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"hush"
a response poem to "All Things Not Considered" by Naomi Shihab Nye.
close your eyes my child,
for all of this will be gone soon.
hush little baby
go to sleep my child,
for all of this will be over tomorrow.
don't you cry
curl tight,
for i am not going anywhere.
i will close my eyes too.
i will sleep with you too.
close to you,
with you.
everything's going to be alright.
notes:
a short and subdued, lullaby-like verse in response to the exasperated and restless tone of All Things Not Considered.
this is almost like personal solace for me after indulging in intense empathy to Nye's poem, my heart was desperately grappling for an anchor of comfort in the sea of vivid imageries even if it's only in the form of false security. the narrator for this poem might not only restricted to parental figure; it could also echoes the protective sense of anyone that wishes they could have done something for the children, to shield them from the pain even if it's only an embrace.
close your eyes my child,
for all of this will be gone soon.
hush little baby
go to sleep my child,
for all of this will be over tomorrow.
don't you cry
curl tight,
for i am not going anywhere.
i will close my eyes too.
i will sleep with you too.
close to you,
with you.
everything's going to be alright.
notes:
a short and subdued, lullaby-like verse in response to the exasperated and restless tone of All Things Not Considered.
this is almost like personal solace for me after indulging in intense empathy to Nye's poem, my heart was desperately grappling for an anchor of comfort in the sea of vivid imageries even if it's only in the form of false security. the narrator for this poem might not only restricted to parental figure; it could also echoes the protective sense of anyone that wishes they could have done something for the children, to shield them from the pain even if it's only an embrace.