Lullabye
I usually wake
in the middle
of the night
around 2 a.m.
when all is dark,
too quiet and cold.
I stay up for about
an hour and a half
reading, pacing,
scrolling social media,
peeping out at the stars,
dreaming of her
singing me a lullabye–
shhhh darlin, lay back down
it’s only a dream.