Title: Torres' Dream: Stone Waking
Author: Jane (jat_sapphire)
Contact: [email protected]
Series: VOY
Rating: G
Type: poem
Codes: T
Summary: B'Elanna dreams symbolically. (This is not about the glories of maternity. I don't know what it *is* about, but it's not literal.)Disclaimer: Except for this heading, there's no explicit mention of copyrighted material, but the characters of Star Trek: Voyager belong to Paramount. Please don't sue me.
Stone Waking
I dreamed I woke, between my legs
a stone, red, textured like my skin.
I knew it was my child. I carried it
everywhere in my arms, and it was warm,
and gave off light.I never fed or dressed it: full
in itself, it needed no completion.
At night it nested near my ribs
and as I slept it sang.Round as it was, it was no egg--
though featureless, not blank.
It was heavy to carry, but when I woke
and woke again, arms aching,my room was dark, and my throat closed
to think I would not bear that weight again.