Lulluby

          It has been a bit hard to post on the blog recently, there's been so much going on. Family events, transitions, goodbyes, etc. I've been documenting mostly through pictures and things, but writing just is difficult right now.  Part of it is I have been working on a creative project that is honestly terrifying to me because of my perfectionist nature, and the fact that I am a complete novice to the art of songwriting, but nonetheless, I feel like I need to share this. I have played it for a few close family, and some have requested a copy of it, so here it is. I know it is a bad recording, but with the knowledge and equipment I had, I wrote this song and recorded it, and I hope that it will be meaningful to my family and friends, and any others that have experienced this kind of loss.

          I wrote it mostly during my pregnancy and then stopped when everything was happening. But then the last verse came to me one day in the shower a month or two later, and I decided to write it down.  Some kind people helped me to edit it, and now I think I've got it just about finished. This is the guitar version.  Hopefully the link works so you can hear it.

https://www.box.com/s/b49afcb3207b2d710f16

Babe of mine, you'll come in time,

'till then I'll wait and dream

of the day you're here to stay 

and two will turn to three.

Tiny toes and eyes so wide 

at the world you'll see,

and sweet our life will be, baby.

Anxious nights and sights unkind,

a world so cold and new.

Don't you fear I'll draw you near,

these arms were meant for you,

and like flowers we'll turn our heads 

towards a light that feeds

and sweet our life will be, baby.

Slow the day when you go away,

your soul so strong and free.

I may cry as you cross the sky

but soon you'll be with me

and our love will burn like stars for eternity,

and sweet our life will be, baby.