Type: Poem

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“What else can we do/Expect hold to the promise / That we will be met / Beyond the gates, / In the field, / By love?”
a golden field, dotted with green plants. Small hills and blue skies lie beyond the field
“She had become a / living, breathing tabernacle…”
a path through tall green trees, light comes over the path
“Only one thing have we shown: we will destroy this world if you let it…”
a field with clouds waving across the sky above it
“Sometimes I want to weep for the loss of so many…”
Woman in a gray sweater sits at desk, participating in a video call with several people on her computer screen.
“Return is always possible.”
a blue ocean wave
“With kindness, hope and strength Trusting in your process / May your insights become clear / Lifting you back to Divine Wisdom…”
Person in a white shirt holding their chest with both hands outdoors at sunset, suggesting chest pain.
“In the ripeness of the Ingathering, take of the seven species. / Shoulder your basket, golden or willow-green.”
three purple figs hanging on a green tree
“Turn and stretch yourself towards your fellow creatures, /animal or human…”
person sitting alone against a world head folded into their knees
“A fiery serpent / reproaching me for slithering away / from atoning for my transgressions?”
a brown and white copperhead snake set against brown rocks
“Let breath be the bridge from despair to hope…”
a pomegrantate in front of a brown shofar

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