Erin Tobey
baby monitor
Check it once and check it twice:
the baby monitor of the world is alight
But this baby never is sleeping
Itâs crying and screaming and then
it seems to stop breathing so
go up and check it again!
But thereâs no life in your device
It looks at you with a dead stare
Donât ask it how it is doing
It only does things the one way
It canât make a choice and it
cannot ever change
O! my dreams
canât follow me to bed
I lose them on the way
when I outrun them
O! my eyes
canât focus on your face,
your features all replaced
by a likeness
Constant contact is a vice
when just a tender touch
on my hand would suffice
I donât have to know
where youâre going
You donât have to call when youâre there
As long as youâre home before morning, babe,
I donât care