Maestro (for Terry)
she approaches the table her breathing evens, her spirit is gathered she takes full possession of herself the hands gently rest upon the...
The Love Song of Akiva ben Yosef
(Akiva) How shall we hear that sacred utterance Made as the iron tore away his life Strip by fleshy strip? Excruciance Sufficient to...
Grandma's
Not to your grave but to your house I go, Self-conscious, wary of drawing a neighbor’s glance. I don’t belong here anymore, I know;...
Sinai, March 1974
We sat down on the desert floor to wait, Each shaded by a strip of tin on stilts. The signs read “Danger!” “Mine Field!” “Do Not Enter!”...
A Higher Truth
Yin and Yang, good and bad – One alone cannot be had. Our deepest joys expressed as tears; Our dearest hopes our greatest fears. Pi’s...
On Boxing Up Works of Philosophy
The shelves are empty, but for remnants saved I know not why. For years they sat enshrined As - stones with which the path to Truth was...
Ditty
Oh, what can I do with this beautiful day, Now that I am too old to play, Too old to succumb to the power of dreams, Knowing this beauty...
Starting Zoloft
Subtle focal shift, like being able to ignore an itch. Dose too low?
Psalm 139
Whither can I go from my presence? And where can I flee from the works of my hands? Behold, if I stand at the remotest edge of the world...
Tzimtzum
(see definition for tzimtzum) One reads of it in books - the great epiphany upon death; The hero learning, seeing – no, remembering –...
