I am the Place

In memory of Neely Snyder and in honor of her heroic husband, Joshua.


I am the Place


In which you sit
Life, vest,
Oxygen, mask.

I am the belt
Holding you tight
Buckling and
Unbuckling.


I am the seat
That makes you float
If you hug me
Against your chest.


I am the One
Who comforts you,
Pilot signaling
It's safe to stand.




Note: "The Place" (HaMakom) is one of G-d's names, used primarily in the words of consolation used in addressing those in mourning, "sitting Shivah": May the  Omnipresent (lit. "the Place") comfort you among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem."  

Tenth Sense

The Song

Of Mashiach

Is simple,

Its sound

Is the beat

Of the heart.

Its smell

Is pure

Inspiration,

Its sight

Is the light

Of the sun.

Its taste

Is new and

familiar,

Its touch

Is a hug

Nicely done.

Landing Again

Landing Again

I am
Here now,
And have
A G-d.

For Him,
I still
Never
Had left.

I hope
One day
To feel
That, too.

Rachel

Many think that for
The Messiah to come 
There must be war. 
In truth, there must be peace. 

The only weapon 
Needed to conquer 
The entire world 
Will be a mother's prayer.

Facing Facebook

When the screen grows dim

And you lose focus, hooked, faced
With the dizzying news and noise,

General, impersonal, fake,
Vague, unlikely, faceless
Complex, incomplete, remember

That after all is said and done
All you have is a mountain,
A field, and a home.

The ladder you dream of climbing,
The plot in which you chose to plant,
And the one to whom you will return.

You know it's all just One, yet
All you'll truly have is home,
Along with those let in,

And those that out will come.