blessed are You
who made a
mikvehThe ritual bath. The waters of the mikveh symbolically purify – they are seen as waters of rebirth. A convert immerses in the mikveh as part of conversion. Many Orthodox married women go to the mikveh following their period and before resuming sexual relations. Couples go to the mikveh before being married. Many, including some men, immerse before Yom Kippur; some go every Friday before Shabbat.
in my [fill in the blank with location you are using as makeshift mikveh, e.g., a bathtub]
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who rainsÂ
down your love
simplyÂ
in complexifying
Time
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and
blessed are you
who lets usÂ
write our own strange
season
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delayed
unstayed
and yet perfectly
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arrived
