Babysitting Brother in the Sun
Listen to Carmella ... : )
My brother is sun tired - still a ray of light,
Warming a pillow, against the early night.
He was running blind across the zesty hill in an amber freefall,
Then he climbed up the rocket ship slide, like a little grasshopper,
Soon sipping water in gratitude on my flat lap…
Next splashing fountain streams up the spine of the garden waterslide…
Now he’s still as silent moonrock,
Eyelids as calm as envelopes waiting in the post,
Until tomorrow when he will moonwalk across the wide summer again.
Warming a pillow, against the early night.
He was running blind across the zesty hill in an amber freefall,
Then he climbed up the rocket ship slide, like a little grasshopper,
Soon sipping water in gratitude on my flat lap…
Next splashing fountain streams up the spine of the garden waterslide…
Now he’s still as silent moonrock,
Eyelids as calm as envelopes waiting in the post,
Until tomorrow when he will moonwalk across the wide summer again.
This poem is copyright (©) Carmella de Keyser 2025
About the Writer
Carmella de Keyser
Carmella is from Belsize Park, London but now lives in Essex. She has a History degree from the University of Manchester and writes poetry for both adults and children, exploring her Balkan heritage, identity and feelings of displacement. She co-founded the Harlow Circle of Poetry and you can see some of her work in 'Your Harlow' and in the next edition of 'Dream Catcher Literary Magazine'. She is compiling a children's collection of poems based on all the adventures she has been on with her two children. In her spare time Carmella is a Vegetarian who loves the Beatles, sci-fi and adores animals especially elephants!
