Traumerei (music for dreaming)

We don't play that music any more
Music for dreaming
The music we settled your brother to
Music so constant and soothing
He would drift away.

Now that music is more bitter than sweet
Because you danced in Mummy's tummy
And I would feel you move under my hand
And we had hope.

But it was dashed.

We held you so briefly
And then
You were gone.
Nothing to feel anymore.

Now we play Traumerei
Different music
To settle your brother
And you are gone, leaving
An aching, unspoken gap
Where a large invisible
Question mark
Hangs, obvious
For us to feel.

The house stands the same,
But we don't play that music any more.

Where are you now, my little one?

Where have you gone?