“Night Song” by Laura Gilpin
And when she
woke suddenly
in the empty room
crying mother, mother,
the moon, watching
at a distance, rose
over her bed
and stayed there
until she was
asleep.
And when she
woke suddenly
in the empty room
crying mother, mother,
the moon, watching
at a distance, rose
over her bed
and stayed there
until she was
asleep.