Broken Lullabies

Author's Notes: This is a poem i wrote for Lil'Inuyahsa's contest for her story. So, it's a fanfic for the fanfic "All's Fair in Love and War". If you haven't read it yet, i suggest you do. It's a very good story.


Rock me gently, sweet baby
And I'll sing a song to you
I'll hold you near, and quell your fear
Until the day begins anew.

Callow figures dart left and right
But you are here in my embrace,
Safe from the world outside your kingdom
Safe from the world without a place.

Rock-a-by Baby, I'm always here
You needn't feel lonely anymore
I'll stay with you until you fall asleep
And I'll leave a light on and open a door.

Innocent, sweet, my darling child
Sleep the night away tenderly
And as the wind whistles soundly
In your heart I'll always be.

"Why'd you leave? Where did you go?"
Amatively you wipe his tears
And you drift away like water on the bay
And leave him alone for bitter years.

Your gentle lullaby rocks him to sleep
He closes his eyes and starts to cry
"Where did you go, why am I here?
"Without you here I swear I'll die."

His bitter eyes sweep the crib
His lips draw back in a painful sneer
The boy starts to cry, to whine and moan
He wishes his mother were somewhere near.

"Where did you go, Mommy, please return,
"I miss you dearly, and I am so scared."
But his cries are met with pounds of fists
With bigger cuts he can compare.

He weeps alone, with no comfort at all
His reason to breathe has run far away
"I might as well die right here and right now
"I'll love my Mom until my dying day."

The wind whistles soundly and birds go to rest
They leave a broken boy alone in his sorrow
As destroyed dreams and broken lullabies
Make way for the tears of tomorrow.


Author's Notes: Please review and tell me what you think!