Me to baby. God to me. (When You Can’t Sleep)
FamilyPoetryTheology

Me to baby. God to me. (When You Can’t Sleep)

By January 24, 2017August 21st, 2019No Comments

When You Can’t Sleep
“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you,” – Isaiah 66:13

When you can’t sleep
you scream for me
until I hold you
next to my breast
arm under your neck
while I sing, you’re
close enough to feel me breathe
close enough to look up at me
between
increasingly long blinks,
checking if our eyes
still meet.

I won’t leave you
even when I lay you down
Your cries alarm my
compassion, and how
can I forsake
my own child?

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon

Quina Aragon is an author, speaker, and spoken word artist based in Orlando, Florida. She has written three children’s books—Love Made, Love Gave, and Love Can—and a book for adults, Love Has a Story. Her first fiction book, a novel-in-verse titled If Hurricanes Were Flowers, is set to release in 2027 with InterVarsity Press. Born in Manila and raised in Orlando, Quina is of Filipina, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican descent. As a first-generation child of immigrants, her writing explores identity, migration, and how our personal and cultural stories echo Scripture’s grand narrative. She has helped create projects through her writing, editing, creative vision, teaching, and/or performing for clients like Christianity Today, Vū Virtual Production Studios, YouVersion Bible App, Propel Women, Chasing Justice, Truth's Table, The Gospel Coalition, Ballet 5:8, InterVarsity Press, Bethany House Publishers, Moody Publishers, The Good Book Company, Harvest House, Risen Motherhood, Cru, Proverbs 31 Ministries, Training Leaders International, and many more.

Leave a Reply