The Soldiers

A nursery decorated in white and blue with sparkles of star-like images and toys of plastic and metal trucks, construction trucks, children’s books, and a gramophone record player softly plays the nursery song that the mother sings. It is night and the beautiful woman with long brown-blonde hair trailing to her waist, unfurled from the bun of the hair throughout the day, is relaxing for the evening and dressed in night clothes as she gently rocks a young boy. The young boy is also dressed for bed and has the same green eyes as his mother, speckled with blue, and looks up at her as she sings. “When the Moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars… then peace will guide the planet, and love will fill the stars, la la la la la…” the mother serenades.