Metamorphosis

 
Every night, when they went to bed,
   she spun a cocoon about herself
   of blankets, sheets, duvets, 
 
While he slept adjacent,
   clinging to the edge,
   strangely content,
 
Knowing that, in the morning,
   she would emerge,
   spreading her wings,
 
Fluttering him
   with love
   and scrambled eggs.
 

Lullaby

 
Come back, my dear —
   back to your soft, warm bed.
 
I will wrap you with my arms
   and press away fears.
 
Let Hypnos do his work,
   and float you over flowers
 
In terraced fields waved
   by the sea’s blue breeze.
 
After your sleep of sweet oblivion,
   a day of bravery comes.