Elena's Song

Now hush, little lady
Don't say a word
Wipe your tears
And if here's where it ends
I pray you hear her life
And see her smile as stars up in the sky
And sing this here for any time you need a lullaby

I remember you told me you wanted a baby
And all i could think was
Although we had seen the hardships in shit's creek
We were still babies ourselves
I could only hope that you and the man in your life
Were ready to see the real side of growing up
Diapers and Enfamil, crying and throwing up
It was only sophomore year of college
But i knew the Lou was calling your name
And it sounded like "momma"
I heard it when i came to see you and Donalda
Not too long after, femininity and divinity became one
And you told me it was time
I remember thinking this was the craziest shit you ever said on my line
I called her Little Bean

From the moment she sprouted into your womb
You loved her like she was already full of life
She didn't have to do a thing but exist in the belly of a fellow baby
Her mother and father loved her for who she allowed them to be
Even when she walked the soil of St. Louis
Saturated with turmoil in family ties
I still called her Bean
This ye high stalk of all the things you knew motherhood would bring
I could see how life had new meaning to you
Above anything else, you found purpose
In being a better mother than the ones you had seen
Something she would've thanked you for in her later years
As she grew fearless and sensitive
Standing tall in her stature
Just like her momma did when everyone around wondered "why now?"
When little bean was the topic of argument
And i know that would've made you proud
As we say this final "hush now"
Are these mockingbirds singing to her
Or to the babies we see we still are
Living life in loss
Shit ain't fair to live on beyond our lost ones
We loved her before she was here
But never fathomed having to love her when she's gone
But for Bean, we'll do it anyway

Now hush, little lady
Don't say a word
Wipe your tears
And if here's where it ends
I pray you hear her life
And see her smile as stars up in the sky
And sing this here for any time you need a lullaby

Now hush, little lady
Don't say a word
Wipe your tears
And if here's where it ends
I pray you hear her life
And see her smile as stars up in the sky
And sing this here for any time you need a lullaby