Rockabye baby
When the wind blows
It brings messages of hate
Don’t listen my baby; don’t listen
Rockabye baby
When the wind blows
it touches with dark shadows
Don’t touch my baby; don’t touch
Rockabye baby
When the wind blows
It brings the taste of innocent blood spilled
Don’t taste my baby; don’t taste
Rockabye baby
When the wind blows
It brings the sight of
Flags waving at half mast
Acknowledge, but don’t linger your gaze my baby; don’t linger.
Please don’t hold on to any of these messages
Because the real world isn’t really all this negativity and darkness.
The real world, my baby, is so much more
Than the feedback from the news or the people enamored with it.
When the bough breaks
It is you my baby who will make
The difference
It is you who can change it.
Bring your sweetness
Bring your joy
Bring your positivity
And radiate your messages
Of love and hope
Out into the world.
Be you my baby
Be you
As a mom and a new grandmother, peace is heavy on my mind. I KNOW words matter, and how we respond to negativity matters. I choose peace.
Neha at Forgotten Meadows and Michael at The Poetry Channel have put together a Poets for Peace project collaborating poets around the world. Please add you voice!
Writing Wings For You 
July 31, 2016 at 6:09 am
Reblogged this on The Poetry Channel.
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July 31, 2016 at 5:47 pm
Love your affirmations and faith.
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July 31, 2016 at 7:08 pm
Thank you so very much. It means a lot to me. WordPress isn’t friendly on format….
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July 31, 2016 at 8:05 pm
The only WP formatting tip I know is that if you want the lines to be single spaced, you hold down shift as you press return. Otherwise, any unusual formatting is a struggle. I occasionally write concrete poetry — and yikes!
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July 31, 2016 at 9:47 pm
How does one connect with this “poets for peace” project?
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August 1, 2016 at 12:22 am
Click above on Neha’s link on her Forgotten Meadows web-site. We’d love to have you!
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August 1, 2016 at 5:15 am
Marie, I was so glad to read your original Peace poem! Rockabye is such a great way to include the lessons you shared:
don’t linger or dwell, don’t touch nor taste hatred, instead “radiate messages of love and hope.” Beautiful! ❤
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August 1, 2016 at 6:25 am
Robin,that means so much to me. Thank you. Babies and posterity have been on my mind a lot lately. And I KNOW WE can all do something! Hugs
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August 3, 2016 at 5:52 am
I believe we must think of the future for our grandchildren and all the children of the world, as Peace is the only safe and best way to move forward! Hugs, Robin xo
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August 3, 2016 at 9:11 am
I agree.
We grandmothers have to stick together.
Thanks for stopping by. Hugs
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August 18, 2016 at 4:45 am
What a beautiful, poetic lullaby! Just what I want to convey to my 9 year old son….
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August 18, 2016 at 6:41 am
Thank you so very much. I know it seems like a dark poem. But it was written when so much negative was going on in the world, and I just wanted to protect my children and my grandchildren. I appreciate your words!
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August 18, 2016 at 6:48 am
I think it is hopeful and beautiful!
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August 18, 2016 at 7:32 pm
awww…thank you.
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