Shawn McClure: LULLABY

​Lullaby

you: conjured
with a
lover's prayer
so real i can
feel your
long arm reach
the length of me
stroke the pink tinged
hills and valleys
and smooth away
the miles
you: still the
heaving land
and silence
lips with a finger,
breath laced with
low sounds
that steam
cotton and skin
touch the tender
and livid streams
you: spread me
like cloud shadows,
a tapestry of light
and dark across
untilled fields
and quiet the beat
of want that throbs
inside me
like a second heart,
so i can sleep secret,
sacred 

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Shawn McClure is a visual artist and writer who resides in central New Jersey with her husband and two children. She has a passion for nature, science, and beauty found in unexpected places. 

Some of her writing can be found at: 
http://freshkeko.wordpress.com/

and her photo journal can be seen here:
https://tookapic.com/shawn