Rock It Bye Baby

  I want to remember

            a past with Sweet Peas

easy breezy summers

& mazy, lazy days

   wading in the pools of curiosity

childhood laughter

          echoing from the trees

jumping fish and frogs

         collide to do a dance

 Prancing along the rocks

                  brilliance of cobalt blue

skimming stones

                    to watch them thunder

my mind drifts

         like a swing

 over the sea

Pearls of raindrops

              start to cascade

catch them

              on the tongue,

                 they taste of awe

chrism's of rock candy 

              plummet from the sky

               _THE WINDS OF WINTER IMPLODE MY FANTASY_

                reality as stark bluebell's child

                     with pitiful saucer eyes

               rock it by baby is not a lullaby  

                                                              

Reviews

[Horizon K.]

Like waking from a dream into bad reality! The beginning pulled me in, with your vividly images of those lovely innocent days... Then a winter slap in the face!! Wake up! You're an adult now!
I think we can still find those moments though... I hope. And yeah, i never understood why anyone would sing that dark lullaby to thier child.
Wonderful Frieda!

[Frieda P]

Ha that's a good way to put it, a 'winter slap in the face'...I like that. Thanks Horizon.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

As always a really good poem on the theme of your despair. Perhaps you will overwrite it one day Frieda

[Frieda P]

Perhaps, thanks John....

[fireblossom]

Your poem feels light and breezy, but tapped into deep abstract. Colors and tastes fill this poem. It is a delightful thing to experience. I love it.

[Frieda P]

Such an interesting review, I love your response fireblossom, thank you!

[Annabelle Lee]

..... i loved it... pire nostalgia.... till the end. it was lie a giant crash at the end of a road trip...

[Frieda P]

And no paramedics either, thanks Annabelle. ;-)

[Margarette]

Wow! This is probably far from those children-inspired works where they talk of fantasy more than reality. I love how you present this in a manner where it's simple yet elegant. The matter at hand becomes so fresh to any reader especially if shown to younger ones. Thanks for sharing!

[Frieda P]

Younger ones...hmm, could be quite unsettling, like those horrid fairy tales. Thanks Margarette, always appreciate your comebacks!

[kublakhan27]

Childhood laughter echoing from the trees...have you been listening to Stairway? ;P This is an incredible and totally engaging piece though...I can't really add much to the others have already said...it's almost like a counterpart to my recent piece, and all the other winter-flavoured ones haha Have you ever noticed that most so-called lullabies are actually rather ominous when you stop singing and listen to the words? Great work Frieda :)

[Frieda P]

To Heaven? lol....ha. 'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.....makes me wonder. Lullaby's and fairy tales are what we grew up on, no wonder, no wonder! ;-)

[kublakhan27]

Haha indeed, indeed ;)

[Frieda P]

Who do you think came up with this method of torture btw? ;-P

[kublakhan27]

Haha I don't know if anyone in particular came up with it, I think it's just embedded in human nature ;P

[Frieda P]

hmmm that' says a helluva lot

[kublakhan27]

I think of a lot of things that way :P

[Frieda P]

That's why you're twisted and I like you. ;-P

[kublakhan27]

And the feeling is mutual...I think you're twisted too LOL I'm kidding, you know I like you too ;)

[Distant horizons]

Was so busy thinking back to a rope swing across a lake I didn't see the bump on the a*s coming :-)

[Frieda P]

S**t happens. ;-)

[Distant horizons]

Fequently :-)

[Distant horizons]

or frequently even :-)

[Frieda P]

yep either way ;-P

[Distant horizons]

:-)

[N!LoC]

ooo another twist of a classic title

[Frieda P]

Thanks for reading me N!LoC

[Baby Ricochet]

Awesome baby

[Frieda P]

the kimmer said you'd think it was about you ;-P

thanks Baby

[Baby Ricochet]

HA!

[Kaylor Mason]

Hmmm . . . winter has never thrown a damper on me, of any type. Winter is by far my favorite time of year

[Frieda P]

That's nice but it's not about you ;-P

[Kaylor Mason]

Touche :)

[Frieda P]

:-D

[quinfinn]

i dunno frieda, but, i think the broken swing says it all....very nice verse though. a real heart massager until you yank it out at the end,.

[Frieda P]

You know me quin, always yankin your chain...