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Bo: Come Here, to the Hardened Heart

Come here, to the hardened heart;
 
The heart of pain and fear;
 
Confusion and loss;
 
Arrogance and hubris.
 
Come, here, to the hardened heart
 
So that you will know,
 
I am in all places.
 
The blood on the door frames
 
Of our private Mitzrayim
 
Has turned to letters.
 

And from the letters

 

Comes the first born –
 
V’Ahavta.
 
Love.

 

The first step in my leaving,
 
The first step in my coming home;

 

Love.
 
 
The first step
 
Toward the hardened heart.
 
The first step
 
In knowing Echad. 

 

 

 

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