Innocence Chiho Jing

Kiss Me Goodnight Ethan Liu

I see my life as a solemn vow, a rite of passage come around, Benevolent as chirping sparrows, the melody of her sound; She who enthralled omnipresence, yet walked in fair mirth, Divinity mimicked her grace, in her happiness lay my worth; Oh, mum, you clement being, in your arms salvation resides, Take this baggage off me, tuck me in, and kiss me goodnight! I remember when I used to cry, and you would fall again to shambles, Soon vanished my agony, for your love forever was ample; When I slept entwined in sheets, dreading the winter mornings, Your footsteps light as spring were the tonic to my yearnings; But when I call out now, why won’t you come and make this right? Take this baggage off me, tuck me in, and kiss me goodnight? I know of the fate of men, doomed forever to seclusion In a prison of their own making, bewitched into an illusion; Oh, mum, you loci of truth; it’s your breadth that empowers me, Walking across the barren lands, engrained in my spirit, I find thee; I am still that little boy in your care who discovered, Take this baggage off me, tuck me in, and kiss me goodnight All tribulations must come to pass, all forms turn to memory, Mum, your elegant self has now a fragile demeanor, so I must hurry And care for your lingering wants like you once nurtured my soul, Know of all your hopes, as in my arms I hold Your broken body and my empty being to be; so let me Take off your baggage, tuck you in, and kiss you goodnight.