Israel Reclaimed

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We have been traumatized. 
 

October 7th pushed us into the realm 

of thought, 
 
of argument,
 
of sides.
 
 
That pit in the bottom of our gut,
 
the stone of separation, 
 
is begging for hearts to be
 
breathed into softening 
 
even as our thoughts have lined up 
 
to take us into battle. 
 
 
 
Israel has been made to feel unsafe 
 
in the very body of Israel. 
 
 
The existential threat 
 
has cast us to the furthest reaches
 
away from our center. 
 
 
Prayer, the journey of transcendence, 
 
is paradoxical – 
 
through individual bodies,

 

We leave our bodies 
 
in order to become
 
one collective body.
 
 
Prayer, the sacred blessing where 
 
all our limbs can be rewoven
 
returning us into our whole.
 
 
 
Prayer,
 
the act
 
of our 
 
reclamation. 

 

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