Shalom Bayit

Nursery, Uncategorized 1 Minute

You enter your bedroom.

It is dark, and I

am inside, singing

swaying with 

your infant son

against my chest. I 

am ten years 

younger 

than your wife 

and my voice is soft

and lullabye-pretty.

.

You move quickly 

into and out. I

turn my back, eyes

latching on the eyelids

drooping in my arms.

.

I mean you no harm 

and you mean me no harm. 

You take your shirt, 

go, and I continue, 

rocking in the dark room, 

singing.

.

(Shalom Bayit is a Jewish value. It translates to “peace in the home”, and describes familial wholeness and healthy connection in a marriage.)

Published by PauliAtomic

Nanny. Educator. Sugar baby. Jewish girl, poly-gay-married to a Black girl king. Most women do the same work that I do. I just get paid for it. And I feel free.

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