Type: Poem

“You are / teaching us patience testing our strength / and stamina daring us to love / without conditions.”

“Never actually reaching my heavenly destinations of holiness and righteousness, but striving all the way.”

“Who shall live in peace and who shall live without justice or peace…”

“I return to You Mother / please wash me clean / and send me strength / so, I can care for others like You care for me.”

“A gentle rocking of my boat comes as regular as the changing tides / to remind me to do better…”

“Low-hanging gray clouds / stretch across the horizon…”

“In covenant I heed tzedek’s demand: / That justice cannot mend what is unhealed…”

“help me find the courage / to make each breath a blessing…”

“we can rise above the instincts that divide us / and discover the holiness that binds us together.”

“Set us free to wander again / where all journeys end in wonder…”