Prelude

by Ros Schwartz © 1996
www.dancinginthewind.ca

your quiet breathing
soothes and relaxes me
as you lie across my knees
early in sleep

little movements of your
hands and fingers
as the dreams begin

What do you dream of?
my little one
so near to your memories
of the womb

What do you dream of?
as your world and mine
slowly become one

Published in Canadian Woman Studies Journal
Fall 1996 - Volume 16, Number 4 - Jewish Women in Canada