The Lullaby I never sang, My Child

[SivaRamanathan]

In all those childless years I awaited you, my child
I would dream of singing your lullaby , my child
I ignored my own body , my child
the moment I knew you were coming, my child
I started breathing in deep eating oxygen, my child
my day dreams went ahead of me, my child
I wanted to see you run before you could toddle, my child
I wanted only the best for you, my child
I gave up writing for eighteen years, my child
and when you went away from me, my child
a vacuum bloated in me, my child
now I live sending you all my prayers, my child
I wake up and sleep with thoughts of you, my child
I send alpha energy to weave protective balls around you, my child
most of my poems have you as its nucleus, my child
I know all sons must leave their mothers for drones, my child
I forgot my father's policy of affection through dissociation, my child
now I circumambulate the nine planets for your well being, my child
I take each day in its stride and believe more in reality, my child
remember a mother's first born is always the first born, my child.

[BobBradshaw]

I like this poem, its emotions, its honesty. It has many nice lines. The repetition of 'my child', though, is too much for me. It's distracting. Maybe you could consider reducing the 'my child' refrain to just two lines. I would suggest the first and last lines. Just something to think about. My only nit in a fine poem.

[meenas17]

The poem is so intense. If only you could alter "child" in every line to something like dear, love ... it would sound better.