5 half-moons rising <br />on the hand that strokes my hair <br />bracelets like music <br />whispering softly in my ear <br />“Shhhshhh...therethere...shush... shush. . .there! ”<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/falling-asleep-with-my-big-sister-tanka/