Listen for your Beat

Tammi Belko

Verse one
Sweet lullaby
whispered in soft alto
A caress on your baby cheek
Listen for your beat
Verse two
Jubilant two step rhythm
Splashing in puddles,
Bounding down streets
Playing in allegro
Listen for your beat
Verse three
When you feel disconnected
and dissonance bellows
I will always be your counterpoint
Listen for your beat
Verse four
Let me soothe your worries
In a sweet cadence
When the world sees you as an
interlude, off pitch, staccato …
I will always love your vibrato
Keep listening for your beat

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Bridge the Distance: An Oral History of COVID-19 in Poems Copyright © 2021 by Dr. Sarah J. Donovan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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