I remember how as a baby I cried on my little bed because of the nightmares that haunted me on the nights. Scared of the ghosts in my head and the dark.
I remember how my dad came to soothe my fears and calm me with his lullaby that brought me peace. Always with caring and soft tone he sang.
For now you can stay
Right here we will play
Until somehow you can find
A Slightly different frame of mind
Right here in my arms
Away from all harm
You'll be safe from all the flares
Although I know you don't care.
I remember those night when we wandered un the lake, deep in the forest and how he showed me the stars always telling me the same words that I answered with joy and a smile. Yet I didn't fully understand it's meaning.
You can lift your head up to the sky
Take a deeper breath then give it time
You can walk the path among the lines
With your shattered frame of mind
Wish that you could always stay
We can wait right here and play
Until somehow you can find
A slightly better frame of mind
I remember when the kids in the school bullied me. Saying that I won't be anything in life, I always went home crying, telling my dad what happened, he always gave a gaze to my eyes. With a hug he said that everything will be okay.
When they say you will fall
You can reach nothing at all
Hide your tracks, beneath the rind
Of a different frame of mind
Is that what you heard
Broken word in the dirt
Yelling out into the sun
"Here we come"
"Here we come"
When the troubles were more than I could handle I just had to sing the same lullaby my dad sang me so I can reassure that everything will be okay.
You can lift your head up to the sky
Take a deeper breath then give it time
You can walk the path among the lines
With your shattered frame of mind
Wish that you could always stay
We can wait right here and play
Until somehow you can find
A slightly better frame of mind
When I saw my dad in that coffin, I was no longer a kid but I was crying like one. I saw how even dead he was smiling. Like he asked me to I sang his lullaby as a last tribute to him.
You can lift your head up to the sky
Take a deeper breath then give it time
You can walk the path among the lines
With your shattered frame of mind
Wish that you could always stay
We can wait right here and play
Until somehow you can find
A slightly better frame of mind
And when daylight comes through
When the day is a new
That'll it be time
For a new frame of mind
When all eyes are on you
You will know what to do
Since you would have found
Your new frame of mind
When you lift your head up to the sky
Take a deeper breath then give it time
You can walk the path among the lines
But always know that you'll be safe
I'll be here throughout your days
Come, find me and we will play.
Now I that I'm standing in the same place that my dad was, seeing my son folded in my arms, crying in the night. Then I fully understood the meaning of this lullaby that with happiness I sang to soothe him.
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Memories of a Child
Poetry- Songfic - There was a lullaby my dad always sang to me that brought me peace and joy. Although I fully understood it's meaning once I was in his place - Frame of Mind -
