1. Hush Baby, just be
You spend your time
with constant apology,
and it unravels those
bobbin wrists,
until you fear the string
will never wind.
Hush baby, just be.
I clutch you close
to a quilted heart,
a tattered thing
patched in the dark,
and wrap your tired strands.
Hush baby, just be.
Your downy lips
reserved for me,
hearts tangle, hands quake,
you the eye while I the string.
The beat that bursts beneath
your seams needs no repairing.
Hush baby, just be.
As raw as I am,
there is hope to be had
from that smile
long thread by sorrow.
Though your tears
prick my very heart,
you hold nothing but beauty
in the way those tired eyes sway.
Hush baby, just be.
Hold me close,
like we used to be.
And though I dangle
from your shelf,
all dust and worn frail,

2. I still smile
when you look for me.
Hush baby,
come here,
and just be.