When things are as they must be but not as you like them:Â submerged, stamped,
mud imprinted with many footsteps.
Time when the long-deferred forces begin their invasion that could eject you from the land.
Time when leaders finally accept their tasks.
Even in the ecosystem of things created by humans there remains the promise of Sovereignty.
MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe. assembles his counsel of elders and learns to manage his anger.
Deborah speaks under her palm tree, then mounts a horse to meet the enemy.
As the olive trees do in their wisdom, you may push both deep and shallow roots into soil
and grow new shoots toward the sun.
Your leaves that are yellowing will not drop until the new green begins to leaf.
In the olives that are still unseen, oil will live encased in water.
The wind agitates your branches but you have learned some patience.
A dove may pluck a leaf from your tired limbs and fly with it to Noah,
announcing that the wrath is over.
Your eyes see when open and imagine when shut.
Earth belongs both to you and the Eternal.
Our ancients said that the Creator left North with its ice fields unfinished
so that humans could recognize pretenders when they claim to know how to build.
In Tevet you contemplate North and accept your place.
