Lullaby

I speak,

close eyed.

To whoever decides to listen;

Be safe,

I say to you eight times

unaware till the following day

of our evening chat.

Be safe

interrupted my sleeping silence

as you strolled in

at 3 a.m. Saturday morning.

I didn’t know where you went.

Be safe

I mutter under my breath

knowing the decisions being made.

Weighted with consequences 

commonly overlooked by judgment impaired.

Be safe.

You lock the door,

And crawl into bed,

denouncing my evening dialogue

as a strange dream.

Be safe.

It becomes a whisper, a mantra

That sews your eyes shut.

A cautious lullaby,

be safe.

Something I think.

Every time-

You leave.

Just, be Safe.

Be. 

i've been working on this for a while, and finally got around to posting it here.