Type: Poem

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“there is no book / no final decree”
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“My dear, there are no keys to the palace”
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“If human soul is divine flame, / how can we draw close / to what flickers”
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“god sighs, if only I had / a reader in my likeness”
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“I bend and bless the earth / with my own brokenness”
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“In a field of lilies trampled by warriors / the Shekhinah weeps”
close up of light yellow-white lilies with black background

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