Nocturnal Medley

Who's that woman staring from the mirror back to me?
She's sleep-deprived with sunken eyes--a frightful sight to see...

I've
Given birth
To a nocturnal creature,
A midnight howler,
Pre-dawn screecher!
Sleep--How sweet!--I do remember that...
B.C.
(Before children!)

Now in nightgowned-splendor roam
Through this dark, once peaceful home.
"Sleeping like a baby"?
What a lie!

Crawling under cribs for pacifiers,
Rocking a child who never tires.
Brain cells die when one becomes a mother!!

Alphabetizing all the states--
Mind-games help keep me awake
As days and nights blend into one another....

Midnight madness takes its toll
For look what I have done...
Composed a new operetta
For an audience
Of one....

    Someday you'll have children, Mommy sighs,
    As she rocks and rocks
    And you cry and cry.
    Someday you'll have children, too...
    And I hope they're like you
    Yes, I do, do, do, do--

    Oh no, what is this?
    Is it what I think?
    How can one so small
    Create such a stink?
    Someday you'll have children, too...
    And I hope they're like you
    Just like you
    Yes, I do.

        Walking and burping, and patting and pacing 'til dawn.
        Never thought I'd be so happy to see a night gone....

(instrumental)

    Someday you'll have children, too...
    And I hope they're like you
    Just like you
    Yes, I do.

        Walking and burping and patting and pacing all night.
        Watching the darkness give way to a morning's new light.

    Oh, but now you're dry.
    And your tummy's fine.
    And you're snuggled up
    In these arms
    Of mine....
    Someday you'll have children, too...
    And I hope they're like you...
    Just like you...
    I
    love
    you....

Who's that woman smiling from the mirror back to me?
On her shoulder rests a tiny head, so peacefully...
No matter if a thousand nights
Give way to fitful dawns;
It can't diminish
What I feel....
When this baby's
In
My
Arms....


© SBK 1991