To Endure

two children playing in a pond

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”

Teraphim

an assortment of Astarte figurines representing the goddess Asherah

Those they call vile things /
are an homage /
to Her beauty

Orrery

a horizon with the slight orange glow of a sun setting underneath a dark purple night sky dotted with stars and a cloud formation

The toy Solar System /
gets the revolutions right /
but a true scale model /
would take up half of town / .

Ezekiel

a fiery sunset of orange and yellow

“I have no people and my God makes me mourn…”

The Water Waited

the raging waters of a flood

“The water waited to see the animals again, / the shapes they would assume and the sounds they’d make…”

Miriam

reflection of reeds in the Sea

“Prophecy is the glue that yokes today / with tomorrow, it is one hopeful word…”

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