BEDTIME RITUAL

BED TIME RITUAL

by Omannette--written for Hadas when she was two years old.

She's had a busy day
Her abba tells me
Who took her for a walk
Just before bedtime
'lellow car 'she says
'Scary dog!'
And now she's ready
For her bed time songs.

Abba leaves the room
So it's just us
'Kommt ein Vogel geflogen'
The song of the messenger bird
Carrying words of love
To the one far away.
We sing
In a language
That for her
Still is only a language of lullabies
And I wish
I could keep it that way.
I hear her soft breath
And feel her relax.
Between songs
She talks about
Lellow car and scary dog
I bark for her
And she laughs
So it can't have been
All that scary.
It's bed time, Hadas,
No more barking
Just singing.
Sometimes her Abba holds her
When we sing
And her eyes in slow motion
Close
Yet open again
Because she wants
to be the one
to push the button
on the telephone,
Send back that messenger bird
Carrying words of love
From 6000 miles away.