A Lullaby Prayer

A Lullaby Prayer

A Lullaby prayer

After the funeral

Came news of the newborn

Later
In the deep
I saw them

In the waves of time

Standing in the light

Of my childhood home

Asking -how have you been

And -what’s been going on

Would you like a cup of coffee

She asked, but then
I left out

In the night
Of the city
Looking

For someone,  
A brother

Of a different mother

But lost in the concentration

I stood among them

On the terraced hills and streets

Throngs of youth

Waiting, watching, cheering

For a concert, football or some event

Once again
I was at a loss and lost

To put together my way in life

But comforted by the display

On the faces of the future

And the hope shown there

Eyes aglow
And smiles in their words

Contrasted by the despair

Like a negative reflection

On the surface of darkened alley ways

O’er those hills and peoples I flew

In the silent craft of surreal circles

Aware of a need

A nagging feeling that

I had an appointment to keep

With yet another loved one

Should I be surprised in

The light of morning

That the times past

The experience present

And the vision future

Are joined in one place

As Family, babies, friends

Life, society, death

With the cold moonstruck dew

Rising into day

Spiraling, Ascending

Toward Completion

In the brightness

The flash of heat

From eternal shores

To infinite oceans

Pure, white

Spirit’s breath

And sight

Creation’s

Flight

Old

To new

Set

Aright