Image courtesy of The Israel Museum
*Teraphim – pre-patriarchal household deities or oracles, often translated in the Hebrew Bible as “vile things”
Those they call vile things
are an homage
to Her beauty
are an homage
to Her beauty
She who was carved
from hidden heat
and forbidden words
from hidden heat
and forbidden words
She whose wisdom
has been cheapened
nearly erased
has been cheapened
nearly erased
They call us vile things
as though the world
could contain just
one form of value
one way of loving
could contain just
one form of value
one way of loving
But we know
our boundless worth
our homes full of love
healing and sustaining
our boundless worth
our homes full of love
healing and sustaining
We know
our divine beauty
as we walk strut sashay
staking our claim
our divine beauty
as we walk strut sashay
staking our claim
We are oracles
for those yet unborn
speaking our truth
our wisdom
a balm and a map
for those yet unborn
speaking our truth
our wisdom
a balm and a map
Toward a time
When all truths are cherished
and all faces
bear the mark of eternity
When all truths are cherished
and all faces
bear the mark of eternity
