Scott Andrew Bailey – Author

By Scott Bailey © 2026

We need her lullaby 

To calm us

But we can’t hear her hum

Over the bluster

We need her warmth

To comfort us

But the wind blows cold

From our souls

We need her solidity

To support us

But the earth trembles

For our fears

We need her

We don’t have her

We forsook her

For our greed

In response to malformed_poetry’s prompt