With life just begun

My sleeping new son

Has eyes that roll back in his head

They flutter and dart

He slows down his heart

And pictures a world past his bed



It’s hard to believe

As I watch you breathe

Your mind drifts and weaves



When you dream

What do you dream about



When you dream

What do you dream about



Do you dream about music

Or mathematics

Or planets too far for the eye?



Do you dream about Jesus

Or quantum mechanics

Or angels who sing lullabyes?



His fontanelle pulses

With lives that he’s lived

With memories he’ll learn to ignore

And when it is closed

He already knows

He’s forgotten all he knew before



But when sleep sets in

History begins

But the future will win



When you dream

What do you dream about?



When you dream

What do you dream about?



Are they colored or black and white

Yiddish or English or languages not yet conceived?

Are they silent or boisterous?

Do you hear noises

Just loud enough to be perceived?



Do you hear Del Shannons “Runaway”

Playing on transistor radio waves?

With so little experience

Your mind not yet cognizant

Are you wise beyond your few days?



When you dream

What do you dream about?

(REPEAT CHORUS