When the Bough Breaks
©1991 Susan Noyes Anderson
Each night my mother sings to me––
her favorite lullabies.
She rocks me gently back and forth
until I close my eyes.
She strokes my cheek and pats my back
and croons of slumber deep.
Give me a break––I’m eight years old!
Can’t I just go to sleep?
Duck and cover! She’s baaa-aaack…
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Tags: children, humor, mothers, music
Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.