Type: Poem

“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…”

“When we expect sweetness to be given / to us from above instead of doing the work  / ourselves to make our lives sweeter?”

“The air, once austere, / awakens to abundance…”

“In the quiet days after Tisha B’Av,  the shofar is still wrapped in / silence /waiting to be retrieved…”

“Still, somewhere beneath the sorrow / that has settled on me, something fragile / dreams of flight.”