Soon

 Soon

Soon, it will be bed

time again. There will be knees 

and teeth to scrub, pajamas and 

stuffies to find, screams and giggles 

and tears and “one last…”s

and Story.

Soon, it will be bed

time again. There will be quiet 

and darkness to heed, blankets

and socks to find, the faintest echoes

of each and every absent breath

and Story.