Spring 1998
by Alan Shefsky

Leah plays her first two-handed piece at the piano
Hannah asks questions about the four questions
Leah is learning the Hebrew alphabet
Hannah is going to overnight camp this summer
Leah is going to an ice skating party
Hannah stands as tall as my shoulder, we hug
Leah stands on her chair and tells what she knows about Moses
In Hannah's room is a poster that says Listen to Girls
Leah could easily swing on the swing all day
Hannah's shelves are all books, she's reading Little House and Judy Blume
Leah takes to her two-wheeler and rides down the block
Hannah climbs the ladder into the fort she helped paint
I keep thinking we are all standing still just because in each moment we are only who we are, we are always familiar and our faces are always the faces we know, all the while we are, every one of us, moving.

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