Hush

Hush little baby, don't say a word. Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.

Except that I couldn't. All I had to give was a towel for a diaper and watered down formula.

And if that mockingbird don't sing, mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

Except I didn't know you, didn't care much for you, and turned away from you.

And if that diamond ring turns brass, mama's gonna buy you a looking glass.

And you cracked me open, slowly, and surely, and deliberately.

And if that looking glass gets broke, mamas gonna buy you a billy goat.

Until all of you had my heart, every last broken shard. Until everything before you meant nothing, and everything after you unfolded into the most difficult, and most authentic days of my life.