Hothouse

Home lights go low 
                    brief cries for your mother 
                              rest into the old rocking chair 
                    swish creak 
your baby hand finding the crook of my neck 
                    your tummy on my tummy 
                              your chest on my chest 
                    swish creak 
your baby breath deepening 
                   no more cries for mother 
                              except mine 
                    swish creak 
safety in knowing 
                    feeling fragile skin and soft hearts 
                              protected away from harm 
                    swish creak 
To know the gentle love of the stars 
                    the gentle love of your people 
                              In blankets and embrace 
                    swish creak 
we’re all warmth and joy and dreams 
                    before the hurt 
                              before the ache
                    swish creak 
a moonbeam 
                   in dancing dreams 
                              I wonder 
                    swish creak 
if hearts filled and 
                    if eyes closed and 
                              if we remember this 
                    swish creak 
could we let love overflow? 
                    shaking but brave 
                              changing the world 
                    swish creak 
aloe cool water healing desires 
                              trickling on deep wounds 
                                                            that had a beginning