Nursery Rhymes

When the kids were young,
You read them
Nursery rhymes
And children’s tales,
Fascinating stories
Full of blood and gore,
Princes and princesses,
Wolves, bears, and pigs
And the little train that could!
The kids would fall asleep
Listening to the sound
Of your voice
Bringing those stories to life.
Mid tale, as the story took hold,
You would quietly
Put the sleeping child to bed
And think you were done,
But I too was listening,
And always wanted to hear
The story’s conclusion.