07-19-2013, 12:42 AM
A newborn on the high dive
Supervising eyes frozen upward
in numbed skulls with slacked jaws.
To go to her is to startle her.
Giggles from 33 feet in the air
Sweet child so unaware,
finding fun in the danger,
crawling toward the wide open wonderment
glowing blue glass.
An infantile attraction to all that glitters
And she falls
Mommy's single anguished cry
Baby soft flesh spanked and slapped
then engulfed in a cold and transparent womb
A chlorine blanket
then sleep
Supervising eyes frozen upward
in numbed skulls with slacked jaws.
To go to her is to startle her.
Giggles from 33 feet in the air
Sweet child so unaware,
finding fun in the danger,
crawling toward the wide open wonderment
glowing blue glass.
An infantile attraction to all that glitters
And she falls
Mommy's single anguished cry
Baby soft flesh spanked and slapped
then engulfed in a cold and transparent womb
A chlorine blanket
then sleep