**A little background-- My sister has two sons and another on the way, i love those boys more than anything in this entire world. those two combined have taught me more than any school and any teacher has and ever will. when the first boy was born, i was going through a long time filled with depression and death. i had considered my life over, and i had planned to end it shortly after the birth... but once i held the little boy, gently in my arms. my life changed... within those split joyful seconds, my eyes and his connected and i loved him deeper than any love of mine before. the same fallowed with the second boy, and now as i watch them sleep, i think of the other children of the world. Let them rest easy knowing that they are loved and all things will rest as they do**
As i lay here, next to the boys,
they slowly drift to sleep, and i begin to pick up their toys,
pausing often to watch their chests slowly, rhythmical rising,
their little eyelashes, twinkle and twist,
their puckered lips, hold wonders.
So peaceful, so calm,
i gently brush their hair to the side of their faces with my fingers, softly caressing their faces.
their body's, lay motionless, as i place my arms around them both and lift them to my lap in the rocking chair.
i rock, back and forth, forth and back, for hours, just, rocking. Rest easy children of the world, worry not of hunger and worry not of home,
rest easy children of the world, mother is watching and will always love you. When you sleep you dream of good times, think of good times, please dear children of the world rest easy....
calmly tucking the boys back into their beds and pulling the blankets away from their faces, rest, next to them holding my arm over their stomaches, their so precious,i never want to let them go...
--Marina
