06-02-2016, 01:29 PM
THIRD DRAFT
"Baby's Breath"
All day hiking long blue mountains, three
tiny strides to match your mommy's step,
little ducking flapping upward,
patting along the path,
panting breaths escape your weary face
until the color of a flower leaps onto your lips,
"Look, Da Da!"
your chipper cheep and feet
springing for the wild blossom.
All night in the dozing Shenandoah,
the wheezing zees of wind inside the forest,
weaving with your breath,
rhythm in the air,
little nest of baby blankets on your chest
rise and fall, rise and fall.
Silver walls of night light,
shadows in the window,
midnight's cold colored voice,
no more to my core
than your breath asleep.
SECOND DRAFT
"Baby Breath"
All day hiking long blue mountains
to the tops, three
tiny strides to match your mommy's step,
little duckling flapping upward
patting along the path,
panting breaths from a narrow face
until the color of a flower leaps onto your lips.
“Look, Daddy!” you say as you pluck and sniff
and give the gift.
All night in the doze of the Shenandoah,
the wind whispers inside
the forest, weaving with your breath, humming
rhythm in the air,
little nest of baby blankets on your chest,
rise and fall, rise and fall,
gusts and drafts whine and sigh,
silver walls of nightlight, shadows in the window,
midnight’s cold and colored voice
no more to my core
than warm winds of you asleep.
FIRST DRAFT
"Baby Breath"
Silver walls of nightlight,
shadows in the corners,
baby folded in the covers,
rhythm in the air, baby blanket
rise and fall, rise and fall over baby’s belly.
Rest.
All day hiking long hills, little steps
flapping forward, duckling
face, eyes squint low and narrow,
all the way to the top, three
tiny strides
to match mommy's step,
patting along the path
focused, determined, three years old,
not one wine or tear
in the sprinkling rain.
At night in the doze of the Shenandoah,
the wind blows inside
the forest whispering
to baby’s breath,
and from doze to snore
and breeze to gust,
cold clattering,
no more to the core
than warm winds of you asleep.
"Baby's Breath"
All day hiking long blue mountains, three
tiny strides to match your mommy's step,
little ducking flapping upward,
patting along the path,
panting breaths escape your weary face
until the color of a flower leaps onto your lips,
"Look, Da Da!"
your chipper cheep and feet
springing for the wild blossom.
All night in the dozing Shenandoah,
the wheezing zees of wind inside the forest,
weaving with your breath,
rhythm in the air,
little nest of baby blankets on your chest
rise and fall, rise and fall.
Silver walls of night light,
shadows in the window,
midnight's cold colored voice,
no more to my core
than your breath asleep.
SECOND DRAFT
"Baby Breath"
All day hiking long blue mountains
to the tops, three
tiny strides to match your mommy's step,
little duckling flapping upward
patting along the path,
panting breaths from a narrow face
until the color of a flower leaps onto your lips.
“Look, Daddy!” you say as you pluck and sniff
and give the gift.
All night in the doze of the Shenandoah,
the wind whispers inside
the forest, weaving with your breath, humming
rhythm in the air,
little nest of baby blankets on your chest,
rise and fall, rise and fall,
gusts and drafts whine and sigh,
silver walls of nightlight, shadows in the window,
midnight’s cold and colored voice
no more to my core
than warm winds of you asleep.
FIRST DRAFT
"Baby Breath"
Silver walls of nightlight,
shadows in the corners,
baby folded in the covers,
rhythm in the air, baby blanket
rise and fall, rise and fall over baby’s belly.
Rest.
All day hiking long hills, little steps
flapping forward, duckling
face, eyes squint low and narrow,
all the way to the top, three
tiny strides
to match mommy's step,
patting along the path
focused, determined, three years old,
not one wine or tear
in the sprinkling rain.
At night in the doze of the Shenandoah,
the wind blows inside
the forest whispering
to baby’s breath,
and from doze to snore
and breeze to gust,
cold clattering,
no more to the core
than warm winds of you asleep.
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