Type: Poem

“May her dreams be fulfilled And if not, know she is a woman worth more than rubies.”

“Where the beginning is inside the middle, / the love strong enough to let go, and / the love strong enough to hold on.”

“i am not clean / because i have been emptied i am clean / because i am full”

“I’m trying to figure out how to make enough / soup and 22 matzoh balls using the condo’s one large pot…”

“The thing about I-Thou is that it’s eternal. / Once you have found it, never let it go.”

“We dance around each other in intertwining circles; I learned my dance in Egypt, And you learned yours in Canaan.”

The prayer-poem imagines a world where the one in need of healing becomes a source of comfort.

“May a global choir rise up / To sing the song / Our souls are meant to sing…”

“But I can feel the wisdom of kindling again and again, making it a daily endeavor.”

“May our love be wide enough to reach the whole world, / and strong enough to help heal it.”