Kim Rodrigues Poet Couplet

Rock-A-Bye

ROCK-A-BYE

Rock-a-bye little sister...brother
Hear as God speaks you into existence...breathing life

Mama’s nerves are jangled with choices
The only power the demons have is to destroy

Rock-a-bye little brother...sister
Do you feel my warm breath loving you...I’m on my knees

Mama’s countenance like jutting cliff
Will she dive into the abyss...sacrificing you

Rock-a-bye sister...little brother
I hold on tight to your fingers grasping in the dark

Mama drives away...she’s off with you
I look to the sky...clouds hang overhead...God sees you

Rock-a-bye brother...little sister
I touch your head with tenderness...love you to the moon

I hear the grinding stones under tires
Trepidation speeds my pulse...I stare into headlights

Mama pushes open the screen door
As she cries and rock-a-byes the tender baby-bump

Rock-a-bye sister and brother twins
Six months later, they’re the “apple of my mother’s eye”

10/11/2017
Couplets (Landay Form)
9 syllables/13syllables

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Silent One October 11, 2017 at 1:44 PM An interesting adaption to the couplets form... well written Kim Kim Rodrigues October 11, 2017 at 7:53 PM Thanks so much, Silent!

Vijay Pandit October 11, 2017 at 12:27 PM This form looks very hard to write, but you managed it well Kim--lovely soothing poem! Kim Rodrigues October 11, 2017 at 7:54 PM Thank you, Vijay!