e  and hallow,
although many people surrounded me,
                               I was  l o s t  in thoughts . . . 
thinking of that empty baby room at home,
       there would be no babyhood,
  where, I would pamper, coddle and feed him,
                        no childhood fun, no youth or adulthood,
     no ripe old  a g e  for this boy.

No days or years to cherish him,
                 no beginning, just this sad end,
so, on the day of his funeral . . . 
             I sang him a  l u l l a b y  to last forever,
  and I handed him over to the Lord,
                     I whispered, Lord, cradle my boy in your arms,
until in your time, I can once more.

The cars followed the hearse in a long line,
                through the ornate cemetery gate,
and down the  w i n d i n g  roads with BENDING trees, 
                                        even the birds in the cemetery,
   stopped their  s o n g . . .
until at last, we reached the place of tears,
                                 standing there cradled by family l o v e ,
              all that could be heard, drifting,
was the lullaby,  I sang  . . . 

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June 29, 2016

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