Type: Poem

A poem interlaced with words of prayer

“Reaching just beyond we find even more loves…”

This poem includes the Modeh Ani prayer for greeting the day

This new poem uses the imagery of water through a faucet to capture the feeling of waiting for the captives to be released.

“Try not to think / of the children who are not getting their baths, / who are not getting their parents.”

“There is a line / drawn by darkness, emboldened by Evil, itself…”

“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”

“I’m drilling / into darkness / to where the rabbis’ promise / flickers still.”

This new poem honors the complex feeling of Hanukkah this year, 2023/5784.