I cradled you,
in my arms,
holding you,
until,
Sleep, overcame me.

A stir,
you did not make,
deathly silent,
you were.

I whispered, shouted
teased-
silence.

Checking, your
pulse-
solid-
yet
you-
were quiet,
and your silence,
I took with me,
into,
my
dark
slumber.